Residents from Dorchester and beyond gathered in Town Field on a gorgeous Friday (June 19) to celebrate the sixth annual Juneteenth federal holiday.
Boston Police are investigating a shooting on Quincy Street that left an adult man in critical condition late Sunday night.
The Boston Police Department reports a man who somehow crashed his car on Blue Hill Avenue at Woodhaven Street in Mattapan around 2 p.m. on Saturday, got out, carjacked another car, then started a blocks-long chain of destruction that left a woman who was walking across Blue Hill Avenue dead.
A bronze statue honoring the late Boston businessman and philanthropist Jack Connors was unveiled on June 9 outside 200 Clarendon Street, placing a permanent tribute to one of the city’s most influential civic figures at the base of the tower
Father Greg Boyle (left), the founder of Homeboy Industries, with “Homies” Benjamin Valenzuela (center) and Hector Rodriguez (right) at Cristo Rey High School. Cassidy McNeeley photo
Board members from the reinvigorated Mattapan Square Main Streets were on hand to welcome everyone to Hunt-Almont Park, including President Yionel Torres, Brandon Moore, Allyson Allen, Sheree Holmes, and Marc Carroll.
Dianne Wilkerson, a former state senator, points to an envisioned Orange Line extension going from Ruggles to Mattapan Square they would like to see instead of the proposed center-running bus lane along Blue Hill Avenue.
Seth Daniel photo
It’s rare that 24 hours click off the clock without Bill Richard’s shadow casting its lean frame onto the 2.5-acre construction site of the Fieldhouse+ on Mount Vernon Street in Dorchester.
Ciria Gibbons, contestant No. 68 on Food Network’s “100 Cooks” on the set of the show.
The Penguin Coast, a state-of-the-art habitat for critically endangered African penguins located just beyond the park’s Zebra Entrance, officially opened on Thursday, June 11.
Approximately 200 immigrants from around the world took the Oath of Allegiance and officially became citizens of the United States during a naturalization ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum last Tuesday (June 8).
Host Charlie Titus, of the Titus Foundation, with Olympic champion hurdler Edwin Moses.
From left, Latoya Gayle, Sen. Nick Collins, and Juwan Skeens at 1st Suffolk District candidates’ forum at Berklee College of Music on June 9.
Yawu Miller photo
After weeks of failed attempts to reach consensus and a two-hour disruption by obstreperous protesters, the Boston City Council voted decisively on June 10 for an amended version of Mayor Michelle Wu’s $4.9 billion FY27 operating budget
