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The development team behind the massive Dorchester Bay City project on Columbia Point’s waterfront made a $10 million commitment this week to fuel a homeownership fund run by the Dorchester-based Massachusetts Affordable ... Read more.
After the Legislature rejected his original proposal to spend $2.8 billion of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act funding, Gov. Baker on Monday signed legislation transferring most of the money into a separate account ... Read more.
From June 19 until June 22, the Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center hosted the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) 12-and-Under New England Junior Sectionals, the most important tournament of the year for ... Read more.
In a city famous for running, the Pioneers Run Crew (PRC) is making strides in Dorchester. Founded in 2017 by Dot native Sidney Baptista, Pioneers meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays in Fields Corner and Franklin Park, ... Read more.
The Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront, made up of 40 city-wide nonprofits, including several Dorchester-based groups, is hoping to improve public access to the city’s waterfront, including Boston’s rivers ... Read more.
Newly touting support from every Boston mayoral candidate, activists pushing for reduced fare or free rides for low-income MBTA users are ramping up pressure on state lawmakers as the issue gains more prominence in ... Read more.
A development team hoping to build a six-story residential building with 80 compact studio apartments, a rooftop deck, and shared amenity space at the intersection of 1320 Dorchester Ave. and Ellsworth Street just north ... Read more.
In 2008, when I was CEO of the Codman Square Health Center, I was approached by a Codman Square neighborhood group that had spent a decade cleaning up vacant lots. Boston Project Ministries (BPM) had been organizing the ... Read more.
To the Editor:
The Boston City Council is currently evaluating methods of decreasing Boston greenhouse gas emissions to reach the citywide goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Members of the ... Read more.
I always get excited when there is a contested mayoral election in Boston. It stems from when I was young boy and John Collins defeated John Powers in 1959. Everybody thought that Powers would win, but they all voted for ... Read more.
There is a difference between responsible development that strengthens neighborhoods and development that doesn’t. Our city will be best served if our candidates for mayor acknowledge and discuss the differences so we ... Read more.
Sgt. Brendan Lenane of Dorchester is on his way to becoming a US Army pilot after serving a tour of duty and completing the necessary requirements to achieve that goal.
The 22-year-old Lower Mills native, a ... Read more.
Saint Joseph Preparatory High School held its ninth Commencement Exercises in Saint Columbkille Parish Church in Brighton on June 2. Diplomas were conferred on 77 members of the Class of 2021 by Co-Heads of School ... Read more.
When METCO alumni Gloria Harrison and Carrie Clifford started their podcast, “Hard Candy and Fruit Snacks,” last fall in an attempt to spark dialogue about racism, busing, and the inequality gap that exists between Black ... Read more.
Mary-dith “Mary” Tuitt, at right, has joined the staff at The Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center to lead its Veteran’s Center. A former jet mechanic, Tuitt, who lives in Dorchester, served on active duty in the US ... Read more.
Neighborhood roller skate fanatics are eager to get back on their wheels, but they’ll have to wait a little longer to roll into Chez Vous, the 88-year-old Mattapan institution that has been closed since last March when ... Read more.
Organic material — yard and food waste — accounts for as much as 35 percent of Boston’s residential trash. Because most food waste is 90 percent water, it’s not great fuel for waste-to-energy plants that take the vast ... Read more.
After spending the last several months working on a campaign called “Health Comes First” as part of the VIP (Violence Intervention and Prevention) Youth Organizing Institute, two Boston Latin Academy students from ... Read more.
Boston councillors on Wednesday signed off on Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s spending plans for fiscal year 2022, which begins on Thursday.
The votes came after two hours of in-person debate inside City Hall and saw ... Read more.
This week, the Reporter bades fare-thee-well to one of our all-time ace reporters and editors. Dan Sheehan, a member of our staff since 2017 and our arts and features editor since 2019, is leaving Boston to pursue new ... Read more.
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