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April 17, 2020 0

Animal care services still available to Boston Community and remain vigilant during COVID-19 lockdown

With the city on lockdown and increasingly strict social distancing regulations, people have either been depending on or seeking the company of a pet. Adoption is incredibly popular, as well as fostering pets during this time. The Animal Rescue League (ARL) Boston have put a hold on all new volunteer and foster parent orientation due to social distancing regulations and the sudden popularity of animal foster care. The uncertainty of these times make foster care a more appealing option to […]

April 3, 2020 0

Qingming Festival postponed due to outbreak of Covid-19

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by Yiming Zhao 趙怡茗 Every year, days after the Spring equinox, many Chinese families would gather together to visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites. Qingming Festival, also known as the tomb-sweeping day is the opportunity for many Chinese families to pay respect to their passed loved ones, burn joss paper and display tea, food, and flowers by the tombstones. Dating back to 636 BC, the holiday has long been an important part of Chinese culture and […]

April 3, 2020 0

College life during the Covid-19 pandemic: Three Boston students’ stories

by Anqi Zhang

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced on March 23 a stay-at-home advisory for all non-essential businesses, which is expected to continue through the month of April to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. So all colleges in the state are required to close during this time. Before the announcement, universities and higher education institutions in Boston had already taken measures, canceling in-person classes and switching to online classes for the spring semester. Students were sent home, saying goodbye to normal […]

April 3, 2020 0

Boston’s housing market crisis could be exacerbated by Covid-19 shutdown

by Shira Laucharoen

As the country enters a recession that could devastate the economy, Boston’s housing market will likely be hard hit. (Photo by Shira Laucharoen) The coronavirus outbreak led to more than 10 million people nationally filing for unemployment during the second week of filing in what will likely be a growing number as the country remains in shutdown. While it has not yet officially been stated that the country is in the midst of an economic recession, we are essentially already […]

March 20, 2020 0

Officials and community leaders speak out against discrimination of Asian-Americans during coronavirus outbreak

by Anqi Zhang

With the development and expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic, hostility and attacks against the Asian American community have been increasingly reported, leading physical and spiritual harm to related residents and local business owners in the U.S. To dispel the spread of misinformation of the virus, condemn the verbal insults and attacks against Asian Americans across the country, the Massachusetts Asian American Commission organized a press conference at the State House steps on March 12. State and local officials, business leaders, and public health […]

March 19, 2020 0

Chinatown to add more than 500 units of affordable housing

by Ling Mei Wong

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 […]

March 19, 2020 0

City and state take emergency actions to contain coronavirus

by Ken Smith

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 […]

March 19, 2020 0

Youth leaders organize community outreach on underage drinking

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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 […]

March 19, 2020 0

In the 1987 documentary ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin’, the racism behind a brutal murder of an Asian-American man still resonates today

by Yiming Zhao

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 […]

March 9, 2020 0

Foundation honors New England public art

by Anqi Zhang

The New England Foundation for the Arts recognized Silvia López Chavez and Kate Gilbert with the Newell Flather Awards for Leadership in Public Art on March 5 at the Four Seasons Hotel. (Image courtesy of Anqi Zhang.) “This is a very special evening and I’m thrilled to celebrate with all of you. NEFA acknowledges that the ground on which we are celebrating is the traditional lands of the Massachusetts.” said Ann Smith, New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) board […]

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