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WinnCos. secures funding for 115-unit, mixed-income apt. community in Downtown Salem, MA
Salem, MA WinnCompanies has secured financing for a 115-unit, mixed-income apartment building designed to revitalize the northern gateway to downtown. The $48 million construction project will deliver a true mixed-income community offering a range of affordability and apartment sizes – 20 studios, 60 one-bedroom units and 35 two-bedroom units. Of the 115 apartments, 55 will be available to households earning up to 60% of Area Median Income (AMI); 22 will be available at incomes up to 30% AMI; 20 will serve middle-income households; and 18 will be rented at market rates.
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Activists tell Wu that ‘privatizing’ funding for youth jobs is ineffective
Khalil Howe, a member of the Youth Justice Empowerment Union (YJEU), spoke with Mayor Michelle Wu during a Mayor’s Coffee Hour at the Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury last month. Looking on are Wu’s Roxbury liaison Abdullah Beckett and YJEU member Star Nunez. Yawu Miller photo. Copyright ©...
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Salem saw a record number of October visitors for its monthlong Halloween festival
The city broke attendance records on Halloween as well. October was a record-breaking month for the historic city of Salem. Nearly 1.6 million visitors spent time in Salem last month, up 11.9 percent from last year, according to Destination Salem, the city’s marketing organization. Salem, located 16 miles north...
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Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
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City to pilot music and arts space in Brighton
The city of Boston plans to open temporary music and art studios in Brighton next summer. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture has been working with the Boston Housing Authority to design a music and arts building, alongside affordable housing, at a large city-owned parcel at 290 North Beacon St. With rising construction costs and a complex financing picture, the project will take years to complete. In light of this, the city now plans to build out a temporary pilot space to be completed in a matter of months.
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City voters delivered huge margins for Democrats in historic election wave
A group of pro-Healy sign-holders, all members of the Sheet Metal Union on Adams Street in Dorchester, gathered to rally voters to their cause on Election Day in Adams Village. Seth Daniel photo. Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written...
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Somerville saw our housing shortage coming
From Joshua Michel, Ashish Shrestha and Chris Beland. Over the past 10 years, rents in Somerville have jumped by 50 percent. If you live here, you probably don’t need that statistic to tell you what’s happened: Somerville can hold a lot more people, but we haven’t built enough homes for them, and prices have risen fast.
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Boston Irish Honors celebrates four leaders at Kennedy Library
Co-hosts Maureen Forry-Sorrell and Hon. Linda Dorcena Forry with this years Boston Irish Honors Nominees, Honorees Brig. Gen Jack Hammond, Martina Curtin, Sam Kennedy and Rev. Tom Kennedy. Photos by Flavio DeBarros, Flavio D Photography . Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or...