By Reporter and WBUR Staff
June 9, 2021
Acting Mayor Kim Janey. Photo by Jesse Costa/WBUR
With the month of May’s numbers in, the record shows that Kim Janey raised more than all the other candidates in the city’s mayoral election for the second month in a row. Janey, who has seen her fundraising increase since becoming acting mayor in late March, brought in nearly $163,000 last month.
The only other candidate who raised close to that total was City Councillor Annissa Essaibi-George, who netted $151,000. Councillor Andrea Campbell was third with $117,000 and Councilor Michelle Wu followed with $107,000. Both Campbell and Wu also have more than $1 million in their campaign bank accounts, more than double the war chests for other candidates.
By Bill Forry, Editor
Bill Forry, Editor
(Left to right) Staff Sargent Matt Gleason, National Guard, also a member for the Boston Fire Department and Dorchester resident); State Rep. Dan Hunt; Lt. Joe Puliafico, National Guard; Mary Jo Brogna, Director of Nursing, Harbor Health; Lt. John Soarse, Director of Boston Firefighter Credit Union and President of Local 718; and Chuck Jones, CEO & President, Harbor Health. Photo courtesy Harbor Health
Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood. It was stood-up this week under the guidance of the medical professionals from Harbor Health, which operates the nearby Neponset Daniel Driscoll Community Health Center, one of Dorchester’s critically
Florian Hall has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site this week. Harbor Health photo
Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood.
It was stood-up under the guidance of the medical professionals from Harbor Health, which operates the nearby Neponset Daniel Driscoll Community Health Center, one of Dorchester’s critically important neighborhood medical facilities.
The clinic is getting logistical and staffing support from members of the National Guard’s 972nd Military Police Company in Reading and the state’s Medical Unit from Hanscom Air Base in Bedford. The Boston Firefighters Union Local 718, which owns Florian Hall, made it possible with some help from Rep. Daniel Hunt