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The city has paused in its effort to re-develop two city-owned parcels at the corner of Washington and Euclid Streets in Codman Square after leaders at a neighboring church objected to a conversion from their existing use ... Read more.
The mother of 2-year-old Bella Bond last week admitted to helping cover up her daughter’s murder, changing her plea from not guilty and agreeing to testify against the alleged killer, according to the Suffolk County ... Read more.
Concern over density continues to haunt even small-scale neighborhood developments in Dorchester as abutters grapple with the impacts of extra-large projects in residential areas.
At the Columbia Savin Hill Civic ... Read more.
On Sat., Feb. 25, dancers of the Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts will take the stage at the Strand Theatre to showcase Sankofa, a performance with a focus on Black History.
Andrea Herbert Major, ... Read more.
Savin Hill’s Catherine O’Neill, a Dorchester native who has become a well-regarded playwright over the last several years, turns to one of the less-heralded founders of the American recovery movement for her next play, ... Read more.
The new Coco Leaf Dessert Café has re-opened after closing for a week to refine the menu. Coco Leaf celebrated its ribbon cutting last week, launching the Asian-French twist coffee shop in Fields Corner.
Coco Leaf ... Read more.
Dorchester’s Travis Mitchell has been named the general manager of Joe’s American Bar & Grill on Newbury Street.
Mitchell previously served as a bartender, manager and assistant general manager at Joe’s ... Read more.
Mayor Martin Walsh on Tuesday announced funding for 10 affordable housing developments across Boston, a nearly $22 million investment to preserve or produce 602 housing units. Dorchester and Mattapan projects account for ... Read more.
As US immigration officials arrest hundreds in raids in major cities across the United States, anxiety is growing within Greater Boston, fueling reports of immigration enforcement and random arrests.
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After asking about drug and alcohol use at your next checkup the doctor may ask similar questions about gun safety, part of an effort to further curb gun violence by treating it as a public health issue and involving ... Read more.
The snow is tapering off across Massachusetts as wind gusts pick up, according to the National Weather Service, blasting across the region at 40-50 miles per hour inland and up to 60 miles per hour along the coast.
... Read more.Boston Public Schools will be closed for a snow day Friday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced midday Thursday, asking the public to remain off the roads while a major snowstorm howls through the region.
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A Zoning Board of Appeals decision that has green-lighted the demolition of a single-family home to clear the way for a three-story building with six apartments in Ashmont has caused waves in community meetings ... Read more.
Three local legislators have filed bills that would limit the primary purpose of University of Massachusetts Boston buildings to education and necessitate an open public process for any new development undertaken by the ... Read more.
Charley Murphy, who has led the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center on Blue Hill Avenue since 2013, stepped down from the role this week. Murphy resigned to take on a new role as a vice-president at Steward Health ... Read more.
The state agency that investigates claims of discrimination has a new commissioner, replacing Charlotte Golar Richie, according to a House lawmaker who attended a swearing-in ceremony in Gov. Charlie Baker’s office.
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A large crowd gathered at the Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain last Thursday evening (Feb. 2) to address health care, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform. The crowd, which overflowed from the church’s main ... Read more.
Letter carriers from Dorchester are among the most supportive in the state when it comes to raising money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) in 2016. The Dorchester Center branch #34 of the ... Read more.
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $45,000 one-year grant to Codman Square Health Center to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer and provide mammograms for ... Read more.
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