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City setting sights on lead poisoning in kids
Liz Hoffman
When Taina Polanco bought her South Dorchester home in February of 2006, she worried about plenty of things: her job, improving her English, and making sure her 3-year-old daughter brushed her teeth in the morning.
But while chatting with a friend in a local beauty salon last April, Polanco learned about something that had never crossed her mind.
“My friend had bought a house but couldn’t live there because it had lead paint,” said Polanco, who was five months pregnant at the time. “I think, ‘What if my house has it, too?’ I never worried about that before. It’s scary when you worry about where you live.” Full Story
 A hunger to serve
For clients of Community Servings, the path to health goes through the stomach
Victoria Cheng
From succulent peach cobbler to hearty macaroni and cheese or spicy Spanish beef, there are certain foods that just always taste like home. These are the dishes Community Servings is intent on delivering.
The organization, originally based in Dorchester and now located in Jamaica Plain, was founded 18 years ago as a program to provide home-cooked meals to Boston residents diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. From an original clientele of 30 people who received three meals a week, the service has since expanded to include individuals with any illness, from cancer to kidney failure, and now provides 700 people from Lynn to Lawrence with three squares a day, five days a week. Full story
 Hub nonprofits cultivate small business owners
Michelle Sedaca
These days, sunshine greets Yvonne Jones as she enters her recently opened Halisi Day Spa & Salon in the Crosstown Center in Roxbury.
A self-described “sunny person,” Jones says her business’s bright, golden logo reminds her “to stay bright and think positive.” Inside, cheerful orange walls and meditative music create a sense of serenity within the 2,100-square-foot space.
The days used to bristle with tension for Jones, who worked as a property manager for private and public housing developments in Boston for the past 20 years. Through her spa, she now provides release for others with a variety of tempting choices including Swedish, hot stone and deep tissue massage.
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