Born and raised in Boston, Councilor Enrique Pepén is the proud son of two Dominican immigrants that arrived to the city in the 90’s. He currently lives in Roslindale with his wife and two kids. Growing up in Boston Public…
Councilor John FitzGerald, District 3
Councilor John FitzGerald was elected to the Boston City Council on November 7, 2023. His district includes most of Dorchester and a portion of the South End. The oldest of four children, FitzGerald grew up in a tight-knit Boston family…
Councilor Benjamin Weber, District 6
Councilor Benjamin Weber has been a worker’s rights attorney for 18 years and a Jamaica Plain resident since 2008. Weber began his legal career in 2005 representing migrant farmworkers with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid. From 2008 through 2012, Weber…
“To the Shores Of Tripoli…”
The ongoing attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea by the former terrorist organization known as the Houthis, who presently are the ruling group in Yemen, are “illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilizing,” in the words of the dozen nations…
With No. Korea Now Involved, Aid to Ukraine Is Needed ASAP
The delay in providing much-needed military aid to Ukraine by a minority of Republican members of Congress these past few months has been nothing less than unconscionable. But now that No. Korea has intervened by giving Vladimir Putin an estimated…
Obituaries 01-17-2024
Joseph Giuliotti Retired Reporter, East Boston’s First Pop Warner Football Coach and Member of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame Joseph A. (Joe) Giuliotti, a dogged newspaper reporter and coach who built a national reputation for his work covering the Boston…