A new study published last week shows that the number of Massachusetts residents with Caribbean heritage is close to 800,000, or 11 percent of the state’s population.
City councillor says “noise cameras” that can locate offending properties or vehicles and lead to fines as a way to crack down on trouble spots.
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.
Some of the ideas included using landscaping and new walkways to center the stature of Edward Everett.
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.
A groundbreaking for the new Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center could come as early as late September, according to CEO Charley Murphy.
Local Boston Police commanders discussed anti-crime strategies with neighbors during a lengthy public meeting in Codman Square on Monday evening that featured repeated concerns about late-night disturbances caused by large gatherings of revelers that have frustrated police and residents alike this summer.
Concerns about weekend street “takeovers” and loud parties in the vicinity of Franklin Park have largely fallen on deaf ears this summer, according to several leaders and neighbors who want more to be done to contain the disruptions.
The 53rd installment of Boston’s Caribbean Carnival will be one of gratitude and appreciation – with a side of feathery costumes and Soca beats – according to leaders of the festive event, which steps off from Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury at 1 p.m. this Saturday (Aug. 29).
The Healey-Driscoll administration has awarded a $370,408 grant to advance plans to restore Canterbury Brook and surrounding wetlands at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan.
Little Ni’ora Knight, who took the world by storm with her viral picture in The Reporter last year during her first Kiddie’s Carnival, returned for a second year. Seth Daniel photo
With her field office a block away, state Sen. Liz Miranda convened a group of neighbors, elected officials, and city and state workers in Grove Hall last Wednesday to identify and work toward solving a range of quality of life issues, including disruptive loitering and unkempt vacant lots.
Leaders in Codman Square are gathering support this month for a Letter of Interest (LOI) that would start the process of the neighborhood becoming a state-designated cultural district.
The flowers and plants in the Shawmut Corridor Gardens, also known as the “tunnel cap” gardens, don’t just sprout up on their own.
Dorchester and Mattapan finally got to face off against one another last Saturday during the 13th annual Crew Love basketball tournament at Harambee Park in Franklin Field.
