Villa Victoria

A new study from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, which surveyed members of the Greater Boston Puerto Rican community at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and one year in, found that community members who spoke less English in their day-to-day lives were more likely to report testing positive for the virus.

Festival Betances is back in person this year and bigger than ever, bringing the hip-swishing beats of salsa music, the fragrant scent of empanadas and the action-packed greasy pole competition to the Villa Victoria neighborhood.