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Peabody Weekly News (Nov 5, 2024): From crisis to care: Boston’s groundbreaking response to COVID & teen mental health

Boston really went through the wringer during COVID, but the city’s response shows how a crisis can spark some amazing changes. When COVID first hit, Boston was slammed – but its major hospitals like Mass General Hospital stepped up in a big way.

The city turned things around quickly with testing and virtual care. But behind the scenes, a quieter crisis was unfolding: teen mental health took a serious hit.

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MarbleHead Weekly News (Nov 13, 2024): Aditya Shrivastava: Homelessness crisis in Boston area 

The homelessness crisis in Massachusetts is heartbreaking. It’s not just a statistic or an abstract problem—it’s impacting the lives of thousands upon thousands of real people across our state. Over 190,141 individuals are experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts. That’s an astounding, gut wrenching number. These are people who had jobs, families, and dreams, until circumstances beyond their control swept them into the streets or shelters.

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Diversity in Lynnfield – Halloween, Diwali and Hanukkah – By Aditya Shrivastava, Lynnfield Middle School

As we can see more and more new families move into Lynnfield, Lynnfield is getting more diverse everyday. As a kid whose parents are first generation immigrants from India, I have a front row seat in how it feels to live in two very different cultures. We celebrate Diwali, Hanukkah as well as Halloween in the same time of the year with equal fervor. As my father says, we are lucky to have lived in two ultimate democratic countries with the freedom of expression that every person deserves in the world.