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Kosciuszko Circle: Even on a 'good' day, the rotary at the northern end of Morrissey Boulevard is a challenge for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. Griffin Connolly photoThe long-sought project to reconstruct Morrissey Boulevard remains under way, if... Read more
After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a regulatory structure for the novel app-... Read more
As the state Senate prepares to debate a bill regulating ride-for-hire services like Uber and Lyft, drivers are walking around around the new Uber Greenlight Hub in Neponset. The Dorchester shop is Boston’s second, located in a neighborhood where one in... Read more
The Neponset River Greenway trail will see its second bridge crossing installed this week, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) officials said. A dramatic arched walkway over the Neponset River will complete the planned bridge installations for... Read more
Community members this week echoed their elected officials’ concerns about a possible siting of a soccer stadium on Columbia Point this week. Editorial: It's not just the traffic. Bayside impasse makes soccer stadium a long shot Michael McColgan, who... Read more
Carney Hospital paired up with the Vietnamese Health Collaborative Saturday to bring a Health, Wellness, and Job Fair to the people of Dorchester. The event, which was held in the main lobby of the Carney Hospital, was free to the public. “It’s just a... Read more
Word emerged this week that UMass officials are talking with the Kraft family — owners of the Patriots and the New England Revolution soccer franchise — about siting a 20,000-seat soccer stadium on what used to be the Bayside Expo Center. UMass officials... Read more
Two dozen community members, health advocates, and community service police officers laid out their public safety concerns and struggles from the Black Box theater in the Codman Square Health Center on Monday evening. Community organizers Yvette Modestin... Read more
The Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition celebrated its 10th anniversary on June 11 at the Boston Nature Center, where more than 60 neighborhood residents stopped by to gobble up fresh food and groove to an eclectic playlist. State Rep. Dan Cullinane of... Read more
University of Massachusetts officials have had preliminary conversations with the Kraft family and the New England Revolution about the possibility of building a soccer stadium on prime waterfront land owned by the university on the grounds of the old... Read more

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