Irish pub that plans live music approved in Adams Village
September 24, 2026
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A push is on to re-name the Ruggles station in Roxbury for Phillis Wheatley (depicted in this statue) or another prominent person not connected to the slave trade.
DotLife chatted with Erica Stocks from the Polish American Citizens Club and the Polish American Heritage and Community Foundation about Dorchester’s Polish Triangle, its deep Polish roots and why Polish food is the best.
Gov. Maura Healey has named Dorchester resident Joyce Linehan to the 19-member governing board of the Mass Cultural Council.
Leslie MacWeeney Dobbs, an artist, educator, and activist who led the group DotArt, died on March 24 at age 90.
Candelaria Norma Silva-Collins, a former Dorchester resident, author, and civic “connector,” died in North Carolina on March 24 of complications from cancer.. She was 71.
