Puerto Rican parade marred by shooting - Boston Herald

Puerto Rican parade marred by shooting
Boston Herald
A day of celebration turned violent as a Jamaica Plain shooting during the annual Puerto Rican Festival Parade yesterday sent one man to the ...

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Puerto Rican festival honors slain store clerk - Boston Globe


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Puerto Rican festival honors slain store clerk
Boston Globe
... pillar of Bos ton's Puerto Rican community and one of its most dearly held traditions. As thousands flocked to the three-day celebration of salsa music, ...

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Puerto Rican pride on display - Vineland Daily Journal

Puerto Rican pride on display
Vineland Daily Journal
... a couple hours before a fierce storm blew through the region, is the highlight of the final day of the weeklong Puerto Rican Festival of New Jersey. ...

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On Pleasant Avenue, a Grisly Past Fades, and a Target Moves In - New York Times


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On Pleasant Avenue, a Grisly Past Fades, and a Target Moves In
New York Times
Pleasant Avenue is no longer an Italian enclave, but a black, Puerto Rican and Mexican one. It is home to the Love Café, a laundromat, bodegas, ...

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Carrión carries on WNY salsa legend thrives by making shrewd choices - Weehawken Reporter

Carrión carries on WNY salsa legend thrives by making shrewd choices
Weehawken Reporter
He recently performed at the famous New York City Puerto Rican Day parade kickoff and Boricua Festival in Brooklyn. And this month, the 9th Independent ...

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Hard-working Waltham grocer serves world of clients - Boston Globe


Boston Globe
Hard-working Waltham grocer serves world of clients
Boston Globe
When the store opened, the Latino population was mostly Puerto Rican, he said. Over the years, more and more people from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, ...

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This Day In History

Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)

Quote of the day

"It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned."...

by Clayton Moore