
The home.stead café and bakery in Fields Corner will permanently close on June 20, according to a social media post by the owners.

Members of the Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 – which represents thousands of train drivers, bus drivers, and other front line public transit staff – offer full applause for a new law, which makes assault or battery on a public transit worker a felony punishable by imprisonment for at least 90 days or a fine of at least $500.

A reinvigorated Polish Fest took over Boston Street in Dorchester’s Polish Triangle on Sun., May 31, with buraczki (Polish beet salad), kielbasa, pierogis, draft beer, and incredible traditional dance performances.

The number of vacant storefronts in Codman Square has reached a critical mass over the past year and community members, developers, and merchants gathered to address the issue head-on during a June 3 meeting in the Great Hall.

The 120th installment of the Dorchester Day Parade kicked off around 1:20 p.m. on Sunday with more than 90 entries and an all-encompassing community vibe that brought the neighborhood together from Lower Mills to Columbia Road.

This year’s edition of the Dorchester Day Parade was no dumpster fire, but there was one along the route.

Dorchester native Mike Barbuto was recently inducted into the Yawkey League Hall of Fame as a player and an umpire.

Several World Cup-bound members of the Cabo Verde National soccer team are scheduled to appear in the June 7 Dot Day Parade.

Dorchester watch party features Cabo Verde vs. Spain in the heart of the Fields Corner community.

Haitian National soccer team star Frantzdy Pierrot visited Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) in Dorchester today and hung out with the school’s state champion boys soccer team.

An interior rendering of the space inside with new finishes and seating for five in the 933-square-foot space.

Fields Corner Main Streets recognized Michael Zayas and Eliana Accomazzi along with Antonio’s Hi-Fi Pizza at its annual meeting on May 18.

The proposal, to be pitched to the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association Planning Committee in June, calls for extending closing time on Fridays and Saturdays to 1 a.m.

Nicholas Ariniello, Boston’s departing assessing commissioner. Courtesy photo

Giovanni ‘Gio’ Bala, 22, shot dead in a municipal parking lot on Bowdoin Street early last Friday (May 22). Courtesy photo