“It’s construction project after construction project,” said Ellen Swanberg, sounding a frequent complaint of motorists trying to navigate Dorchester’s primary commercial thoroughfare. She added, “You can’t get there from here.” Swanberg should know. A delivery driver for Coleen’s Flower Shop
Two of the state’s top transit officials said Tuesday that the MBTA will revise its Ashmont Station design plans rather than lobby the Legislature for new funds. Despite a community decision last month to try closing the station renovation’s $10
Discouraged transit advocates vowed to lobby anew for state funds, after politicians and MBTA officials told them Tuesday that unexpectedly high cost estimates have forced the T to consider delaying or scaling back the Ashmont Station renovation unless other fiscal
A string of recently-scheduled debates will give voters in Dorchester, Mattapan, Milton, and Hyde Park a chance to hear from the candidates to replace former House Speaker Thomas Finneran. Three events, set for Feb.16, Feb. 22, and March 10, are
Both of Dorchester’s long-serving city councillors are facing prospective opponents in the fall, as Charles Yancey has drawn a challenger and Maureen Feeney may be in the crosshairs. Jaha “Jay” Hughes, a landscaper from York Street in the Franklin Field
A state appeals court has upheld a 2003 Suffolk Superior Court decision ordering the destruction of a Melville Avenue home that has pitted neighbors against each other and stirred passions in the normally staid area. The January 14 ruling sided
Spiraling cost estimates for the Ashmont Station renovation could force MBTA designers to scale back the list of amenities and further delay the start of construction. Construction bids outpaced T construction cost estimates by a minimum of more than $10
The Cedar Grove Civic Association endorsed the Members Plus Credit Union as the next tenant of the vacant Adams Corner Sovereign Bank property, at a contentious and well-attended Tuesday night meeting. More than 150 people, encouraged by different parties’ get-out-the-vote
Humming first, then singing, walking around and looking for pictures of him with his wife, Rich Chace came back to that first line of the chorus in “Eleanor Rigby,” the haunting Beatles song: “Ah, look at all the lonely people.”
Irked by code violations and what they say is inadequate parking, Columbia/Savin Hill residents ripped the Super 88 grocery store at the South Bay complex for being unresponsive to community concerns. Traffic flow at the northern Dorchester commercial complex has
Caesar may have regretted heading to the Senate on March 15, but the Ides of March this year will make one politician very happy. The House of Representatives scheduled a special election to fill the 12th Suffolk House seat vacated
Cedar Grove residents voted Tuesday to limit the options of an Adams Corner lot to three suitors with deep community ties, leaving open the possibility of converting the building into parking spaces. Suitors for the space, vacated by Sovereign Bank,
Brittany and Timothy and Langdon saunter in, sipping on water bottles or dipping into baskets of French fries, clad in fleece vests and frayed nurses’ scrubs, Birkenstocks and warm-up pants, Kangol hats. Presently, they hear an allusion to Gene Autry,
It’s a great deal of pressure for a youngster, heading into his first postseason with only a few weeks in The Show under his belt. He was an early September call-up. But the rookie appears to be handling all this
Frayed ties in one Dorchester village could lead to another civic group for the Boston neighborhood that already boasts the most, while a long-dormant organization clears its throat to announce its return. As the civic returns from summer break this
