Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, others ‘central figures’ in vaccination efforts as coronavirus fight carries on Erin Tiernan © Provided by Boston Herald BOSTON MA. APRIL 19: Mayor Kim Janey speaks outside Twelfth Baptist church to announce the opening of the church as a vaccination site on April 19, 2021 in Boston, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
As coronavirus vaccine appointments opened up to the remaining 1.7 million Massachusetts residents awaiting eligibility on Monday, a Roxbury church began doling out its first shots.
Roxbury’s Twelfth Baptist Church joined the ranks of dozens of churches, community centers and other cultural sites across the city that have taken on the role of vaccination clinic amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Take a walk through history at these Massachusetts cemeteries
R. Scott Reedy
Daily News Correspondent
Looking for somewhere to take a contemplative walk and a break from today’s uncertain times? By design, many cemeteries – particularly the rural or garden variety which gradually replaced churchyard burying grounds over the course of the 19th century – afford peace and quiet, and the opportunity for reflection.
Today, with their paved roads and walkways, cemeteries – some flat and others with hills – are ideal for walking.
And while they offer solitude, even on the quietest of days you’ll rarely be entirely alone. Cemeteries are home to birds and other animals – squirrels and rabbits, the occasional deer or turkey, or, if there is a nearby pond or stream, perhaps geese, turtles, even a swan or two.
Brooklyn Nets star LaMarcus Aldridge, 35, abruptly retires from the NBA after suffering an irregular heartbeat during a game, calling it one of the scariest moments of his life
Brooklyn Nets center LaMarcus Aldridge has announced his sudden retirement from the NBA after playing with an irregular heartbeat last week in Los Angeles
Aldridge, 35, called the experience one of the scariest moments of his life
Despite the seriousness of the situation, Aldridge insists he is on the mend
Aldridge had recently accepted a buyout from the Spurs, allowing him to sign with the title-contending Nets, and was expected to be a major contributor
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Junior Byles (Kerrie Byles Junior, most known for his Fade Away is a reggae artist born in the poor parts of Kingston, Jamaica 1948. Fade Away , with its strong spiritual warnings for materialism and egoism, was recorded in 1975 for producer Joseph Hoo Kim. It was a massive hit in Jamaica and was also a big success in the UK, and was covered five years later by among others Adrian Sherwood s New Age Steppers group and by Salmonella Dub NZ, made a special version of it. By 1975, Byles health had begun to decline. Suffering from depression, he was deeply affected by the death of Haile Selassie, unable to reconcile this with his belief in Selassie s divinity, and attempted suicide, but survived. He then had a very though life and was living on the street in USA, scavenging for food in dumpsters, and begging from passers-by. Byles occasionally resurfaced, recording albums 1989, and 1992. He returned to live performance in 2004 in Jama
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