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Happy and Healthy: Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program provides
Norman Wante Spare Change News It began with six clinicians requesting access to area shelters and over the last 25 years has grown into an organization dedicated to delivering quality health care to Boston’s homeless. Founded in 1985, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program has been dedicated to assuring Boston’s homeless community has access…
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Former Presidential Candidate Michael Dukakis Spares Time For Spare Change
Michael Simpson & Noreen Mulkern Spare Change News Last month Spare Change vendors Michael Simpson and Noreen Mulkern sat down with three-time Governor of Massachusetts and former democratic presidential candidate Michael S, Dukakis. During their conversation Dukakis spoke, among other things, of his policies towards the homeless while he was governor, and issues such as…
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Reaching Out: Local Ministers Team Up With Harvard Divinity School
Robert Sondak Spare Change News Throughout the summer, fall, winter and spring the homeless gather at the Cambridge Commons every Sunday to hear readings of the Gospel, the Bible and religious hymns. The Outdoor Church of Cambridge is a collaboration between a group of socially conscious ministers, the Harvard Divinity School and the Boston Theological…
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The Streets Are Watching
Although the jaggedly outlined black and white globe has been stamped to the left of this column in every issue of Spare Change for years, it’s likely that many readers have never given it a second glance, nor a second thought to the meaning of the words printed below: North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA).…
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For the Past Five Years
For the past five years, anyone that passed the corner of Tremont Street and Winthrop Street in Boston knew the daily smile of George (Peanut) Beatty as he sold the Boston Herald Newspaper. Unfortunally, that smile has recently faded away with his early passing on May 30, 2010. George was born the son of the…
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Looking for Shade: Summer Months Tough On Homeless Looking to Beat the Heat
There seems to be a misconception as to the needs of the homeless during the summer months here in Boston. Day after day I hear people state that the summer is an easy time for the homeless. After hearing statements such as those I feel obligated to inform them as to how rough things really…
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Tales of Inner City: The Virus (Part Two)
“Clog. You are going to clog your rig.” “Oh.” Dean pulled the needle out of his arm and pressed down on the bulb to spray the old blood into the sink. There was a brief hesitation and then the grimy porcelain sink was covered in red. He ran water through the point. He put the…
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Column-A Shooting in Somerville
On Friday, 33 year old Woman Carol Kingsley was killed by three Somerville Police Officers as they defended themselves. According to reports Ms. Kingsley suffered from grave mental health issues. Also according to reports she was admitted to Cambridge Hospital hours before the shooting. She had been brought there by Somerville Police but was let…
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The Purloined Heart III: Be Careful What You Wish For
Joey Defalco’s father had prepared the love portion for him to use on Clark Bent by the next weekend, as promised. The portion was in the same type of bottle genies come out of in fantasy movies. It was a blood colored liquid and the Houngan told Joey Defalco to put it in Clark Bent’s…
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Helping Haiti get back on it’s feet: New England Brace Company provides traditional prosthesis to earthquake victims
A New England-based corporation headquartered two hours north of Boston became a major supplier of traditional prosthesis in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. This major disaster, which destroyed the medical infra structure in a land of nine million people and significantly damaged the capital city of Port Au Prince, moved the…
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