

About 130 athletes will compete in the event organized by Head of the Charles Regatta.

“Residents deserve clarity about our vision for streets that are safe, beautiful, and family-friendly,” the mayor wrote.

Tom McKenna and Mary Dyer will host a Meet & Greet on Thursday, July 30, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Eire Pub, where attendees can meet both writers, purchase signed copies of their books, and reminisce about the neighborhood that inspired their work.

The event, organized by Build Together, Epiphany School, Melville Park Neighborhood Association, St Mark’s Area Civic Association, and Greater Ashmont Main Streets, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.

Janet co-founded the Dorchester-Roxbury Labor Committee and, with her spouse, Davida Andelman, established the Greater Bowdoin-Geneva Neighborhood Association.

Dorchester’s Jocelyn Foulke is getting a charge out of life with her eight-month-old start-up company, LiPhera, as she and her colleagues work at transforming the landscape of lithium battery technology.

Last month, a few of former ‘GBH “Zoomers” were back together, at an event hosted by The Record Co. on Morrissey Boulevard.

Prosecutors said the accused— 23-year-old Justin Ferrer—did not intend to shoot Bala, his friend, when a gunfight erupted in a municipal parking lot on Bowdoin Street between two groups.
A 24-year-old Boston man was ordered held without bail today after being charged with murder in the July 5 shooting death of Travis Washington near 500 Blue Hill Ave.

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation will host its Caribbean Jerk Festival on Sun., July 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. at 44 Moultrie St. in Dorchester.

A dozen young athletes from the Modern Taekwondo Center on Gallivan Boulevard competed in the 2026 US Taekwondo Championships in North Carolina this month.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is leading a coalition of attorneys general calling on Congress to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and create stronger legal protections for immigrants enrolled in the federal program.

JustBook-ish will host a busy calendar of literary, cultural, and family events throughout August.
The Codman Square Health Center plans to launch a free, around-the-clock public vending machine offering naloxone and other essential health supplies outside its main entrance next week.