




Allan and Joycelyn Edwards spoke to the celebrants at the event on Sept. 20.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved plans by Frank Delaney and Teresa Murphy to replace the short-lived Scobie’s, 782 Adams St. in Dorchester, with the Session House, which will feature Irish pub grub accompanied by Irish seisiún music – much of it by local musicians.
Police say the armed suspect drove at officers and struck a cruiser while trying to flee a traffic stop last evening.

Opinions were split among Dorchester residents who participated in a virtual public meeting last Tuesday (Jan. 27) set up for a review of a proposed development on East Cottage Street that would demolish the Little House.

On Jan. 1, Francisco DePina— who has worked his way up from entry-level jobs in the Boston Uncornered organization – became its first-ever president.

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.

After almost two decades of periodic campaigns for recovery and improvement, the MBTA in 2026 is still vulnerable to weather, and increasingly buffeted by stiffening headwinds in global trade.

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.

American Ancestors will host a Boston book launch for genealogist André Kearns’s new book, Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family’s History, on Friday, Oct. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. at 97 Newbury St. in Boston.
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