Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and emotional or psychological abuse. The frequency and severity of domestic violence vary dramatically. Domestic violence can Read More…
October is breast cancer awareness month. It’s a time when many organizations around the country will commit to raising knowledge and awareness around breast cancer and what can be done to help prevent it. 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over their lifetime. It is the second most common cancer in women, except Read More…
JoAnn Aloise LaPorte shares this poetic prose, reminiscing about the month of October as a North End kid. so funny the month of October as a kid I always felt like it was the last hurrah for fall.. the vinegar peppers would be in lopilatos bathtub in the fruit store.. my mother would send me Read More…