Salem Hospital has raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, giving raises and proportional pay increases to one-fourth of its workforce, a full two years before the state raises…
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PLYMOUTH — New Patriot Kendrick Bourne is wasting no time in getting involved with the Greater Boston community. The wide receiver spent Thursday at the Pinehills Golf Club, testing his…
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts is one of the largest Big Brothers, Big Sisters organizations in the country. But regardless of its size, the pandemic forced its mentorship…
Ruben DaSilva, 25, remembered when he was 7. That’s when his family, in search of opportunity, moved from Cape Verde to Dorchester. He said it was challenging. “Not only trying…
Raised in Dorchester, Will Austin gained entrance to one of Boston’s exam schools at age 11, a move that set him on the path to a teaching career and the…
For so long, educators and youth advocates have dreaded summer slide, the deterioration of skills over summer, when children without access to enriching activities fall further behind their peers. This…
IN APRIL President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion plan to support children and families, on the heels of stimulus checks issued back in February. But this latest relief did not…
Fresh off obtaining a national charter, Littleton, Massachusetts-based Workers Credit Union is gearing up for an expansion of its branch network. The $2 billion-asset credit union gained a national charter…
Concepts, prototypes, and just-launched ideas that may not have clear impact but have the potential to change how we think about an issue. Read the full story here.
With food insecurity elevated in Massachusetts due to the pandemic, the annual Walk for Hunger raised more than $1 million as the event took place virtually again this year, according…
