

“Massachusetts is famous for having uncontested races, and because of that, people really settle in because they think no one is watching,” Gayle told The Reporter.
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 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.

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.

Senator Ed Markey today announced a flurry of endorsements, including 12 of the 13 members of the Boston City Council, several state lawmakers from Boston, and the Boston Teachers Union in what his campaign characterized as “a sweeping and unified show of support from across Boston’s elected leadership.”

As another major winter storm bears down on the region, the city of Boston will institute a snow emergency and parking ban on Sunday (Feb. 22) starting at 2 p.m., according to Mayor Wu’s office.

The Dorchester author John Joseph Fahey offers a rich historical analysis of St. Peter’s Church in a second printing of his book, “St. Peter’s – a Church to be Treasured.”

Gov. Maura Healey is proposing a delay in accepting the Trump administration’s tax cuts until next year while a coalition of progressive activist groups and unions is calling on the Legislature to opt out of the cuts entirely.

Feb. 19, 2026 edition of the Dorchester Reporter.

Mindy Wright, a former history teacher at Boston Preparatory Charter Public School, founded the Upward Project in 2018 as a way to help first-generation, underprivileged college students “navigate a very unfamiliar space,” she said.

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.
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