October 25, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 20

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

The Boston FoundationAsian Fund Gives $90K to 7 Local Asian Amer. Nonprofits

The Boston Foundation’s Asian Community Fund has awarded $90,000 in funding this summer to seven Chinese-serving nonprofits. The groups are:Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center: $25,000Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center: $25,000Chinese Association of Western Massachusetts: $15,000Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England: $10,000Andover Chinese Cultural Exchange, Inc.: $5,000Boston Chinese Photography Association, Inc.: $5,000Fan Chinatown, Inc.: $5,000 The grants are a part of The Asian Community Fund’s 2024 grant-making cycle, which brings $450,000 in total funding to 52 Asian American-serving nonprofits this […]

Lot Used by Church, Community Groups Denied Parking Permit Amid Push for Cleaner Air

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission voted at a December 2023 meeting to reject an application to keep in use 30 exempt, longtime parking spaces on a strip of land along Harvard and Hudson Street near the future site of affordable housing. The land currently is part of a lot used by Tufts Shared Services, the non-profit corporation that handles infrastructure needs for both Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center. The lot has been, for about 20 years, used as […]

May the Dragon Grant Your Every Wish

The American Museum of Natural History tells of the Four Dragons of Ancient China: Long, Yellow, Black, and Pearl. Legend dictates that the dragons spend winter on the floor of a lake or ocean only to rise to the heavens each spring with a clap of thunder. They form clouds and water the land. Chinese scholar Sima Qian, recounting in Shiji (historical records) dating back to 109-91 B.C., traces the roots of Emperor Gauzo, the first ruler of the Han […]

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