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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
Catholic Charities held a breakfast fundraiser at the office of Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP in the Seaport District last Thursday morning to benefit the Teen Center at St. Peter’s. The event’s co-hosts included Fr. Jack Ahern, Jim Brett, Jim... Read more
The women who gathered in Fields Corner were bonded by violence and loss. A grandmother who had lost her grandson and five mothers who had lost their sons in shootings sat in the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute headquarters last Thursday evening to share... Read more
An American Revolution-era flag was unveiled on Monday in the Castle Island exhibit at the Commonwealth Museum on Columbia Point. It will be on temporary display in Dorchester until mid-August. The 13-star banner, which many experts believe is... Read more
Member Recognition Night - The Club will be hosting its Annual Member Recognition Night on 6/22. Invitations have been mailed to all the award winners covering all core program areas. We will also present the Director Awards from each area as well as the... Read more
Running a Catholic parish in Dorchester is no easy task, even for an experienced manager and priest. Now try running three city parishes at the same time. That’s what Fr. Jack Ahern, 63, has done masterfully since he took charge at Dorchester’s “Tri-... Read more
The National Parks of Boston last Saturday unveiled and dedicated a replica cannon brought to Dorchester Heights from Fort Ticonderoga during the 1776 Siege of Boston. The cannon, resting atop a six-and-a-half ton granite mount, will remain on permanent... Read more
The Dorchester Park Association and Cedar Grove Gardens have organized a Summer Solstice Garden Tour to benefit Dorchester Park on Sunday, June 19 from 11a.m.-3 p.m. The walking tour will feature ten Dorchester residents’ private gardens, all in the... Read more

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