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The Brockton Enterprise •

Brockton's first diversity and inclusion manager has fought prejudice first-hand

Brockton's first diversity and inclusion manager has fought prejudice first-hand

Bring up the $6 million-plus Brockton is paying over its previous hiring practices, and the city's first diversity and inclusion manager doesn't miss a beat.

"That's why I'm here," said Kiner, who was brought on board by Mayor Robert Sullivan.

The court settlements began in 2017 with the nationally recognized case of Russell Lopes, a rejected applicant for a job at the Department of Public Works. A jury awarded h
The Taunton Daily Gazette •

Taunton mayor withdraws pick for city's first chief financial officer

Taunton mayor withdraws pick for city's first chief financial officer

TAUNTON — Mayor Shaunna O'Connell withdrew her pick for the city's first chief financial officer, Patrick Dello Russo, pending further review of potential red flags that include a personal bankruptcy in 2016.

O'Connell had planned to ask the City Council to confirm her choice of Dello Russo at Tuesday's council meeting.

"We are withdrawing this appointment pending further review," O'Connell told City Councilors Tuesday nigh
The Taunton Daily Gazette •

Vagrant eagle half a world from home in Asia and Russia draws birders to Dighton, Somerset

Vagrant eagle half a world from home in Asia and Russia draws birders to Dighton, Somerset

DIGHTON — Birders flocked to Shaw's Boat Yard Monday hoping to glimpse the Steller's Sea Eagle rumored to be visiting the Taunton River.

Dee McKee, who works at the marina, said more than a hundred photographers and birders had turned up. She's used to seeing nesting pairs of Bald Eagles, but the buzz over this bird was something else. An obliging birder let her hold her cellphone up to a scope to snap p
Jamaica Plain News •

New Murray Circle, Arborway Lane Markings Spark Anger, Delight

At evening rush hour on Monday, the cars inching into JP's busiest rotary moved slower than a woman pushing a stroller along the sidewalk. Bikes, however, zoomed through via a new bike lane.


Murray Circle, the rotary that links Centre Street and the Arborway, received new lane markings this week. The changes have sparked both anger and delight.

A spokesperson for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which is responsible for the Arborway, said the agency is monitoring the situation.
Jamaica Plain News •

No Bites Yet for Small Grocery in Doyle’s Block Redevelopment

When neighbors discuss what businesses they want, grocery stores are a perennial favorite. And that's the plan for the re-development of the Doyle's block: A small grocery store, in addition to a new restaurant and condos.


So far, however, no grocer has agreed to move in to what would be a 4,178 square-foot space at the corner of Washington and Gartland. That doesn't trouble Lee Goodman, the JP native who's heading up the renovations.

Goodman told Jamaica Plain News he'd sent the plans to si
El Mundo Boston •

Guatemalan with a Dream Learns “Harvard is for Everyone”

Walfred Arenales grew up dreaming of getting to Harvard University. It might’ve seemed like an ambitious goal for a boy from a small Guatemalan town.

“When I was young, I had big dreams,” Arenales told El Mundo during an interview at the prestigious Harvard Business School, where he is Associate Director, Finance and Operations.

Arenales was shy as a young man. He didn’t tell classmates about his dreams. But his family, including his fa
Jamaica Plain News •

Latino Business Owners Facing Eviction Take Stand Against New Landlord

City Realty is evicting Santo Ramírez from Anibal Color Studio, the business he's run at 3154 Washington St. for the last six years. On Tuesday, he and other business tenants took to the streets to protest what they say is their new landlord's heavy hand.

"We depend on our business to survive," Ramírez told Jamaica Plain News after the rally.

He and other business owners said City Realty has tried to jack up their rents and hasn't been a good community partner since they bought two Egleston Sq
Jamaica Plain News •

An Egleston Building Changes Hands At Sidewalk Auction

It's like a scene out of the reality show "Storage Wars."

An auctioneer, eight bidders, a lawyer and a loan agent stand on the corner of Washington and Chilcott Place at noon on an unseasonably cool April day.

The auctioneer reads legalese, barely loud enough for anyone to hear. But they've heard it all before, so it hardly matters. The bidders who come to these auctions know one another and see each other across the city and region at similar sidewalk gatherings.

This is a foreclosure auctio
Jamaica Plain Patch •

Police Arrest Three Persons, Shut Down Whole Foods "Town Hall" Meeting

Boston Police put an early end to Whole Foods' first meeting with the Jamaica Plain community, citing "reasons of public safety."

Three persons were arrested and will be summonsed on charges of disrupting a public assembly and trespassing, in the case of two persons, and disrupting a public assembly in the third. All three are free, according to Officer Eddy Chrispin.

The first two were arrested after unfurling a banner in the balcony of the auditorium at the Curley School, where more than 300