BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on June 7, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that Alexandra Valdez will serve as the Director of the Office of Cultural Affairs for the City of Boston. In this role, Valdez will lead the Office of Culture Affairs, a team composed of Cultural Advisors who will engage and partner with communities across Boston to shape the cultural landscape of Boston. The office resides within the City's Equity & Inclusion   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The city of Boston issued the following news on June 7, 2024: The City of Boston Reparations Task Force (RTF), through the Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, today announced the launch of their Community Grassroots Partnerships Program. This program is an effort by the RTF to invest up to $70,000 in residents' efforts to create community-based spaces and honor the untold stories of Black residents of Boston. This program will expand opportunities for community engage  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on June 7, 2024: The MBTA is pleased to congratulate MBTA Chief of Integrated Transit Programs Desiree Patrice for receiving the 2024 Women Making Transportation History Award from the Conference of Minority Transportation Official (COMTO) Boston Chapter, an association that promotes advancement and leadership opportunities in the transportation industry for minority professionals. Chief P  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A former chair of the Select Board in Grafton, Mass. was arrested today on charges of violating the defrauding investors in his cannabis company and for conducting an unlawful monetary transaction. Bruce W. Spinney, III, 49, of Grafton, was indicted yesterday on three counts of wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud investors in Spinney's mari  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing methamphetamine hydrochloride ("crystal meth"). Vincent Lambert, 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In June 2023, Lambert was indicted by a federal grand jury. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled senten  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A Wellesley psychiatrist was sentenced yesterday for billing Medicare and private insurance companies for over $19 million in treatments he did not provide and obstructing justice in an attempt to conceal his crimes. Gustavo Kinrys, 53, of Wellesley, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 99 months in prison, followed by   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that July 3 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans for losses due to excessive moisture and flooding that began on June. 1, 2023. The declaration includes the counties of Cheshi  more