In the hours since Steward Health Care filed for bankruptcy, the state has launched a website with resources about the situation and will open a hotline later Monday afternoon for health care providers and concerned...
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State officials have launched an incident command system as they brace for potential health care service disruptions in eastern Massachusetts, escalating their efforts to protect patient safety and access amid the ... Read more.
Sunny skies on Saturday morning greeted hundreds of young hopefuls ready to swing into another season of Dorchester Baseball Little League on the diamonds in the parks around the neighborhood.
From the little ones ... Read more.
The state Ethics Commission last week fined Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden $5,000 for the way his press office released material about his opponent during the 2022 campaign cycle.
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A federal judge last week sentenced Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, to 92 months in federal prison for trying to hire somebody to kill his wife after she kicked him out of their house and took up with another man - whom he also ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester last Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared information about some of ... Read more.
A controversial Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) effort to reimagine zoning and planning in select business districts is on hold, for the moment, in Codman Square as officials seek to expand the pilot project ... Read more.
Federal authorities, exasperated with a man they say has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph, and Brockton for nearly two decades, want to fine him $597,775 in an attempt to get ... Read more.
Here’s an idea to give a boost to your neighborhood: Hold a community cleanup.
A week ago last Saturday, three sites in Savin Hill saw some community love when 40 residents picked up rakes, shovels, and other ... Read more.
To the Editor:
Major changes are coming from multiple directions upon the residents of Dorchester in this time of increasing demands for our attention and decreasing individual free time for reflection and ... Read more.
To the Editor:
It was a glitzy occasion in May of 2012 when handsome Dr. Ralph de la Torre looked out over the expanse of white-clothed dining tables at the elegant Quincy Links Restaurant and promised the ... Read more.
Bill Walczak’s April 16 column, “Change moves at the speed of trust,” takes issue with Mayor Wu’s administration’s approach to planning and zoning reform. In particular, the piece decries advancing the Boston Planning and ... Read more.
The long-awaited re-opening of the renovated Mattahunt community center and pool drew an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors and officials, including Mayor Wu, to the city-owned facility off of Cummins Highway last Thursday ( ... Read more.
Members of the Cedar Grove Civic Association gave their unanimous approval to a developer’s plan to convert an existing two-family house on Gallivan Blvd. into a 12-unit complex during a 55-minute meeting last Wednesday ... Read more.
The third meeting of the Morrissey Boulevard-K Circle Commission is slated for this Thursday, May 2 at BC High from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Jake Wachman, state Sen. Nick Collins’ designee on the commission, urged the ... Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, to 92 months in federal prison for trying to hire somebody to kill his wife after she kicked him out of their house and took up with another man - whom he also ... Read more.
The FCC says it's grown tired of a man it says has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph and Brockton for nearly two decades, so it's now proposing to fine him $597,775 in an attempt ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday.
The man was taken to a local hospital ... Read more.
About 75 people attended a union-organized community forum about the ongoing crisis involving Steward Health Care and Carney Hospital on Thursday evening at St. Gregory’s parish auditorium in Lower Mills. Nurses and other ... Read more.
The state's top health care official assured lawmakers Wednesday that the state is prepared to respond to the next turn in the Steward Health Care crisis, mentioning the potential for a bankruptcy filing, acknowledging ... Read more.
Officials in charge of a city-led project aimed at protecting Dorchester and South Boston from flood waters associated with rising sea levels will host a pair of public meetings, including an in-person tour, over the next ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester on Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared some of the projects she had ... Read more.
Traditional Vietnamese music filled a dimly lit room at Dorchester’s VietAID Community Center last Saturday as hundreds of people entered the space. Blue waves were cast onto the ceiling while candles flickered at every ... Read more.
Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition is planning standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital ... Read more.
The Dorchester Pee Wee Division (11–12-year-olds) put together a Street Hockey team during vacation week and then went out and won the Mayor’s Cup. The team was put together by Nate Robbins and coached by teenager James ... Read more.
More than 100,000 people in the United States are currently on the national organ transplant waitlist. Patients anxiously await the phone call to inform them that a stranger made a decision to donate and will save their ... Read more.
