A Citizens Bank branch that opened last fall on a site at Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street that once featured a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and then sat vacant for more than a decade was officially welcomed to the neighborhood in a ceremony inside the branch last Friday (Jan. 19). Now fully renovated, the branch, a replacement for the Citizen Bank location that closed
After 32 years of leadership, Deborah Hughes is retiring from her role as president and CEO of the Brookview House, a non-profit organization in Dorchester led by Black and Latinx women that works for justice, equity, and systemic change for low-income mothers and their children living in Boston. In a letter to the Reporter, she reflects on her decades at the House.
Bobby Brown of New Edition fame presented a check for $30,000 to Dranaya Owens of Brookview House in Dorchester last week on behalf of the Bobbi Kristina Serenity House (BKSH), named for the performer’s late daughter. Brookview provides safe housing and supportive programs to families experiencing homelessness, many of them victims of domestic violence. Brookview and