BOSTON – A cake with a doll in it, shoes full of hay, men dressing up in magisterial ways – these are just a few of the fanciful things that make up part of Three Kings Day celebrations, a holiday tradition for many Hispanic Americans in Boston and beyond.
Three Kings Day, or Día de los Reyes, is the highlight of the Christmas season for many in Latino communities, marked with festivals, parades and other events.
BOSTON – New flood-zone maps put out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency expand the boundaries of parts of Boston at risk of being inundated and that may require thousands of property owners to buy flood insurance for the first time.
The new maps reassess the risk of flooding in coastal areas of Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop during the most severe storms, or those that are likely to occur only once in a century. According to Boston City Hall, more than 1,000 city acres with more than 9,300 residential units and over 2,400 businesses have been added to at-risk zones in the city alone. The maps become effective March 16.
