For Dannie Kelly, selling Christmas trees is a lifelong pursuit
December 9, 2025
Dannie Kelly is a real-life Santa Claus of the city — a deliverer of Christmas trees and holiday cheer in the heart of Dorchester’s Four Corners neighborhood.
Reporter editor Bill Forry joins DotLife podcast host Erin Caldwell to talk about the top stories of the week in the Dorchester Reporter.
Reporter editor Bill Forry joins DotLife podcast host Erin Caldwell to talk about the top stories of the week in the Dorchester Reporter.
Time-sensitive plan to lower tax bills for Boston residents stuck in neutral as Senate won’t assign it to a committee, according to State House News
Mayor Michelle Wu’s making a new push to reduce sticker shock for residential property owners when the next tax bills come out in January.
A series of residential projects on formerly vacant city-owned lots along the Glenway Street corridor have broken ground this fall and are under construction. Many
State transportation officials will convene a public meeting on Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, at Boston College High School to discuss the future of the John
As more people in the Boston area feel squeezed by the housing market, they’re facing a new hurdle: a drop in the economic growth that
The owner of Pho Que Restaurant at 291 Adams St. has told members of the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) that he wants a full
Hundreds of Boston properties with rooftop antennas are eligible to recoup money owed to them by wireless carriers under lease agreements. But getting the companies
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a developer’s plan to build a three decker on a vacant lot on a Dorchester street lined
On Nov. 11, Cedar Grove @ Ashmont opened for business at 1973 Dorchester Ave., across from Ashmont Station. It was 45 years to the day
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children kicked off a fundraising campaign for their plans to build-out a new facility at their Jones Hill campus
Two developers have filed plans to replace a house turned into an insurance office with a five-story, 23-unit apartment building at 1428 Dorchester Ave., near
The Urban Farming Institute in Mattapan distributed 650 turkey baskets on Thursday (Nov. 20) as the non-profit helped neighbors get prepared for next week’s Thanksgiving
The arrest of nine workers by federal immigration agents at an Allston car wash on Nov. 4 — resulting in their detention over the last
Tom O’Brien of HYM Investment Group and Rev. Jeffrey Brown, a Dorchester pastor who leads his own development company, My City at Peace, appeared on
