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MARITIME WOMEN OF BOSTON: CANADIAN NURSES IN THE 1920 WOMEN’S VOTER REGISTERS

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by Anna Boyles https://www.boston.gov/news/maritime-women-boston-canadian-nurses-1920-womens-voter-registers The 1880 United States Census reports that roughly fifty-percent of immigrants from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island settled in Massachusetts, while nearly thirty-percent of New Brunswick immigrants settled in the Bay State. Thus far, the Mary Eliza Project has discovered over 600 women from the Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova …

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Wu, BPDA Introduce Policy To Promote Diversity Within Private Development Projects

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Wu, BPDA Introduce Policy To Promote Diversity Within Private Development Projectsby Patriot-Bridge Staff • August 18, 2022 • 0 CommentsMayor Michelle Wu and Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison announced last week that the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors will vote on a new policy introducing diversity, equity and inclusion into the review process for large …

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Out with the BPDA – The Bay State Banner

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Out with the BPDASal GiarrataniGrowing up in the South End and Lower Roxbury during the ’50s and ’60s, I remember well the planned destruction of numerous city neighborhoods that were deemed too far gone to save (“Is Wu still planning to close the BPDA?” Bay State Banner, Aug. 18).If memory serves me correctly, it was …

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Charlestown Sprouts to Expand, Requests Support from Community

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Charlestown Sprouts to Expand, Requests Support from Community by Patriot-Bridge Staff • April 14, 2022 • 0 CommentsThe Charlestown Sprouts Community Garden is expanding this spring by building new gardening beds. As many as 30 gardening families new to Charlestown Sprouts will be able use these beds to grow culturally important food for their families. To support this project, …

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Revolutionary War Campaigns | U.S. Army Center of Military History

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Boston, 17 June 1775 – 17 March 1776. On the night of 16 – 17 June 1775 about 1,200 men of the Colonial force besieging Boston moved on to the Charlestown isthmus overlooking the city and threw up entrenchments on Breed’s Hill. The British garrison reacted promptly to this threat. On 17 June 2,200 troops …

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Charlestown Master Plan 02129 | MoveOn

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TO: Charlestown, MA residentsCharlestown Master Plan 02129CMCampaign created byCharlestown Master Plan Our neighborhood of Charlestown is in a transformative period and the pressures of economic development must be balanced against preserving and strengthening our residential neighborhood. Our community needs a comprehensive master plan establishing the framework for future development in Charlestown and ensuring our voice …

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