Neighbors in and around Bowdoin-Geneva are rallying to help neighbors who were displaced by a fast-moving fire that impacted three homes on Meetinghouse Hill last week.

Three homes in a densely-packed Meetinghouse Hill neighborhood were badly damaged last Wednesday evening as Boston firefighters scrambled to contain the dangerous six-alarm blaze near Ronan Park. No one was injured in the blaze, which Boston Fire official later said was caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette on the third floor porch of a three-decker at 10 Fox Street.  Read more

Everyone left dissatisfied.

The scene was a meeting on Feb. 13 of Boston Globe reporters and editors with about 75 individuals, most of them residents of the Bowdoin-Geneva section of Dorchester; the purpose of the gathering at Cesaria’s Restaurant on Bowdoin Street was to discuss the Globe’s multi-part, multi-page 2012 report on the neighborhood that was entitled “68 Blocks.”  Read more

The Boston Globe’s recent in-depth series that focused on Dorchester’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood was, in most ways, outstanding. The package of stories and multi-media presentations on the newspaper’s website— titled “68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope” was published over a five-day period between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20. 
The full series remains prominently featured on the newspaper’s website. If you haven’t read it, we encourage you to do so and to form your own opinions (perhaps even before reading this sampling of ours.)  Read more

Mayor visits Bowdoin Street. Photo by Chris Lovett

Mayor Tom Menino, who was released from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Sunday, made his traditional Christmas Eve visit to Bowdoin Street on Monday afternoon. Above, Mayor Menino exchanges a holiday greeting with Lazette Aljoe of Dorchester. The mayor was joined by members of his neighborhood response team and cabinet.