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Neighborhood Birth Center aims to tackle maternal health disparities
Black birthing individuals have two to three times the maternal mortality and morbidity risk as white individuals. Nashira Baril, founder of the Neighborhood Birth Center in Boston, knows of the disparities in maternal health all too well. “There is a crisis in maternal health, and it bears down inequitably to communities of color, particularly around Black folks in this country….
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Neighborhood Birth Center to open facility emphasizing midwifery in Roxbury
New funding is helping to create a safe, nurturing environment for mothers in Boston.
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Boston police seek suspect in Roxbury bus stop stabbing
Boston police are searching for a man suspected in a stabbing at a bus stop in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood on Wednesday. Investigators say they’re looking to identify the man pictured above after a stabbing at a bus stop near the Washington Park Mall at Warren Street and MLK Boulevard, just before 1 p.m. The man is described as...
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Brothers team up to fight food insecurity through Roxbury church
At Roxbury’s historic Twelfth Baptist Church, long lines for free food are formed weekly. This congregation harmonizes and heals thousands of the food insecure. “We traditionally may think of what food security may look like. It’s actually your neighbor, your friends, people we interact with every day.” Winston Bodrick of the Greater Boston Food Bank works with his brother...
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Boston police seek missing 15-year-old last seen in Roxbury
Police in Boston are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl. Serenity Wallace McPherson was last seen on Wardman Road in Roxbury, police said Wednesday night. They did not say when she was seen or what she was wearing at the time. Police describe McPherson as a 5’7, 165-pound Black girl. Anyone with information is asked…
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Plans to relocate Boston school halted
A relocation plan for a school in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood has now been halted by the city. Nearly a year ago, Mayor Michelle Wu led a push to move the O’Bryant school from Roxbury to West Roxbury.
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Boston axes plans to relocate O'Bryant school to West Roxbury
A relocation plan for the O’Bryant school in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood has now been axed by the city. there was a push to move the school from Roxbury to West Roxbury.
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Boston axes plan to move O'Bryant school to West Roxbury
After significant backlash, the city of Boston is axing their controversial plan to relocate the O’Bryant School from Roxbury to West Roxbury. “I’m very happy with the way the school is now,” said Kendra Nealon, a parent. “I just think it’s not a good idea that it is not being moved,” said student Aven Hamilton-Iammartino. Students at John D....
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‘A wall of black smoke': Residents recounts terrifying escape from fire in Roxbury
A firefighter was taken to the hospital and seven people were forced from their home Friday when fire broke out at a building in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. The firefighter who was transported had minor injuries, officials said. Firefighters responded to the three-family home on Dorr Street Friday evening. Norman Phaneuf says at first he could see smoke billowing from...
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Migrant overflow shelter in Roxbury is already reaching capacity
It was just last week when a new temporary shelter for migrants opened in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood — with the hope it would address the ever-going capacity crisis for migrant shelters. However, that shelter is now nearing capacity. Initially, the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex on MLK Jr Boulevard was to accommodate migrants sleeping on the floor at Boston Logan…
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New migrant shelter in Roxbury already near capacity
A newly opened migrant overflow shelter at a Roxbury community center is nearing its capacity of 400 individuals, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday. Wu, who said she visited the state-owned Melnea Cass Recreation Center Tuesday night around dinner time, stressed the safety-net shelter is a temporary operation as neighborhood residents grapple with their community programs being displaced. “I think…
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Armed robberies at stores in Roxbury and Brighton under investigation
Dramatic surveillance video captured an armed robbery at a convenience store in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. A man armed with a gun tussled with a customer and stole her money. He then made his way behind the counter, helping himself to the cash in the register. “I was here minutes before the incident, and I thank God I wasn’t here...
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Boston police investigate possible link between 2 armed robberies
Stores were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday in Roxbury and Brighton, and police say the same man may be responsible for both crimes.
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Roxbury migrant shelter sparks controversy
Migrants who were sleeping at Logan Airport are beginning to arrive at a Roxbury recreation center, which will serve as a temporary shelter.
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Walgreens in Roxbury will close on Wednesday
The Walgreens on Warren Street in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is set to close on Wednesday, leaving very few limited options for where residents will be able to get their medications.
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Healey and Wu tour new temporary migrant shelter in Boston
Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu toured a facility Wednesday that will temporarily house migrants in Roxbury.
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Boston Walgreens to close Wednesday
The Walgreens in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is set to close Wednesday, leaving limited options for where residents will be able to get their medications.
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Roxbury Walgreens to close Wednesday amid community backlash
A critical pharmacy in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood is set to close Wednesday despite widespread pushback. Those opposed to the closure said it further exacerbates the notion of a pharmacy desert, impacting low-income communities of color in Boston. The Walgreens on Warren Street would be the fourth store to close in the area since late 2022, when locations in Mattapan, Hyde…
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Migrants sleeping at Logan airport to be moved to Roxbury
Migrants sleeping on the floors of Boston Logan International Airport will be moved on Wednesday to a temporary shelter in Roxbury.