

The new building would on what is a 27,000 sq. ft. lot would replace an existing single-family home situated on it now.

The hearing of the Council’s Committee on Civil Rights was billed as a discussion of “transportation equity in access to rapid transit and the evaluation of a potential Orange Line extension along Blue Hill Avenue.”

Pharmacist Mike Wilson has managed to keep the lights on at Dorchester Ave’s Crawford Drug by offering services that chain stores won’t match. His store near St. Mark’s church section is an oasis in a neighborhood that has, increasingly, become part of a larger “pharmacy desert” in Boston.

Boston’s Little Saigon hosted a festival at Town Field in Fields Corner on Oct. 3 to celebrate the Vietnamese Mid-Autumn holiday.

Adams Village merchants came together on Saturday afternoon to host the 2nd annual Fall Fest – a bigger and better version of last year’s inaugural effort.
Boston Public Schools is inviting students, parents, staff, and community members to help select a new name for the merged Shaw-Taylor Elementary School. The process, launched in June, will continue through the fall, with public hearings scheduled for November and December.
Residents are invited to a voter education forum on Thurs., Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at 5 Mildred Ave. in Mattapan. The event, titled “Know the Issues! Own Your Vote!” will examine the nine questions on the November ballot and explain what a “yes” or “no” vote would mean for residents and their communities.

Massachusetts voters will decide nine statewide ballot questions in the Nov. 3 election, matching a state record for the number of questions on a single ballot.

Trump, the chump, has been played by Putin once again. Shame on us if we elect a Congress that lets him get away with it.

Central Boston Elder Services (CBES) raised more than $230,000 at its “Care Unites Us” gala on Oct. 3 at the Westin Copley Place, drawing hundreds of supporters to celebrate the organization’s work helping older adults and people with disabilities remain independent in their homes and communities.

Amateur boxer Gilbert “Tonka” Kabamba has been selected as Team USA’s super heavyweight representative for the upcoming 2026 PanAmerican Championships in Mexico this month.

Crispus Attucks Children’s Center in Grove Hall celebrated 55 years of nurturing and educating Boston’s youngest learners with an anniversary Garden Celebration on Sat., Sept. 19, at its Crawford Street campus.

Tanglewood Village – a development of sixteen condo units situated in a campus of three buildings – is alive and growing in Dorchester’s Lower Mills neighborhood.

State Sen. Nick Collins was the main speaker at the Oct. 5 meeting of the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association, where he thanked members for their support in the Sept. 1 Democratic primary, in which he prevailed over challenger Latoya Gayle.