A huge mug shot of Whitey Bulger is no longer the first thing customers see when they walk through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley made a visit to Bowdoin Street on Monday afternoon to highlight businesses impacted by the SNAP food benefit funding pause caused by the federal government shutdown.
A cross-section of Dorchester leaders and Boston Police officers of Cape Verdean descent will host a gala fundraiser at Venezia restaurant in Port Norfolk next weekend to raise funds for a non-profit that plans to build a multi-purpose sports court in Cabo Verde.
Bathed in the reds, yellows, and oranges of fall, the tree-lined paths of the newly restored Mattahunt Woods showcased a complete revival last Friday (Oct. 24) from forgotten dumping ground to a place of beauty and serenity.
The annual Neponset River Pumpkin Parade saw one of the largest crowds in years on Thurs., Oct. 23 in Pope John Paul II Park on the banks of the river. Candy was overflowing and hot apple cider plentiful as young
Neighbors on Woodhaven and Culbert streets in Mattapan are pressing for relief from city officials this week as a pair of construction projects are disrupting daily life on the side streets between Blue Hill Avenue and Cummins Highway.
A popular Jamaican restaurant in Dorchester’s Four Corners section has told abutters about its proposal to expand into a newly built space on Bowdoin Street with room for a full dining room and a nine-seat bar backed by a full liquor license.
The Madison Park Technical Vocational High School girls volleyball team powered its way over East Boston at Friday’s City Championships in the Boston Latin Academy gym, topping off a 17-0 regular season and earning a high seed in this week’s Division 5 state tournament. Madison Park will kick off their state tournament season as the number two overall seed.
A labor dispute involving defense attorneys that has crippled the adjudication of many criminal cases across Massachusetts this year continues to impact Dorchester in a disproportionate way, with one local prosecutor calling it a “great public safety threat.”
A state agency has sold a 10-acre parcel of land on the former Mattapan State Hospital property to a development team that plans to build 287 new housing units— the large majority deemed affordable— on the site, known as Olmsted Village. Construction is expected to begin early next year.
Wide-eyed and star-struck, dozens of city kids from the Red Sox Foundation’s Nike RBI League baseball and softball program took their positions at friendly Fenway Park on Sept. 18 for a season-ending showcase sponsored by Fanatics.
Agents of chaos descended en masse on the South End, West Roxbury, and Randolph communities last weekend and prompted an uproar after a Boston Police cruiser was destroyed when it was set ablaze by fireworks.
A rowing club on the Neponset River that was once open only to teens from Milton High School is looking for new crew members from Boston’s neighborhoods to join in its fun, adventure, and fitness activities.
Boston’s interim Parks Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse was a guest at the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) meeting on Monday night to discuss planned improvements to one Savin Hill park and to discuss safety concerns at another site.
Walsh Park re-opened last Friday morning to great fanfare after a $4 million facelift that boasts well-lighted walking paths, a championship-level softball field, refurbished basketball courts, a splash pad, and even a tennis court that supports a new sport for the city-owned playground: pickle ball.
