With the official “pause” button hit for a year on the Squares + Streets zoning reform process in Codman Square and Four Corners, more than 100 residents, community leaders, and city planners gathered in the Great Hall on June 4 for their own community-led conversation about the future of the area.
In a crowded Kroc Center auditorium at Uphams Corner last Friday (June 6), 13 Boston Police officers surrounded by several hundred of their supporters stood at the ready to accept promotions to sergeant. One of them stood out as historic.
City officials and their key supporters reiterated their support this week for the advance of plans for a controversial center bus lane on Blue Hill Avenue, while a considerable number of the residents spoke roundly against the idea at a City Council hearing held on Tuesday in Mattapan Square, though most of them said they support other improvements to the long-neglected corridor.
In a crowded Kroc Center auditorium at Uphams Corner last Friday (June 6), 13 Boston Police officers surrounded by several hundred of their supporters stood at the ready to accept promotions to sergeant. One of them stood out as historic.
If grit and determination could be found in a sandwich, it would be discovered inside every Banh Mi sandwich at Ba Le Restaurant on Dorchester Avenue.
Dorchfest returned to the Ashmont-Adams section of the neighborhood for a fourth season last Saturday (May 31) with more than 50 bands and performers of diverse musical genres taking “the stage” on porches, sidewalks, and yards at more than two dozen locations.
Residents and businesses in Uphams Corner are celebrating this month after succeeding in a years-long effort to get repairs made to the brick sidewalks in the business district that critics say have become treacherous in recent years.
A Waltham company plans to transform a landmark property at the crossroads of Adams Street and Dot Ave in Fields Corner, retaining space for the existing US Post Office for 02122 and adding a mix of new construction.
Under ideal weather conditions, Sunday’s Dorchester Day Parade, extended now to 119 years, kicked off at Lower Mills with three hours of procession highlighting a cross-section of Dorchester along a 3.2-mile route ending at Columbia Road.
When Chris Skillin was hired at age 16 by The Ice Creamsmith’s original owners, David and Robyn Mabel, he likely didn’t dream that the part-time job would lead to a life full of love, a full-blown career, and, now, a Legacy Business Award from the City of Boston.
Under ideal weather conditions, Sunday’s Dorchester Day Parade, extended now to 119 years, kicked off at Lower Mills with three hours of procession highlighting a cross-section of Dorchester along a 3.2-mile route ending at Columbia Road.
Two altercations inside the BPS Henderson Upper School on Croftland Avenue in Dorchester on Wednesday (May 28) prompted a large police response and left two employees injured, according to a police report reviewed by the Reporter.
Two restaurants located along the Dorchester Avenue corridor – King Do and Pizza 24 – are making news this month, with both having recently hosted abutter’s meetings to discuss their hopes about permits.
Nathalie Lecorps and her team at Gourmet Kreyol officially transitioned their base of operations from a mobile food truck to a brick-and-mortar fast-casual restaurant at 1210 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan on Saturday in a well-attended grand opening celebration.
The Portuguese flag is about to be firmly planted on Dorchester Avenue in Savin Hill with the upcoming opening of Lisboa Café – the long-time dream of Raquel Semedo, who was born and raised in Portugal but boasts deep Cape Verdean roots.
