Former UK star announces plans to build state-of-the-art arena in Dominican Republic Towns is Dominican American and has a deep connection to the Dominican Republic through his late mother, Jacqueline, who was born there. Towns credits that relationship built on his heritage and a ... 09/27/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
'I'm really the all-American': Author Julia Alvarez on her Dominican American heritage The acclaimed author of “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” and “In the Time of the Butterflies” is the subject of a new PBS documentary, “Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” about her childhood ... 09/18/2024 - 1:44 pm | View Link
Illini's Antigua to receive sportsmanship award at Hispanic Heritage Month event in Chicago The Dominican-American coach will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Sportsmanship Award at a Wednesday event honoring “the great achievements of Hispanic Americans” hosted by Gifford-born state ... 09/17/2024 - 9:20 am | View Link
Dominican Historic District Designation Divides Washington Heights A state board has voted, just barely, to recognize a new Washington Heights-Dominican Cultural Historic District, in a tie break that reflects a divide in the neighborhood about the proposal. The move ... 09/16/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link