

A new study published last week shows that the number of Massachusetts residents with Caribbean heritage is close to 800,000, or 11 percent of the state’s population.

Some of the ideas included using landscaping and new walkways to center the stature of Edward Everett.

The discussion, presented in partnership with Massachusetts Action for Justice and the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance, will focus on the housing crisis that gripped parts of Dorchester from roughly 1968 to 1972.

A mural located in an expressway underpass near Pope John Paul II Park just got a much-needed facelift.

Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience, the popular summer and fall tradition, is back in Dorchester, beginning a Thursday through Monday run that will conclude in early November.

“This work asks us to slow down and encounter the harbor differently,” says artist crystal bi.