To the Editor:
Last month the Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued a request for proposals to develop Parcel 25, an open tract roughly bounded by Kneeland Street, Chinatown, the Leather District and Fort Point Channel. The RFP... Read more
That God is the uncaused cause has long been one of the principal arguments for a supernatural, all-powerful being. Some unexplainable, mysterious force must have begun the creative process, otherwise there would be nothing, or so the argument goes.... Read more
One New Year down, one to go.
One of the best things about living overseas has to be the holidays. As an ex-pat, I observe all of my native holidays, like the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. But in addition to these I get to enjoy... Read more
“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In the early part of the 20th century a... Read more
To the Editor:
This is small stuff compared to everything else going on in the the neighborhood. But, can you or can you not park across Dorchester Ave. in front of the Dollar store or in front of Rite Aid? Where do the MBTA bus stop signs... Read more
The late Mary Casey Forry wrote this column for publication on New Year’s Day 1987:
Dear Diary:
What an exhilarating day. So much fun doing things for the first time in the new year.
At 7:04 am, got out of bed for the... Read more
As we observe the 150th-anniversary year of the start of the Civil War, we are again facing disunion and testing whether a nation, once the noble beacon of representative government, can survive.
The present-day unraveling of our democratic... Read more
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—on them light has shined.”
– Isaiah, 9:26
There is a movie that came out a few years ago called “Children of Men.” It is set in the... Read more
I finally visited Notre Dame this fall to attend a football game and see my grandson, a BC High graduate who is now a freshman at the storied university.
There are few times when one’s expectations are exceeded by the reality of a place but this... Read more
To the Editor:
I am hoping that Metro Boston elected officials will work hard to sway the Gaming Commission in bringing a casino to Suffolk Downs over Foxboro. The people of Boston stand to benefit far more from the increased business, tax... Read more
To the Editor:
As news of changes at the Leahy-Holloran Community Center Preschool reaches the community, we are compelled to provide a summary of the circumstances which have made these changes necessary.
Two years ago... Read more
Reprinted from Decembers past
During the Advent season, I take great joy in listening to sacred music. For years, attending the Handel and Hayden Society’s “Messiah” was an integral part of my preparation for Christmas. Now I listen to... Read more
It’s getting crowded in the Whitey Bulger biopic field. The news that local-boys-made-good-Hollywood-wise Matt Damon and Ben Affleck plan to bring Jimmy Bulger’s saga to the big screen should surprise no one around here. After all, they grew up in... Read more
To the Editor:
I wish to express my heartfelt thanks once more to all my Dorchester friends and supporters for all your help and assistance over the course of many election campaigns over the past years, and for the great loyalty and faith I... Read more
Does this ever happen to you? There are times that I look around at all of my possessions; you know, everything from books and papers piled on the desk and in bookshelves, trinkets I’ve picked up or which have been given to me here and there, closets... Read more
