There are more centenarians nowadays than ever before, we are told, and like Mattapan’s Anna Coleman, who turned 102 on April 10, they continue to amaze with their lived experiences, their active lifestyles, and their spot-on social critiques. Mrs. Coleman, who has lived in the same home in Mattapan for more than 40 years and is the neighborhood’s oldest resident, was the
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who chairs the City Council’s Ways & Means Committee, told members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) early this month that the city bureaucracy moves too slowly in distributing funds and the Main Streets model does not work in Black and Brown communities. She suggested that some other type of program replace the model in communities
Sheena Collier started out as a Boston Public Schools educator in Dorchester. Now, as CEO and founder of Boston While Black and the Collier Connection, she is focused on removing obstacles that Black Bostonians face when trying to connect to the city around them. “I was seeing all these talented people, particularly Black professionals, come here [for school] and then they
Mattapan senior citizens have always been active and on the move, but starting this week they won’t have to look far to find a high-quality program geared towards their age group. The Mildred Avenue Community Center debuted a renovated and repurposed space in their facility, which is connected to the Mildred Avenue School, last week to a host of local senior citizens. This
The Mattapan Square Main Streets has been revived with new leadership that is going to canvass the community to re-imagine and re-brand the area for businesses and residents. With Black Fridays and Small Business Saturdays in mind, many have dreams that one day the business corridor in Mattapan Square will be teeming with shoppers and holiday cheer, and officials at Main