Civics
Inside a re-purposed carriage house: Photo by Lianne Ames
The Dorchester Reporter is proud to be the media sponsor of the Dorchester House Tour, set for Sunday, June 12 in Ashmont Hill.
When Nancy Anderson bought the dusty blue carriage house on Ocean... Read more
Sunday’s Dorchester Day Parade will be our community’s 53rd scheduled parade since 1963, when a committee of veterans and civic leaders revived the traditional march, which had been allowed lapsed in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Dorchester Day... Read more
We’re entering into one of the most beautiful times of the year: early summer, when Boston’s citizens congregate outside to enjoy the warming weather and celebrate the start of the summer season. That’s why last month Boston’s community came together to... Read more
The corner of Hancock Street and Payson Avenue has a dismal history that stretches back many years. District C-11 regularly reported that 33 Hancock St. was the site of more 911 calls than any other address in the district.
Whether it was called the... Read more
This Sunday at noon, runners from all over Dorchester will take part in the annual Project D.E.E.P. and Blarney Stone Dorchester Day 5K.
Event planners from Project D.E.E.P., the Dorchester Educational Enrichment Program, which provides weekly one-on-one... Read more
The annual Little Miss/Young Miss Dorchester contest was held May 14 at the First Parish Church on Meetinghouse Hill. The event is held each year in the spring for girls ages 7 to 12. The purpose of the event is to celebrate young girls in Dorchester... Read more
Fifty years ago, Jack Cunningham, a pilot in the US Marine Corps, was a crew member of the presidential helicopter Marine One that ferried Lyndon B. Johnson and his staff to their destinations.
Cunningham’s years as a Marine pilot and, later, as a... Read more
Community members will have another chance to comment on the Indigo Block redevelopment project next Wednesday when the Boston Redevelopment Authority will be presenting an update on the long-vacant 2.75-acre site in Uphams Corner.
Indigo Block, so named... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh’s recommended General Fund operating budget for fiscal 2017, starting July 1, totals $2.97 billion, an increase of $114.8 million, or 4.0 percent, over the prior year’s budget. This is a more thoughtful budget after two years in office... Read more
The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation will make a $3 million gift for the park being constructed along Fort Point Channel in honor of Martin W. Richard, the Dorchester boy who was the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings. The park is... Read more
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