Kelly Sullivan

3 days ago | boston25news.com | Kelly Sullivan

BOSTON — More than a dozen people were forced out into the street after a fire broke out in their Boston apartment building. One woman was rushed to the hospital from the scene after a neighbor carried her out of her apartment. “It was really smokey, like I pretty much had to crawl,” said Socrate Joseph, one of the residents in the building that caught fire.

3 days ago | boston25news.com | Kelly Sullivan

BOSTON — More than a dozen people are displaced after a fire breaks out at an apartment complex in Roxbury. According to Boston Fire, crews received a medical call at an apartment building at the corner of Tremont and Hammond Street. Upon arrival, crews found flames shooting out of the windows. All residents did make it out, but Boston 25 talked to a man who says he was on his way out when he knew he needed to help a woman who was blind. The man went back upstairs and carried her down the stairs.

4 days ago | mtstandard.com | Kelly Sullivan

Uptown Butte could have easily gone a different direction. The old Sears building might still be sitting empty. NorthWestern Energy’s headquarters could have ended up in another town. There could be fewer jobs. More vacant buildings. Fewer reasons to live here. But that’s not what happened. Over the past decade, a targeted program called the New Markets Tax Credit has leveraged private investment dollars to bring back core properties, attract employers, and anchor Butte’s uptown.

5 days ago | boston25news.com | Kelly Sullivan

MILFORD, Mass. — Students at Milford High School are set to hold a walkout on Monday in support of one of their classmates who ICE agents detained over the weekend. Friends say Marcelo Gomes, 18, was off-campus and on his way to volleyball practice with his teammates when ICE pulled over and took him into custody. Classmates of Gomes say he was in the band and scheduled to perform at the high’s school’s graduation ceremony. Now the community is rallying behind him.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Kelly Sullivan

This is the first year that Massachusetts high school students will not be required to pass the MCAS in order to graduate. To make sure that students stay focused on their future, the Boys and Girls Clubs in Boston are filling that gap with specialized programs helping graduates get ready for college and the workforce. AJ Ramirez Mateo is set to graduate from John D. O’Bryant School of Math and Science in Roxbury this week.