Reflecting on his 10-point primary win over first-time candidate Latoya Gayle on Tuesday, state Sen. Nick Collins says his success with voters in the First Suffolk District was powered by his long-standing work on multiple fronts his strong working relationships with colleagues in government.
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.
The highly regarded portrait and landscape artist Vincent Crotty has shared his talents with the Dorchester community since settling down in the neighborhood in the 1990s, and this summer has been no exception.
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.
The work of Jane Jacobs and the consequences of “The New Boston” came together March 8 in Fields Corner, in a conversation at JustBook-Ish between authors Richard Keeley and Karilyn Crockett.
The shooting death of 20-year-old Evaline Barros-Cepeda, who was killed when a Boston police officer opened fire on a suspect car in Dorchester in 2002, sparked a change in BPD policy about firing on vehicles.
State lawmakers who serve on the Joint Ways and Means Committee gathered on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan last week to discuss their spending priorities in front of a roomful of advocates and local residents.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a six-story, 33-unit apartment building at 555-563 Talbot Ave.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by a non-profit group to replace a single-family house at 190 Bowdoin St. with a four-story, 33-unit affordable apartment building.
The dodge ball tournament held last Saturday (March 21) in the auditorium of the Second Church of Dorchester raised funds for InnerCity Weightlifting.
A developer plans to build a 4-and-a-half-story, 20-unit condo complex at 2062 Dorchester Ave. The building would replace a currently unoccupied two-family home.
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