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State Rep. Russell Holmes of Mattapan launched another broadside against the leadership of the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week, describing the legislative body’s top-down approach as isolating for those who do not go along.
Clearly... Read more
Ayanna Pressley had already been sworn in with the rest of her Congressional class when she returned to her district this weekend to share the moment with those who decisively swept her into office but could not make the trek down to Washington. At a... Read more
A cadre of Dorchester civic, main streets, and health center leaders gathered Monday night for a discussion where they would have the opportunity to query city and state and city officials about the nuts and bolts of how the new cannabis industry might... Read more
State Rep. Russell Holmes of Mattapan launched another broadside against the leadership of the Massachusetts House last week, describing the legislative body’s top-down approach as isolating for those who do not go along.
Clearly frustrated with the way... Read more
Congresswoman’s husband leaves City Hall role, forms private firm
Conan Harris, the husband of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and one of Mayor Martin Walsh’s senior public safety advisors in recent years, has left City Hall and launched his own consulting... Read more
During an upbeat State of the City address Tuesday night at Symphony Hall, Mayor Marty Walsh contrasted Boston with the dysfunction in Washington, comparing the city's successes with the paralysis in the federal government.
The state of Boston is strong,... Read more
VietAID announced last week that it is shutting its after-school programs because of financial issues, but says it hopes to re-open them at some point.
People who have already signed their kids up for programs through May will get refunds, the group said... Read more
Tim McCarthy, who has represented Mattapan, Hyde Park and Roslindale on the city council since 2013, announced Thursday he's decided not to run for re-election this fall - two weeks after saying he would make one last run.
McCarthy wrote on Facebook that... Read more
After opening bids from five contractors on Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced they will likely select Fred Deroma and Son, Inc., the apparent low bidder, for its upcoming redesign of the intersection at Morton... Read more
With federal funding and representation possibly on the line, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh has tapped an aide to oversee the 2020 US.Census to ensure all Boston residents are properly counted.
Sebastian Zapata, who most recently served as City Hall’s deputy... Read more
Dorchester actor Steve Auger will appear in the world premiere of bare stage, a new work by award-winning Boston playwright Michael Walker to run February 8-March 2 at Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. This performance centers on the... Read more
The Boston Home resident Sarah Connor, along with MIT students, co-designed a powered watering device recently. Over the course of a semester, students Kalyn Bowen, Caroline Jordan, Jennifer Lu, and Sara Wilson worked with Sarah to design and build the... Read more
A developer has proposed turning a vacant Dorchester Avenue lot into a 56-unit residential building with space for two first-floor businesses.
In a filing with the BPDA, Tim Long says his $12-million 1970 Dorchester Ave. building, a block south of the T-... Read more
Quoc Tran of Dorchester, the deputy director of the Office of Diversity and Civil Rights at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, has been appointed to the Boston School Committee by Mayor Martin Walsh.
He was sworn-in on Monday... Read more
A cat trapped on the roof of a Gaston Street three-decker was rescued by workers from the Animal Rescue League of Boston last Thursday, marking the first cat rescue of the new year by the ARL’s Rescue Services Department.
“Gadget,” a three-year-old male... Read more
In the closing weeks of last year, Boston Collegiate Charter School celebrated its 20th anniversary in style by unveiling a series of renovations to its upper level campus on Mayhew Street in Dorchester’s Polish Triangle. A newly completed “cafetorium”... Read more
Happy New Year, Kids Menu readers! We hope 2019 will be filled for all of you with fun and community.
First up: In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 21, the Franklin Park Zoo will offer guests free admission. Guests are invited to the... Read more
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who was sworn into office last Thursday, touted her campaign’s ability to “expand the electorate” in her convincing September primary victory over longtime incumbent Michael Capuano. And an original analysis finds that new voters... Read more
Airbnb says it has had a record year in Massachusetts. The announcement comes less than two weeks after state regulations on short-term rentals were signed into law.
There were 1.2 million people who stayed in Airbnb rentals in Massachusetts in 2018, and... Read more
Service workers whose jobs are tied to federal government contracts would be eligible to receive back pay for wages lost during the ongoing government shutdown under legislation introduced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Boston and others.
Under... Read more
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