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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.

Hairenik's summer interns include five teens, an Azerbajian-born immigrant and a UMass-Boston English major (who wrote this article), reports the Armenian Weekly.

Susan Jacobs of the Jewish Journal, a NEWz partner, received a journalism award from the American Jewish Press Association, plus a certificate of recognition from her congressman.

Brazilians in Massachusetts paid a shipping company to send their parcels to Brazil. Allegedly the company never shipped the boxes or refunded the customers, according to Bate Papo.

AIDS programs that serve African Americans in Hartford, Conn., face financial instability. The number of AIDS cases for Hartford's African Americans is five times higher than for the city's whites.

African American women who consume two sodas or sweetened drinks daily could be increasing their risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 25 to 30%, according to a new study.

Lyme disease contracted from a tick bite has delayed an immigrant's return back home. The disease can cause pain and harm the knees or other joints of the body, reports NEWz.

ICE wants undocumented immigrants to voluntarily "self-deport," as part of a new ICE program mentioned only to Univision, reports Feetin2Worlds.org.

Brazilians and other immigrants are reacting with apprehension over the fatal shooting of Andre Martins, 25, father of two, by a police officer following a high-speed chase, reports NEWz.

A Brazilian wall painter was shot fatally by a Yarmouth, Mass., police officer after speeding and driving into a police car, reports NEWz. *** EM PORTUGUÊS ***

Feetin2Worlds.org reports on Mayor Bloomberg's new order that requires 100 NYC agencies to provide translated documents and interpretation services.

New Hampshire has the USA's 7th fastest-growing foreign-born population. India ranks #2, behind Vietnam, as birthplace of these foreign-born, reports INDIA New England.

Neighborhood Network News showcases the Cape Verdean community, on the heels of mounting gun violence, in a march for peace in the Uphams Corner neighborhood of Dorchester, Boston.

The Dominican all-stars team found in the New England Latino Baseball series that representing their culture was perhaps more important than winning, reports the Banner.

Viet-AID has fired its director, who had been helping another Vietnamese agency, over a "difference in mission," according to the ex-board chair, says the Dorchester Reporter.

Hebrew "Barack Obama" pins may represent largely-Democratic Jewish voters, but some Jews still are suspicious of Obama's goals in the Middle East, reports the Jewish Advocate.