

A proposal to redevelop the former Carney Hospital campus in Lower Mills will formally enter Boston’s development review process this week.

With less than a month before the deadline for voting on Mayor Michelle Wu’s FY27 budget plan, Boston city councillors are feeling pressured from multiple sides.

The 223rd anniversary of Haitian Flag Day brought a crowd to Dorchester and Mattapan – and even Boston City Hall – for a long weekend of prime-time events to celebration Haitian American Heritage Month.

Martin Richard’s spirit alive at Monday scene on Mount Vernon Street

Boston Police are investigating a shooting incident near the intersection of Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue at this hour.

Relatives of the late Jack Connors family joined Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and elected leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Camp Harbor View offices in Dorchester’s Southline complex last Wednesday, May 13.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Jamaican national living in Hyde Park on various gun charges – among them, being an armed career criminal for offenses that date back decades and which have led to him being deported at least once.

Minority-owned businesses have gotten just 5.13 percent of the more than $89 million the city has spent so far on its portion of the stadium project, according to a city website.

Police arrested Jaynell Sumler today. He’s charged with two counts of attempted murder.

A flurry of gun violence has disrupted life in parts of Dorchester and Mattapan in recent days.

A new, month-long “Dine Out Dorchester” promotion aimed at supporting the Dorchester Day Parade is now underway through May 31 at participating neighborhood restaurants.

This year’s Dorchester Day Essay Contest, sponsored by The Reporter in partnership with the Dot Day Parade Committee, invited students in grades 6-8 to reflect on the neighborhood’s history, future, and new ways to celebrate Boston’s biggest and most diverse neighborhood.

A spring break volleyball camp in Roxbury drew big numbers, an indication of the sport’s growing popularity.

Dorchester’s Sarah Greenwood School, a dual language K-8 schoolhouse on Glenway Street, has become a city volleyball powerhouse with two straight middle school championships and consecutive undefeated seasons.