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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. 
A man votes at the Allston Branch Library. PHOTO BY ISABELLA ARTEAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Voter turnout remains low, residents recognize importance of election

Haley Lerner November 8, 2017

Voter turnout for municipal elections in Boston Tuesday was much lower than the last mayoral election, with roughly 28 percent of approximately 392,188 registered voters casting their votes. In...

Members of the Boston City Council sit for a meeting on April 24 at Boston City Hall to discuss the budget for the 2018 fiscal year. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

District 9 City Council preliminary election: Ciommo, Bowser move on to general election

Breanne Kovatch September 27, 2017

  Boston City Council incumbent Mark Ciommo and candidate Brandon Bowser won the preliminary elections for the District 9 councilor seat, which covers the Allston-Brighton area, on Tuesday...

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