The Rev. Pearline James and her husband Evan immigrated to Boston from Jamaica in 1971 as part of an early wave of Jamaican arrivals in the city. They were the first to purchase a home on Mattapan’s Malta Street on the banks of the Neponset River.
The 4th annual Night Market/Cho Dem will take place this Saturday (July 12) from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Fields Corner as food treats, music, and socializing in traditional Vietnamese-style street market close down Dorchester Avenue between Adams and Gibson streets.
The fences came down early Thursday morning and the Neponset River Greenway’s “missing link” between Tenean Beach and Morrissey Boulevard became open to the public – a long-awaited connection to the overall recreational greenway that now provides an 8.2 mile uninterrupted ride or walk from the Neponset River trails to South Boston.
One day after American Independence Day, the Cape Verdean community will unite with their island home in marking the 50th anniversary of Cape Verde’s break from Portugal – a milestone many in the diaspora hope will bring a tighter bond between the African country and those abroad.
More than 100 people gathered on Monday night to celebrate the life of the late David Lopes, a storied Wellington Hill resident who passed away after an illness in 2023
New board members and a newly installed temporary executive director at Lena Park Community Development Corporation are saying it’s “a new day” at the organization, which is based on American Legion Highway near Franklin Park.
Leah Pires, this year’s valedictorian at Boston Arts Academy (BAA), has been dancing since she was two years old. This fall, she will continue her studies in the art of dance at the Alvin Ailey School at Fordham University in New York City, thanks in part to scholarship support from the BAA Foundation and the generosity of Paul and Sandy Edgerly.
A solemn commemoration was held in Mattapan’s Mt. Hope Cemetery last Thursday (June 19) — Juneteenth— to remember Civil War veterans buried there who helped bring liberation to Black Americans during the Civil War.
Parents with young students at the Paul Dever Elementary School on Dorchester’s Columbia Point, which is due to close at the end of the 2026 academic year, say they have successfully lobbied BPS officials to make their children’s transition to new schools easier.
The second-time around is key for Merry Go Rounds, a new kids-themed consignment shop on Dorchester Avenue offering a new way for parents to shop and reduce clutter at the same time.
While the construction work is now well underway to renovate White Stadium for use by Boston public school students and a women’s professional soccer team, city officials are hustling to get local business owners lined up in the queue for vendor contracts once the job is done.
The owners of the Murphy Funeral Home on Dorchester Avenue filed plans with city officials on June 17 to re-develop their parking lot into a four-story building with 22 units of housing and ground floor retail. The longtime family-owned funeral parlor would stay in business next door.
Five years ago, Vivian and Elisa Girard found themselves frustrated with the housing industry’s inability to produce homes for working people in Dorchester, but instead of complaining, they set out to see if they could do better.
Patients, caregivers, and staff members of Dot House Health celebrated the center’s many contributions to Dorchester during an annual party held on May 15 at Dorchester Brewing Company.
A group of 150 volunteers in Boston for a week-long convention descended on Bowdoin Street’s St. Peter’s Teen Center last Wednesday (June 4) for a one-day “blitz-build” renovation project.
