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.
It was just after 10 o’clock last Sunday morning when three organists went to work alongside a drummer, guitarist, and other musicians, backed up by some 50 church members singing in the cascading choir loft at Morningstar Baptist Church.
Elsie Dias says that her work at the Cape Verdean Association of Boston on Bowdoin Street helped land her “right where I’m supposed to be,” and that is as the new Cape Verdean cultural advisor for Mayor Michelle Wu.
Legal Greens Dispensary in Codman Square opened its doors last week. The recreational marijuana store replaces a dispensary that once operated there and comes after more than a year’s worth of regulatory hurdles from the state and city.
The five new LINK lines, paid for with $11.5 million in federal funds, would be deployed by 2027.
“It’s not in me to just sit there and watch it happen,” says Jeremiah Bideau
There is no pause, says a Wu administration official.
“For every neighbor that sits in this garden and needs peace…if you feel a calm, that’s his story and his presence with you,” said Ron Odom Sr., Steven’s dad.
The City of Boston and the MBTA concluded the last of four meetings in the Holland Tech High School auditorium.
State officials formally opened the new and improved McMorrow Playground on Victory Road last Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 23), touting a $1.1 million project that replaced equipment and improved pathways worn by years of use.
The first-ever Metro Boston rally of human services workers hosted by Work, Inc. of Dorchester last Friday highlighted the increasing difficulties for direct service providers to take care of the most vulnerable in our society and still make ends meet.
A Dorchester native and Boston Latin School graduate who went on to build a highly-successful financial services company is bringing a new philanthropic endeavor – Elevate Cities – to his hometown, with a focus on building community by funding events like block parties.
Prime Minister Francisco Carvalho of Cabo Verde joined Boston Public Schools (BPS) officials and Cape Verdean leaders on Monday as they hailed the new Kriolu dual language program at Dorchester’s Lilla Frederick Elementary School.
The postal branch in the heart of Fields Corner serves the 02122 zip code of Dorchester.
Boston residents who use the curbside food waste pickup program learned this week that the program will move from a weekly to a bi-weekly schedule starting on Oct. 5., meaning that those who participate in the “green bin” program will have to hold their food waste for two weeks between collections.