UMass Building Authority: Limiting legislation ‘detriment to students, families’
The UMass Building Authority responded forcefully against proposed legislation to hem in the university’s development arm, a portion of which went to a hearing at the State House on Tuesday. Just three weeks remain for developers to respond to the university’s Request for Information (RFI) on potential development at the former Bayside Exposition Center on […]
Batter Up! Time for half ball: Tourney set for Sept. 30 in St. Mark’s schoolyard
Three people, a broomstick minus the broom, and a bisected pimple-ball were the essential elements of a halfball game in Dorchester in the middle-to-late decades of the last century. Wandering down a side street, a group of kids could set up a game between the curbs, with the pitcher’s mound on one curb, and the […]
Conservatory Lab plans new school building on Columbia Road
The Conservatory Lab Charter School has purchased land on Columbia Road near Uphams Corner with plans to build a new school building on the property. The school filed its initial plans with the Boston Planning and Redevelopment Authority on Aug. 31. The proposal includes the demolition of existing structures at 395-409 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester […]
Workshops will help Hubway pick stations in Mattapan, Dorchester
Hubway—Boston’s regional, bike-based, public transportation system—will add over 70 bike share stations in neighborhoods across the city by next summer. The expansion, managed by the Boston Transportation Department, will be guided by residents’ input, some of it through a series of meetings that begin with one today in Grove Hall. “The Hubway bike share system […]
Developers offer details on Tom English site
The corner of Dorchester Avenue and East Cottage Street would be transformed in a new mixed-use building on what is now the Tom English bar and Dorchester Market site, developers told the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association’s planning committee on Tuesday. Dorchester Market would remain part of the plan, under the same management, but in […]
Jazz Under Glass event benefits Dudley Greenhouse
The fifth annual Jazz Under Glass fundraiser, featuring Akili Jamal Haynes and the band A Slice of P.A.I., will be held on Sunday, October 22 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dudley Greenhouse, 11 Brook Ave., Roxbury. The event is sponsored by The Food Project and Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI). The Dudley Greenhouse […]
UMass leases Globe site for overflow parking
The Boston Globe has decamped from Morrissey Boulevard, but its old Dorchester site is still busy with cars and traffic. UMass Boston has leased the newspaper’s lot for the academic year to handle overflow parking for students and faculty. The Globe site can handle up to 400 spaces, according to DeWayne Lehman, UMass Boston’s vice […]
Survivors make ask for revisit of victim compensation law
Mothers who lost sons to violence and were denied state assistance to bury their children pleaded with the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to change the state’s victim compensation statute so other families don’t have to go through the pain they said they experienced. “Many families are re-traumatized when they are eventually denied by Victim Compensation because of […]
Jackson stumps for votes at Columbia-Savin Hill civic
Mayoral candidate City Councillor Tito Jackson made an appearance at the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association’s first meeting of the fall on Monday, two weeks before the preliminary election. Jackson pitched his story and solicited votes from members of one of Dorchester’s largest civic groups, one that was once led by his chief opponent, Mayor Martin […]
Supervised Injection Sites Pitched As “Roadblock To Death”
Drug users and parents who have lost children to overdoses asked lawmakers Wednesday to advance a proposal that would allow the creation of dedicated sites where people can use illicit drugs under medical supervision. The Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Committee held a hearing on Sen. Will Brownsberger’s bill (S 1081) that would allow […]