A GoFundMe fundraiser was created to pay for the funeral of a 19-year-old man who died on the Forest Hills MBTA tracks after trying to save his girlfriend’s life. Frankey Wright Jr’s father told Boston 25 that his son was headed with his girlfriend to the Caribbean Festival on Aug. 29. MBTA Transit Police said the woman lost her balance on the platform Saturday afternoon, and fell onto the subway tracks. Wright Jr tried to…
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The following was provided by the family of Doña Betsaida Gutiérrez Rodriguez:
Doña Betsaida Gutiérrez Rodriguez, 72, passed away on June 24, 2024. She was born in Coamo Arriba in Puerto Rico on June 12, 1952 to the late Emiliana Alvarado and Antonio Rodriguez Torres, and had fourteen siblings. She was the mother of Nancy Rodriguez, and an ‘adopted mother’ to the Fernandez family children and many others. She also leaves behind many nieces and nephews.
Some people live quiet lives in their neighborhoods; others change the life of the neighborhoods in which they live. Sam Sherwood was a life-changer. He and Sarah Freeman spent decades working together to help make Jamaica Plain the beautiful neighborhood it is today.