Lowell Community Center honored local "Hidden Heroes" of excellent health care.  Though more minorities have health insurance, they may be unable to find primary care providers, reports NEWz.

Latino, Chinese, Vietnamese and Haitian residents are mobilizing to increase their voter registration and turnout at the November elections, reports DotNews.com.

A foreclosed Hindu temple won a ruling from the NH Supreme Court that enables its members to argue that their eviction was improper, reports IndiaNewEngland.com.

Hartford's City Council has voted to prohibit all city workers, including police, from asking residents about their immigration status, except in criminal cases, says Feetin2Worlds.org.

At the Roxbury Film Festival in Boston, some were doubtful about white filmmakers’ ability to capture the black experience – with authenticity and respect – reports BayStateBanner.com.

Some Boston-area Vietnamese remain discontent over the firing of community leader Hiep Chu.  At a recent meeting, some were ready to fire the board of Viet-AID, Chu’s employer, reports DotNews.com.

An Indian man is suing the Secret Service and Boston Police for racial profiling and civil-rights abuses.  However, a judge has dismissed his charges of First and Fifth Amendment violations, reports INDIAnewEngland.com.

The Jewish Channel, based in New York, is now in Boston.  The $5.99/month channel shows films as well as original series and programs, reports TheJewishAdvocate.com.

ICE's paid ads for its self-deport program appear in ethnic media in five pilot cities. Chicago-area Spanish- and Polish-language radio stations have been contacted, too, reports Feetin2Worlds.org.

Massachusetts smokers can call 1-800-879-8678 (Try-to-Quit) for Spanish/English help and free nicotine patches. The state ranks #4 in the country for lowest rate of smokers, reports NEWz.

Cape Verde's development boom is luring expatriate entrepreneurs and others in Massachusetts to invest in the West African archipelago country, reports the Bay State Banner.

Some in Boston's Vietnamese community want nonprofit agency Viet-AID to be accountable following the termination of its executive director, says the Dorchester Reporter.

South Asian restaurateurs are getting hit by rising costs of food and fuel. Some are advising others not to get into the restaurant business, reports INDIA New England.

Irish Fest by the Sea comes to Dover, NH, on Aug. 9, 2008, for a full day of Celtic music, dance, and Irish history and culture, reports the Irish Emigrant.

Feetin2Worlds.org reports on the developing story of ICE's new "self-deport" program, which encourages undocumented immigrants to voluntarily turn themselves in.