Tag: young adults

Happy mature florist watering plants with garden hose in a greenhouse.

High school students who participated in Boston’s summer jobs program in 2015 work on a public beautification and landscaping project. It’s a spring rite in Boston.  The mayor’s office and private and non-profit employers hustle to get ready for a program employing more than 10,000 inner-city teens for the summer. A new study of t…

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Here’s a reminder that parents should start their homework this summer to minimize college loan repayments over the long haul. A few basic decisions can add or subtract thousands of dollars. A little help came last week, when the interest rates on all federal student loans were reduced. Despite the declines, the rates for t…