Two Boston-based educators are leading the charge to standardize the Cape Verdean Kriolu by authoring a dictionary that they hope can be used to teach the language more broadly.
The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (CSNDC) has switched course from plans to renovate its headquarters space at the corner of Southern Avenue and Washington Street with a new filing that proposes a full demolition and reconstruction project and minimal expansion.
For the first time in a while, the former Dorchester Tire shop at 1160 Dorchester Ave. drew a crowd Sunday to its parking lot — and no one had a flat.
The new Dot Tire Studios, home of the forthcoming Lêgacy Càphê Roasters, has spruced up the old Dorchester Tire location at 1160 Dorchester Ave. just in time to host the first event on the site – a Food and Friends Dorchester community block party this Sunday
The operators of a retail cannabis dispensary who plan to re-open in a Codman Square storefront have won approvals for a delivery license from the Boston Cannabis Board and are awaiting another board vote for their retail license.
Boston Carnival will celebrate its 52nd year this Saturday (Aug. 23) in gathering for the J’Ouvert parade at the break of dawn, and continuing “on the road” at 1 p.m. for the larger procession on Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue.
The lively Kiddie’s Caribbean Carnival hosted by the Boston Society of Caribbean Culture and Heritage featured young revelers marching in full costume to the Blue Hill Avenue Boys & Girls Club for a day of fun focused on teaching them about their culture.
When Luis Perez Demorizi reports to his new job on Sept. 15, he’ll walk into his 527-acre office as Franklin Park’s first executive director.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department has been without a full-time leader since Dorchester’s Ryan Woods left the post last year, and while the search for a permanent chief continues, a familiar face has stepped up to fill the interim role.
With the sound of the starter’s horn, 380 participants in the first-ever Mattapan Unity 5K were off and running on Saturday morning.
Achieving affordability and speed for new housing in Boston may not be as complicated as the wholesale reform of process that many are seeking, as some construction professionals believe that a simple re-thinking of the city’s long checklist of fees and deposits required of developers on projects large and small could result in major positive boost to housing production.
High-octane hoops drew hundreds to Harambee Park at Franklin Field last weekend for the 12th annual Crew Love basketball tournament, which this year featured a 10-team men’s competition, a women’s all-star game, and a heated neighborhood rivalry that has become a hallmark of the event, drawing crowds and notables like Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla.
The annual Crew Love basketball tournament in Harambee Park at Franklin Field takes place this weekend with help from Jaylen Brown’s 741 Performance company.
It was a day filled with “Yee haws,” “Howdys,” and line-dancing into the sunset at Rev. Loesch-Wainwright Park in Dorchester on Sunday afternoon with the 3rd Annual Ice Cream Social Rodeo event.
It’s time to sharpen those pencils: Dorchester’s Isaque ‘Brother Ike’ Rezende and radio and record-store legend Skippy White – who brought soul and rhythm & blues music to generations of Bostonians – are delivering music education classes with their radio show and podcast, “Soul School.”
