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Angelina J. Parker
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BU Groups Rally for Sanctuary Campus After Student Says He Called ICE on Allston Workers
Roughly 140 Boston University students rallied at BU’s Marsh Plaza on Friday afternoon before marching to the house of the school’s president, Melissa L. Gilliam, to demand she make BU a sanctuary campus to protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
3 More Allston Car Wash Employees Detained by ICE Granted Release on Bond, Bringing Total to 6
Three of the nine workers arrested in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Allston Car Wash earlier this month were granted release on bond in Massachusetts immigration court on Thursday morning, bringing the total number of employees granted bond to six.
Allston Leaders Demand Response from BU After Student Says He Called for ICE Arrests
Allston residents and Boston University alumni slammed the student president of the Boston University College Republicans after he claimed he had spent months asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrant workers in Allston.
Conference Center, Hotel on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus To Officially Open to Public in January
The Atlas Hotel and Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus will formally open in January, confirming Harvard’s vision for entrepreneurship and STEM research amid its continuous expansion into Allston.
Allston Residents and Officials Condemn Election Day Immigration Raid at Car Wash
Allston residents and elected officials rallied in support of nine Guatemalan and Salvadoran people who were detained by immigration enforcement officers on Tuesday morning.
Boston City Council Candidates Are Floating Ideas to Address Allston’s Stalled Community Center
With elections for the Boston City Council less than a week away, a long-running sore spot for Allston-Brighton residents has returned to the public eye through several candidates’ campaign platforms: the still unaddressed future of the neighborhood’s condemned community center.
Allston-Brighton Community Services Report Shrinking Attendance As Immigrants Stay Home
Ever since ICE presence increased in Allston-Brighton this spring, service providers and farmers market vendors said they have seen fewer Spanish and Portuguese-speaking students and patrons.
Boston, Naming Developer, Moves to Next Stage of Replacing Demolished Sound Museum
The city of Boston has selected a developer and consultant to manage the long-awaited replacement of the Sound Museum, a popular musicians’ rehearsal space in Brighton demolished two years ago to be developed into biotech labs.
Allston-Brighton City Council Candidates Go Head to Head, but Present Similar Progressive Policies at Election Forum
At the first election forum for Allston Brighton’s two city council candidates on Monday night, incumbent Elizabeth A. “Liz” Breadon and her challenger, Pilar Ortiz, proved their policy stances to be more similar than different.
Allston Residents ‘Disappointed’ by Discontinuation of Harvard Recreation Memberships
The Harvard Ed Portal discontinued its offering of memberships to recreational facilities across its Cambridge and Allston campuses this month, ending a community benefit that had granted hundreds of Allston-Brighton residents cheap access to the University’s gyms, climbing wall, and pool.