Officials laud progress at Uphams Corner groundbreaking
June 29, 2026
Columbia Crossing, a 48-unit mixed-use development represents the next major step in the revitalization of Uphams Corner, say leaders.
The new café specializes in nut-free cupcakes and baked goods.
To mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, the JFK Library will offer free admission to all visitors on July 3, 4, and 5.
The new café specializes in nut-free cupcakes and baked goods.
Gov. Maura Healey demanded Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem resign on Monday, following outrage that erupted around the nation this weekend after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Boston firefighters responded to 26 Wentworth St., off Norfolk Street in Dorchester, around 3:25 p.m. on Sunday for a fire that was shooting out of the third floor when they arrived.
A winter storm that could bring more than a foot of snow to Boston later this weekend has prompted Mayor Wu to declare a “snow emergency” that will go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 8 a.m.
DESE Commissioner Pedro Martinez (shown here) says state officials are rethinking so-called “takeovers” of local school districts.
Volunteers from Dorchester are gathering signatures at grocery stores, MBTA stops, and community centers in an effort to get a rent-control measure on the 2026 Massachusetts ballot that, if approved, would limit rent increases for most residential units to five percent a year, or the annual rise in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower.
A federal appeals court has upheld the forced-labor conviction and 8 1/2-year prison sentence meted out to Stavros Papantoniadis, who used coercion and sometimes physical attacks to keep his undocumented-immigrant workers in line at his pizza shops in Roslindale, Dorchester and Norwood.
State education Secretary Pedro Martinez (shown here) last week announced proposed new graduation requirements that are meant to replace the MCAS exam voters opted to reject as a graduation requirement in a 2024 ballot referendum.
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