The Dorchester author John Joseph Fahey offers a rich historical analysis of St. Peter’s Church in a second printing of his book, “St. Peter’s – a Church to be Treasured.”
A metallic, pot-like artifact that reportedly was unearthed from a pile of rocks by workers who were building St. Peter’s Church on Bowdoin Street 174 years ago continues to be the source of controversy.
Leaders of the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) are questioning how city officials are planning to dispense a quarter of a million dollars in mitigation payments from a developer who won approvals to build two high-rise residential buildings on Morrissey Boulevard.
A member of the Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) is sounding the alarm about the preservation of historic properties near Lower Mills following a decision last month by the city board to discontinue a landmark designation for a River Street property that dates to 1831.
K2 students Alvin Nguyen, Vincent Le, and Cai Dyn Porter celebrated the Year of the Horse in song at Dorchester’s Mather School last week. Seth Daniel photo
The team charged with re-developing the vacant Carney Hospital campus have told civic leaders and neighbors that they intend to build a health care facility and a mix of housing on the 12-acre Dorchester Avenue site.
Serious concerns from residents about blasting and overall construction management on a Blue Hill Avenue residential housing project in Mattapan were left unaddressed when an online community meeting set for last Wednesday night (Jan. 28) was cut short due to technical difficulties.
With an eye toward operational expansions, the MBTA spent $9.8 million last month to buy a former industrial site next to the Red Line tracks on the South Boston-Dorchester line.
Whether in Dorchester, Mattapan – and, of course, other cramped neighborhoods like South Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, and Mission Hill – the wintertime “space savers” are like sacred stones on city streets.
A state highway project long in the works for I-93 abutting Columbia/ Savin Hill surprised many by moving quickly to the construction phase this spring. Seth Daniel photo
The city’s Inspectional Services Department (ISD) has issued a “stop work” order on a construction project to convert a former storefront church on Nelson Street in Dorchester into retail space.
Mattapan’s George Boakye-Yiadom was a professional basketball player in Finland until a heart condition forced him out of the game, and nearly took his life. Now, four years after a heart transplant, he is finally feeling “normal” again and advocating for all residents to become organ donors. Seth Daniel photo
A new $75 million facility in Nubian Square has Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology headed into its next 100 years on solid footing.
A member of the Cape Verdean government visited Greater Boston last week to do a “check-in” on the diaspora from the African island nation to see what assistance they need during a time of uncertainty with immigration policy in the US.
A room filled with elected officials, activists, union officials and residents vented about the slow pace of reform measures within the Boston Police Department (BPD) during a forum held last Saturday afternoon in Dorchester.
