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.
The Codman Burial Ground, a historic gem in the heart of Dorchester, is getting a good cleaning up as part of a new mission to serve the community with a social space that complements the sacred resting places of Dorchester’s early residents.
A number of foster care children who are now adults are working as a group to highlight their individual stories in hopes of improving the state’s system of care.
The 45th annual edition of the Ashmont Hill Yard Sale took place under unexpectedly sunny skies last Saturday (May 17), with more than 25 homes in the area putting out their wares for bargain hunters to sort through and purchase.
Memorial Day observances took place this morning at the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Morrissey Boulevard.
A group that opposes the city of Boston’s ongoing plan to renovate White Stadium in a deal with a women’s pro soccer franchise say they will file an appeal of an April court ruling that allowed the project to move forward.
An effort to improve conditions inside the Mattahunt Woods urban wild area in Mattapan is on track for completion later this year, according to neighbors familiar with the project.
The city has more liquor licenses to issue to businesses who want one, but officials are seeing little to no interest in applications from Mattapan, one of the targeted neighborhoods that has historically been underserved.
Fairlawn Estates, a large rental housing development in Mattapan, has been purchased by a Boston company that plans to keep all of its 347 units “affordable” with the help of a $10 million grant from the city of Boston.
Police arrested a 16-year-old from Mattapan on Wednesday evening (March 5) after a brazen shooting incident on Erie and Ellington Streets that upended the neighborhood from Columbia Road to Codman Square for two hours.
One of the nation’s most successful fast-food chains is looking to Mattapan and Dorchester for franchise partners with an eye towards possible new locations in the city.
The Wu administration will seek state approval and funding to help build a new or heavily renovated facility for the aging Madison Park Technical Vocational High School campus in Roxbury.
Sean George loves a good three-decker. In fact, he and his business partner, Darren Maguire, are so enamored of the signature Dorchester housing stock that they have built one on Meetinghouse Hill, with another under construction on Morton Street.
