Press Releases

January 8, 2021 0

AG Healey advises public about 2021 minimum wage increase

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Minimum wage set to increase to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 2021; AG’s Wage and Hour posters available in seven languages. BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey is reminding employees and employers that the state’s minimum wage will increase to $13.50 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The AG’s Office has made available its wage and hour poster that employers are required to display in both English and any other language that is spoken by five percent or more of the […]

January 8, 2021 0

Baker-Polito Administration announces $668 million small business relief package

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Additional businesses will be awarded as soon as next week through the Mass Growth Capital Corporation. BOSTON – Today, the Baker-Polito Administration launched a $668 million program to provide financial assistance to Massachusetts small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program in part relies on the pending federal COVID-19 relief bill recently passed by Congress. Regardless of the developments at the federal level, the Baker-Polito Administration will start releasing millions in new funding to restaurants, retailers, and other small […]

December 4, 2020 0

Greenway News

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By Rachel Lake The Greenway Conservancy will bring new lighting improvements to Auntie Kay and Uncle Frank Chin Park and Mary Soo Hoo Park on The Greenway next spring, based on the community feedback and recommendations of the Chin Park Lighting Study. The Conservancy began the Chin Park Lighting Study in September 2019 with funding for the original design work provided by the Greenway Business Improvement District (BID). The Conservancy, with its design team, solicited community feedback via an in-person […]

November 20, 2020 0

Taiwan is crucial to the global fight against cybercrime

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Taiwan’s national antipandemic and cybersecurity teams Since emerging in late 2019, COVID-19 has evolved into a global pandemic. According to World Health Organization statistics, as of September 30, 2020, there were more than 33.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million related deaths worldwide. Having experienced and fought the SARS epidemic in 2003, Taiwan made advance preparations in the face of COVID-19, conducting early onboard screening of inbound travelers, taking stock of antipandemic supply inventories, and forming a […]

November 20, 2020 0

Our Voice, Our Land

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by Lydia Lowe, Chinatown Community Land Trust Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA, formerly called the Boston Redevelopment Authority) held a public meeting online on November 17 to discuss the future of Parcel R-1, the publicly owned lot between Tyler and Hudson Streets that is the former site of the old Chinatown YMCA. The meeting was held in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and you can participate using a computer or tablet with internet access, or a cell phone. Origins of […]

November 20, 2020 0

Bank of America Names Asian American Civic Association and La Colaborativa as 2020 Neighborhood Builders®

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Program Provides $400,000 in Flexible Funding and Leadership Skills Development Training to Advance Economic Mobility in Greater Boston BOSTON – The Asian American Civic Association and La Colaborativa, formerly known as the Chelsea Collaborative, have been named as the 2020 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders® awardees for Greater Boston. The nonprofits were selected for their work in Massachusetts to address issues fundamental to economic mobility, specifically improving the social and economic health of minority communities. As an awardee, each organization […]

September 4, 2020 0

Recover Better Together － Taiwan can help

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Contributed by: Jaushieh Joseph Wu Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan) In 2020, the world has been hit by an unprecedented public health crisis, with the effects of COVID-19 being felt across every aspect of people’s lives. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations—the mission statement that stands at the very heart of the inclusive multilateralism the world needs so much at the present moment. Now more than […]

August 21, 2020 0

Chinatown Master Plan 2020 covers a broad spectrum of future development and community needs

by Lydia Lowe

The Chinatown Master Plan Committee released Master Plan 2020 with two recent launch events, involving more than a hundred participants from the community, local officials, and other interested stakeholders. Chinatown Master Plan 2020 is a 91-page report, with English and Chinese language versions, that includes data snapshots, updated community development priorities, and identification of four “opportunity areas” where development could support community health and stability. Drafted out of a year-and-a-half planning process involving residents, small business owners, community organizations, and […]

December 4, 2012 0

Herb Chambers Donates $50,000 to Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s Holiday Toy Drive

by Ling Mei Wong

Early last week, Bay State businessman and Boston resident Herb Chambers spread some holiday cheer when he made a $50,000 donation to Mrs. Angela Menino towards Mayor Menino’s City of Boston Holiday Toy Drive. The drive helps distribute toys to children in need throughout Boston’s neighborhoods. This collaborative effort will ensure hundreds of children have toys under their Christmas trees. About Herb Chambers CompaniesHerb Chambers purchased his first car dealership in 1985 and has grown his company into the largest […]

May 3, 2012 0

Stuart Street Closed this Weekend

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City of Boston Traffic Advisory The Boston Transportation Department is advising drivers and pedestrians alike that Stuart Street, between Berkeley and Arlington Streets, will be closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic this weekend for the purpose of erecting a pedestrian bridge at the Liberty Mutual construction site. The street will be closed beginning on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 8 PM and will not reopen until Sunday, May, 6, 2012 at 3 PM. The designated detour route will be […]

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