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Highlighting Pride Month, Roxbury Film Festival, and Black Music Month during ‘Black News Hour’

During this episode of “Black News Hour,” The Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt and Tiana Woodard heard from guests about the Roxbury Film Festival starting this month, along with Black Music Month and Pride Month, which span the month of June.

Bridgewater police honor K-9 after dog’s unexpected death

Police officers and K-9 teams from around the region gathered at Angel View Pet Cemetery in Middleborough to say goodbye to Papi, a 9-year-old German Shepherd from Slovakia.

15-year Army veteran to oversee Medford’s veterans services

Jeremy David Johns was selected by Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn to fill the vacant position.

Housing goes solar for low-income residents in Lynn, Chelsea

A local nonprofit that provides low-income people with housing and other services recently found a way to contribute to the fight against climate change.

Black News Hour | Episode 13
Highlighting Pride Month, Roxbury Film Festival, and Black Music Month during ‘Black News Hour’
During this episode of “Black News Hour,” The Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt and Tiana Woodard heard from guests about the Roxbury Film Festival starting this month, along with Black Music Month and Pride Month, which span the month of June.

News flash: Fireworks are back!
Graduation ceremonies. Block parties. And yes, Fourth of July fireworks. The pandemic may not be over, but the beloved rituals of summer are surging back.

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Is this progress? Only your smartphone knows for sure

It’s a map. It gives me directions. It plays music. I can read books on it. How can I have an issue with a device that does all these things?

A baby deer gets trapped, and an animal control officer comes to the rescue

A fawn gets rescued, a lost cockatiel turns up in a garage, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Quincy College teaches students how to farm in the water with free aquaculture camp

Quincy College is offering secondary school students a free summer program to learn about aquaculture — the practice of breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.

Buttonwoods Museum reimagines how to tell Haverhill’s history

The Buttonwoods Museum is embarking on a project aimed at re-energizing the Water Street institution and making it more representative of Haverhill's diverse population.

‘A topic that resonates’: Documentary on loneliness brings people together at West Newton Cinema

More than 130 people gathered together in the West Newton Cinema on June 15 to watch “All the Lonely People,” a documentary on loneliness and social isolation before and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newton Highlands Village Day festival celebrates the ‘Highlands and life’

After missing two years due to the pandemic, more than a thousand visitors celebrated the 45th annual Newton Highlands Village Day street festival and 5K road race June 12.

Neither snow nor rain? Mail delivery in Newton hit by staffing shortages

Newton is one of many cities around the country experiencing staffing shortages with the United States Postal Service — straining workers, causing disruptions in mail delivery, and leaving some residents wondering why their mailboxes are empty.