Author talk at JustBook-ish features Ibram X. Kendi on Sept. 15
September 11, 2026
Wandaly Ortiz Guerrero hopes to open for business in the former Kay’s Oasis building, using licenses for liquor and entertainment that she and a group of business partners secured for a different location in Dorchester two years ago.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was acquitted by a federal jury Wednesday of corruption charges related to a cannabis investment, according to reports from inside the courtroom.
Some of the ideas included using landscaping and new walkways to center the stature of Edward Everett.
Volunteering with local organizations has helped Max German make Dorchester his home.
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden won a decisive victory on Tuesday as he fended off challenges from former staffer Linda Champion and Rachael Rollins, his predecessor.
For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term.
State Senator Nick Collins defeated challenger Latoya Gayle to win the Democratic nomination in the First Suffolk Senate.
The discussion, presented in partnership with Massachusetts Action for Justice and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, will focus on the housing crisis that gripped parts of Dorchester from roughly 1968 to 1972.
The developers of a proposed apartment building near Fields Corner are making significant changes to the project’s height, shape, parking layout, and other elements after officials in the Boston Planning Department offered a tough critique of the most recent plan in a memorandum last month.
Marcus McNeill, a 22-year-old Fields Corner native, is a key go-between for residents and City Hall services.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved Hung Nguyen’s plans to open Tach Coffee at 1411 Dorchester Ave. at Greenwich Street in Fields Corner.
Vendors, jump shots, and a safe community gathering unfolded for the 17th year on Sat., Aug. 15, at the Save R Streets – Silence the Violence Summer Classic at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury.
The Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan will commemorate its founding 140 years ago on Sun., Sept. 20, with a special service at 10:30 a.m.