Boston’s new Commissioner of Veterans’ Services will be the first-ever Puerto Rican to hold the position, as well as the first LGBTQ person, and he’s a Jamaica Plain resident.
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The record cold over the weekend was too much for the aging plumbing at the VA in Jamaica Plain. According to NECN, appointments at the facility are cancelled until at least Thursday.
On Wednesday Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that as part of Boston’s “Homes for the Brave” initiative, the City this morning hosted its first-ever housing surge for veterans at Pine Street Inn. Representatives from 11 partner agencies gathered for the first time in one place to efficiently assist veterans in connecting with housing and housing resources.
The city is adding biographies and “quick response codes” to hero square memorials so residents can quickly find out more about the military men and women for whom those corners are named.
