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In her fifties, Benadette Manning made the decision to be a triathlete. She began focusing on her training, which included running, biking and swimming. However, when she began going to triathlons, she noticed that there were rarely any other Black people or people of color besides herself in attendance.

Last week, state Sen. Liz Miranda and Rep. Chris Worrell advocated for their bill titled “Homes for Lasting Affordability” before the Joint Committee on Housing by state legislators.

The misty weather lingered late into Saturday afternoon, but that didn’t stop the crowds from trickling into the Franklin Park Playstead.

The manager of Suya Joint, an award-winning West African restaurant in Roxbury, was recently detained by federal immigration officials.

Martin Baker has been appointed the new financial advisor and director of financial planning for Canby Financial Advisors.

Justice Christopher Belezos didn’t belabor his latest decision about the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center and its almost 15-month-old receivership.

City efforts to address youth mental health challenges have reached thousands of Boston’s young people, according to the Boston Public Health Commission.

The Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library is slated to be renamed to honor longtime community leader and local journalist Sarah-Ann Shaw.

The city’s traffic planning for the redevelopment of the White Stadium has been riddled with contradictions and unsupported assumptions, according to a traffic planner hired by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.

On the night before Juneteenth, hundreds of members of the Black community and their allies commemorated the 72nd wedding anniversary and the civil rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King and honored local leaders committed to building a more racially just and equitable city.

The daughters of two associates of Martin Luther King Jr. from his Boston years recently unveiled a plaque in Roxbury where he attained membership in the nation’s oldest Black collegiate fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its proposals, this month, for how to deal with contamination in the Lower Neponset River Superfund site.