New tavern approved on Dorchester Avenue
March 6, 2026
A New Jersey company hopes to build a 145,000 sq. ft. self-storage facility in an industrial park near Fields Corner in Dorchester.
OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center’s comprehensive look at Black history in the multi-faceted production “Our Story” wa staged at Dorchester’s Strand Theatre last week.
The work – part dance, spoken word, and music – was performed twice at The Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner last Friday (Feb. 27), the final day of Black History Month.
The long-delayed second phase of the Dot Block development – an all-affordable 84-unit apartment building that will rise five stories above Hancock Street– has received key state subsidies that should clear a path for construction to start this year.
A seven-story, 108-unit residential apartment building would replace what is now an auto body shop in a largely industrial zone near Fields Corner under a plan filed earlier this week by a Quincy-based LLC controlled by Colman Grealish.
Dorchester photographer Mike Ritter has embarked on a new project called ‘Who Are We?,’ a patchwork presentation of more than 200 portraits that he will put together to form a large American flag. Seth Daniel photo
Indoor track season is wrapping up at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, but for new executive director Richard Ward, his race has just begun.
The Dorchester author John Joseph Fahey offers a rich historical analysis of St. Peter’s Church in a second printing of his book, “St. Peter’s – a Church to be Treasured.”
A metallic, pot-like artifact that reportedly was unearthed from a pile of rocks by workers who were building St. Peter’s Church on Bowdoin Street 174 years ago continues to be the source of controversy.
Leaders of the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) are questioning how city officials are planning to dispense a quarter of a million dollars in mitigation payments from a developer who won approvals to build two high-rise residential buildings on Morrissey Boulevard.
A member of the Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) is sounding the alarm about the preservation of historic properties near Lower Mills following a decision last month by the city board to discontinue a landmark designation for a River Street property that dates to 1831.
K2 students Alvin Nguyen, Vincent Le, and Cai Dyn Porter celebrated the Year of the Horse in song at Dorchester’s Mather School last week. Seth Daniel photo
The team charged with re-developing the vacant Carney Hospital campus have told civic leaders and neighbors that they intend to build a health care facility and a mix of housing on the 12-acre Dorchester Avenue site.
Serious concerns from residents about blasting and overall construction management on a Blue Hill Avenue residential housing project in Mattapan were left unaddressed when an online community meeting set for last Wednesday night (Jan. 28) was cut short due to technical difficulties.
With an eye toward operational expansions, the MBTA spent $9.8 million last month to buy a former industrial site next to the Red Line tracks on the South Boston-Dorchester line.
Whether in Dorchester, Mattapan – and, of course, other cramped neighborhoods like South Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, and Mission Hill – the wintertime “space savers” are like sacred stones on city streets.
