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The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday that is aimed at protecting the Neponset River from stormwater pollution, following upticks in algae blooms caused ... Read more.
The Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester (BGCD) Field House project on Mt. Vernon Street has become a contentious issue because of the lack of transparency in the process, and because the community’s concerns were ignored. ... Read more.
“Papa, when are they going to stop killing black people? “ Phil Hillman, a Dorchester resident and leader at St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge, was tasked with trying to answer. He told me later, “During my prayer time, ... Read more.
How do I begin to tell you about our family’s loss last week? When my brother Joe succumbed to the cancer that had overtaken him since the spring, it was the end of a glorious life story that began right here in ... Read more.
Have you ever noticed white vans parked along the side of highways that carry people who clean the shoulders of highways? The people you see working on the highway grounds are working off fines or sentences as a result of ... Read more.
Codman Yard, located at 375 Gallivan Blvd. just south of Ashmont Station, is a storage and maintenance site for the MBTA’s Red Line that is set to undergo renovations next year — and into 2024— to accommodate a new fleet ... Read more.
Boston Public Schools students will start the 2020 school year from home, Mayor Marty Walsh and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius announced last Friday. Under the plan, remote learning for all students begins Sept. 21. The ... Read more.
Mail-in ballot two-way flow is under a spotlight
Early voting in the Commonwealth is well under way ahead of next Tuesday’s state primary election. In-person and mail-in balloting began in ... Read more.
Power to the People: A Rally for Black Culture, will take place on Saturday, August 29 at 1:00 p.m. at Town Field in Fields Corner. The event, which will feature dozens of Black-owned businesses, restaurants, and artists ... Read more.
A proposal by two Boston City Councillors could lead to a ban on credit checks by companies based in Boston when screening prospective employees. Council President Kim Janey and Councillor Andrea Campbell jointly filed ... Read more.
Wu says ZBA needs ‘structural changes’
A majority of the Boston City Council voted to block the appointment of three new members to the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) on Wednesday. Instead ... Read more.
Nayely Martinez graduated from Fenway High School in the spring and still has two siblings in the Boston Public School system. To her, it is still unsafe for students to go back to school in the fall.
While ... Read more.
Students across all levels of schooling in Massachusetts will now be required to receive flu vaccines, a new mandate that state public health officials described as a step to reduce the impact of flu-related and ... Read more.
The Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s mission is focused on sound city finances and policy so that Boston has the resources and tools to do what it needs to do and wants to do, now and in the future, for all who live, ... Read more.
The first phase of a project that will restore the 113-year-old stained glass windows at Dorchester’s First Baptist Church began last Monday as workers removed nine of the most deteriorated windows. The church, located on ... Read more.
Boston is home to the nation’s oldest continuously operated victory garden. The 500 small plots in the Fenway neighborhood date back to World War II, when citizens were encouraged to raise their own food to support the ... Read more.
A construction project that’s currently underway and visible from I-93 near the Freeport Street exit in Dorchester will house two salt sheds and a steel maintenance structure for the state’s Department of Transportation ( ... Read more.
On our way to Daily Table in Codman Square on August 5, my wife and I spotted a DotHouse Health banner at Town Field. Guessing it was for COVID-19 testing, and seeing that there were not yet any customers at the tents, we ... Read more.
Development plans to transform a landmark Morrissey Boulevard dining and function facility that shut its doors in 2017 into a 206-unit apartment complex with a roof deck, dog spa, and 136 parking spaces received an ... Read more.
Eighteen-year-old Shantel Teixeira of Dorchester is one of seven recipients of a four-year, full-tuition Berklee City Music Scholarship. Teixeira has participated in Berklee City Music programming for the past year, ... Read more.
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