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.
If Angel Monét Ledbetter-Glaude can’t say it with music, her puppets will fill in the gaps. Monét, 58, and her son, Dominic, 26, are just hitting their stride with two puppets named ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Boogie’ coming off their fourth successful House of Inspiration (HOI) Family Music and Arts Festival in Almont Park this summer.
Critics of the plan as its stands argue that city and state officials have overstated the number of customers who would benefit from the faster commutes.
Darrin Howell, a long-time labor leader, is journeying through the pardon process for a conviction he had 23 years ago that continues to affect his life.
On Monday afternoon this week (Sept. 21), the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee and members of the UMass Boston facilities team observed the 40th anniversary of its installation on a plot of waterfront land owned by UMass Boston along Morrissey Boulevard.
The Boston Home on Dorchester Avenue took first place in the 30th annual Mayor’s Garden Contest last month – piggybacking on their third place finish last year and qualifying them for the “Hall of Fame” next year.
The home, which primarily serves adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), won in the ‘Storefront, Organization, or Main Street District’ category and was happy to celebrate this month at the home. Liz Flanagan, of The Boston Home, claimed their prize at a gala event on Aug. 17 with Mayor Michelle Wu.
Congressman Stephen Lynch and UMass Boston officials on Monday this week announced $1 million in federal funding that will help restore the 50-year-old saltwater pump station that provides cooling to the campus using water from Savin Hill Bay – and with equipment upgrades, might also be able to heat the campus.
After nearly two years of organizing with a focus on displacement concerns and other changes in Codman Square, the grass-roots Codman United group has issued a multi-goal plan of action and is looking to partner with the city in implementing it.
The bus crash on Sept. 5 was the worst vehicle tragedy in the history of Cape Verde, with many in Dorchester losing family members or friends.
Hundreds gathered in Morningstar Baptist Church on Thursday evening (Sept. 10) to review the latest designs of a Blue Hill Avenue infrastructure plan that would bring center-running bus lanes to the six-mile thoroughfare, along with additional parking, safer crosswalks, and other improved amenities in a major public works project now slated to begin in 2028.
Merchants in a newly formed group in Codman Square say that while they are trying to beautify the shopping district, they are running head-on into heavy street construction that seems endless.
The Codman Square Health Center commemorated International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31 with a ceremony at a newly installed vending machine outside its facility on Washington Street that dispenses free items such as Naloxone (known as Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal nasal spray), hygiene kits, socks, snacks, and water to those who might need them.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes K-6 School in Dorchester hosted Dr. Christina Grant, a board member of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), as the keynote speaker for its teacher and staff back-to-school day on Aug. 31.
The fourth annual Pleasant Street Community block party took place last Saturday (Sept. 5) bringing together hundreds of neighbors from Columbia- Savin Hill, Uphams Corner, Jones Hill, and the Polish Triangle.
The principal at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Columbia campus talks about the start of the school year.