




Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden won a decisive victory on Tuesday as he fended off challenges from former staffer Linda Champion and Rachael Rollins, his predecessor.
Marcus McNeill, a 22-year-old Fields Corner native, is a key go-between for residents and City Hall services.

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.

Marcus McNeill, a 22-year-old Fields Corner native, is a key go-between for residents and City Hall services.

The Novoa twins— Jakey and Mikey— write about how Dorchester cares for its youth in so many ways. The brothers are tied for third place in this year’s Dot Day Essay Contest.

Scarlett Burke, the second-place Dot Day essay contest winner, has thoughts on how to expand Dot Day and make it more fun for the 400th anniversary in 2030.

Quinton Vo, the first place winner of the Dorchester Day Essay Contest, makes the case for an expanded celebration of Dorchester’s 400th anniversary in 2030.

Now 78, the lifelong Dorchester resident will assume the role of chief marshal, leading the 2026 parade on June 7.

On May 27, more than 400 people gathered at The Copley Fairmont Hotel for the annual Catholic Charities Spring Celebration.

Among Washington’s Continental Army soldiers were two Dorchester brothers — Isaac and James Davenport.

For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term.
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