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Boston city councilors speaking at the Jackson Mann Community Center hearing on Tuesday. Allston-Brighton residents voiced their frustration over the lack of community resources from the city despite the neighborhood being the second-largest in Boston. PHOTO BY NATHAN METCALF

Residents express anger, hope at Jackson Mann Community Center City Council hearing

Nathan Metcalf November 6, 2024
The City Council Committee on Strong Women, Families and Communities held a hearing Tuesday to discuss the future of Boston Centers for Youth and Families’ services in Allston-Brighton.
A mural on the side of the Jackson Mann school in Allston. The Boston Center for Youth and Families will resume services at the Jackson Mann Community Center amidst a delay in building a new Allston-Brighton community center. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston delays new Allston-Brighton community center, resumes services at Jackson Mann site

Nathan Metcalf October 16, 2024
In spring, the City of Boston promised Allston-Brighton a new community center to replace the aging Jackson Mann Community Center building by the fall, but the project has not materialized.
The Jackson Mann school in Allston. $4.1 million has been allotted for the construction of a new Allston-Brighton community center following closure and relocation of the Jackson Mann Community Center. COURTESY OF KARYNA CHEUNG

Allston-Brighton’s only city-owned community center will relocate under new funding

Karyna Cheung April 21, 2024
In the years that lifelong Allston-Brighton resident Maria Tempesta has worked at the Jackson Mann Community Center, she remembers a time when the city of Boston provided the center with large amounts of funding for the afterschool programs she ran. 
City Crime Logs: Oct. 9-10

City Crime Logs: Oct. 9-10

Isabel Owens October 12, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 9-10. Agitated man flees after assaulting stranger BPD received a radio call at about 10:35 a.m. on Monday...

City Crime Logs: Sept. 25 - 26

City Crime Logs: Sept. 25 – 26

Isabel Owens September 28, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Sept. 25 - 26. Weapon revoked at Brighton High School An police officer monitoring student arrival at Brighton High...

City Crime Logs: April 11-12

City Crime Logs: April 11-12

Andres Picon April 12, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from April 11-12. Suspects arrested for license plate theft at 120 North Beacon St. Officers investigating an alleged...

Daly Field at Simmons College celebrated its grand opening on Friday after undergoing a makeover where it went from unusable to state-of-the-art. PHOTO BY MADISON GOLDMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Simmons athletic field reopens, prioritizes eco-friendliness

Natasha Mascarenhas September 15, 2016

The Brighton High School football team has not played a home game at their own field in over 25 years — until Friday night, when the team tiptoed onto a shiny, organic solution: a refurbished, environmentally-friendly...

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