Politics
The Dorchester civic group aimed at promoting gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual rights threw its support behind three incumbents and former City Councillor Michael Flaherty.
Following a Sunday afternoon forum at the Savin Bar + Kitchen in Dorchester’... Read more
House DistrictsState Rep. Marty Walsh’s district would reach into Quincy and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz would pick up Dorchester precincts while losing whole neighborhoods elsewhere in Boston, according to a draft of redrawn political boundaries released... Read more
District 3 candidate Frank Baker hauled in over $10,000 in the first fifteen days of October, according campaign finance records. His rival, John O’Toole, pulled in $3,901. The O’Toole camp said since Oct. 17 they've grabbed an additional $8,850, which... Read more
State Rep. Marty Walsh's district would reach into Quincy and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz would pick up Dorchester precincts while losing whole neighborhoods elsewhere in Boston, according to a draft of redrawn political boundaries a legislative committee... Read more
A proposal redrawing state Senate and state House districts will be revealed this afternoon, with changes in store for the House districts in Dorchester and Mattapan.
Due to population shifts across the state, a special legislative committee has been... Read more
This article originally appeared in the Feb. 10, 2000 edition of the Dorchester Reporter.
It was not nearly as belligerent as the original Boston "T" party, but last week's transportation forum at the Murphy School proved that Dorchester's long-suffering... Read more
The following is a list of candidate forums for City Council At-Large contenders. The list is incomplete and subject to change. (See a forum that's missing? Email newseditor@dotnews.com and we'll add it here.)
Oct. 17: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the German... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 13, 2011….Ending six days of debate spread over three weeks, the Senate voted 24-14 Thursday afternoon to approve legislation authorizing three resort casinos in Massachusetts and a slot machine parlor.
If an expected House-... Read more
Back in the early 1990s, a young Frank Baker lost three friends in the span of a year and a half. One friend was beaten to death in the street in an alcohol-related incident. Six months later, another friend committed suicide, which was also alcohol-... Read more
At 10 p.m. on a crisp Thursday night, John O’Toole was driving through Adams Corner in his old Cadillac after finishing up at a college fair with his son Jack. They cruised past the newly set-up outpost of Frank Baker’s campaign, its windows still... Read more
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