Civics
Team MR8The Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation, an organization created to honor the memory of the eight year old Dorchester boy killed during the 2013 bombings near the finish of the Boston Marathon, is now accepting applications from charity... Read more
Full-scale representations of the U.S. Senate chamber and the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's Capitol Hill office will open to the public on March 31, 2015, the Edward Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate announced Wednesday. A gala celebration is set for... Read more
Hayrides through the cemetery, costume contests and even a candlelit pumpkin float on the Neponset River. Dorchester does not play when it comes to Halloween.
• The Harvest Festival hosted by Cedar Grove Gardens has become a favorite for families. The... Read more
A historic but endangered Mattapan landmark could soon have a new owner that would ensure that it remains viable for decades to come. Historic Boston Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the Fowler-Clark farmhouse on Norfolk Street. The... Read more
Construction on the second of three phases of the Neponset River Greenway will soon get under way as the project to connect Readville’s Martini Shell to South Boston’s Castle Island continues on schedule and on budget, according to Jack Murray, the... Read more
Savin Hill Ave. project: Architect’s rendering showed proposed condos over Savin Bar + Kitchen. Drawing courtesy RODE Architects.
The future of a vacant lot across from Savin Hill T station, previously the site of a proposed 14-unit residential and... Read more
It sits idle, a relic of Dorchester’s days as a bustling streetcar suburb. Tucked between a weathered supply store and the olde town’s first cemetery, the Uphams Corner Comfort Station— as it was called in its days of utility— is far from comforting to... Read more
The American Planning Association (APA) likes what it sees happening in Fields Corner and has named the Dorchester community one of this year’s 10 greatest neighborhoods in America in recognition specifically for its residential diversity, citing the... Read more
Jonathan EliasThis year's Men of Boston Cook for Women's Health on Thursday, October 2 is looking to be Codman Square Health Center's most delicious event yet. With an impressive list of diverse and renowned restaurants including local favorites like... Read more
Cameron Gross
Cameron Gross, 17, wants to be an Eagle Scout. The Weymouth resident, who is a member of Troop 28 based at Savin Hill’s Rice Post, must complete a community service project to achieve the rank. So, this summer he sought and won permission... Read more
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