Dominican pride
BANNER PHOTO Thousands lined the Centre Street and Columbus Avenue in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury Sunday for the annual Dominican Festival parade. See pages 8 & 9 for more photos..

Bartlett Station cuts ribbon on 76-unit housing complex
City officials and representatives of the Nuestra Comunidad community development corporation and Windale Developers last Thursday cut the ceremonial ribbon on the first residential and commercial buildings on the Bartlett Station site, with 76 housing units and 13,000 square feet of commercial space.

Rox. residents discuss opioid crisis response
Last Wednesday, city officials, police officers and elected officials met with Roxbury residents at the Central Boston Elder Services building in Dudley Square to discuss the short- and long-term plans for dealing with the population of homeless and drug-addicted people in Boston.

At-large candidate forum in Mattapan Challengers outline vision for City Hall
“I went to Dorchester High School, and the only reason I’m standing in front of you here today is because Reverend Liz Walker shared her story at my high school. At the time I was 20 years old, I was cleaning offices.

A 50-year tradition continues on Hewins St.
But as the neighborhood and city changed, so too did the block. Eight years later, with new families populating the street of neat two-family Victorian homes, Lisenby was enlisted to organize the first Hewins Street block party. She recalls shopping at Lord Jeff’s and other stores for supplies.

State seeks bids for last 10-acre parcel on Boston State Hospital site
In May, the state’s Division of Capital Asset Management quietly released a request for proposals for the last 10-acre parcel at the Boston State site, giving prospective developers a shot at filling in what was until recently the largest expanse of undeveloped land in the city.

The New York Times 1619 project
The New York Times Magazine published an historically significant account of the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves to be brought to the North American continent. In August 1619, 30 to 40 slaves landed in Jamestown, Va. That was 157 years before the British colonies became the United States of America in 1776.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When I read about bulletproof or bullet-resistant backpacks for small children—no matter how practical and protective the acquisitions might be against mass shootings—I was compelled to ask: “Where are we going?!?” Sadly, the first verse of William Wordsworth’s poem “We Are Seven”.

All in the family
From early times, whenever humans congregate they manage to create a conflict among opposing tribes that have formed. The ancient Greeks, who were noted for their advanced civilization, could not avoid the incessant call to arms. The citizens of Athens and Sparta, all of Grecian heritage, engaged in the Peloponnesian War (431- 404 BC) for 27 years.

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I’m half white and I identify as black. I think we share a lot in common, but we’re treated differently..

IN THE NEWS
In her new role, Banfield will be leading efforts for the Berklee City Music and Berklee PULSE programs, as well as Berklee City Music PULSE on-the-road workshops, and trainings for youth and teachers.

Do black lives still not matter?
Two things happened recently within days of each other that again tossed the hideous glare back on the cheapness of black lives. The first was the study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that found that young black males are still at mortal risk of being gunned down by police.

Warren: why did the Justice Dept. go easy on big banks?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding information from the Justice Department about actions that Trump administration officials took last year to reduce the penalties against two large banks that sold faulty mortgages to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis.

Dominican culture on display in annual parade
The Dominican Festival parade made its way from Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain to Seaver Street. Bright costumes, live music, beauty queens, low-riders and candidates in this year’s City Council election marched along the route, cheered on by flag-waving spectators.

ICIC builds ecosystem for small businesses
In 1994, when Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter founded the Institute for a Competitive Inner City, decades of capital flight had taken a toll on Boston’s neighborhoods, leaving many without basic amenities such as supermarkets and drugstores.

‘The Black Mozart’
On Monday, Aug. 19, Bill Barclay, former director of music at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, debuted his new concert theater piece, “The Black Mozart,” on the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood stage.

A taste of local life
Colombian filmmaker and Jamaica Plain resident Monica Cohen had lived in the neighborhood for several years before she decided to turn her camera lens onto the vibrant community. The resulting half-hour, bilingual documentary, “Boston’s Latin Quarter,” celebrates the Latinx enclave that many Jamaica Plain residents are fighting to keep intact.

Verde Sauce
Like the Latin root, viridi, verde first appeared in the Mediterranean. In Spain, France and Italy the sauce was made with parsley, and that practice made it across the pond to the south of South America, where the parsley-based version known as chimichurri incorporated a New World plant known as the chile pepper.

FOOD
Dairy and nut allergies are common enough among people to warrant warning labels on food, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration might have to add sesame to the list of food allergies to come with a warning. According to a recent study from Northwestern University, as many as 1.