Chinatown is one of Boston’s densest neighborhoods. With more than 50,000 residents per square-mile based on U.S. Census data — including high-rise developments around Boston Common — every inch of land downtown is precious. However, Boston’s development boom has resulted in more affordable housing funds. Here’s a list of affordable housing projects to be implemented in Chinatown, adding up to 579 units. 288 Harrison Avenue The current Tai Tung Village south parking lot is slated to become a six-story building with […]

The usually bustling State House was very quiet as the public stayed away and most legislative offices operated with a “skeleton staff” as one legislator put it. (Photo by Ken Smith) By Ken Smith Sweeping measures were taken in the city of Boston and throughout the state to constrain the coronavirus (Covid-19), guided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On March 10, Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of […]

Youth leaders from Boston Asian Youth Essential Service organized a community outreach on Thursday, Feb. 13, addressing underage drinking. Five youth leaders made a presentation in front of the owner, manager and staffs of Friendship BBQ located at 42 Beach Street about some of the laws regarding purchasing and consuming alcohol, the proper way to check IDs, side effects of alcohol consumption, liability of over-serving alcohol and liability of serving alcohol to minors. The youth disseminated material for the restaurant […]

The director of the film, Renee Tajima-Peña, couldn’t travel to Boston due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but Skyped in during the discussion. (Yiming Zhao/Sampan) “Justice for my son,” said Vincent Chin’s mother Lily Chin in tears after the jury acquitted Ronald Ebens of civil right charges in federal court in Cincinnati. Ebens, one of the men who beat Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat on the night of June 19, 1982, in Detroit, will not serve a day […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts is a program that pairs students with adult mentors who offer them guidance. Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement director Yusufi Vali (red tie) walks with a student from the Mario Umana Academy. (Image courtesy of BBBSEM.) Middle school students and City Hall employees gathered around a table, sharing their hopes for the future, as inspired by a worksheet on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One student said that he […]

Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association executive direction, announced Super Tuesday March 3 primary result in Massachusetts. (Image courtesy of Yiming Zhao) The Chinatown Residents Association announced primary election results and discussed the opening of new stores in the neighborhood at its monthly meeting on March 4. Karen Chen, Chinese Progressive Association executive direction, announced Super Tuesday March 3 primary result in Massachusetts. Former Vice President Joe Biden came on top, earning 36 delegates followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with […]

Boston Police Department District A-1 Sgt. Detective Joey Tse, Sgt. Steve Moy and Capt. Ken Fong attended the March 4 Chinatown Safety Committee at the DoubleTree Hotel. (Image courtesy of Ling-Mei Wong.) The Chinatown Safety Committee met March 4 at the DoubleTree Hotel, with a police report on local crime for the past 30 days. MBTA Police Sgt. Ben Carrasco warned about youth attacks in groups occurring over the past few months in Dorchester and Jamaica Plain. No attacks have […]