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A vandal or vandals have once again hit a Dorchester Vietnam veterans memorial on Morrissey Boulevard.
State Police were on scene at the memorial site this afternoon. The site had just been beautified and new plantings put in ahead of Monday's Memorial... Read more
Angelie McGrath, left, and Jha'Niyla Tinker were crowned Young Miss Dorchester and Little Miss Dorchester respectively last Saturday during an event held at First Parish Dorchester.
The contest— organized by City Councillor Annissa Essaibi-George and her... Read more
A signing ceremony and panel discussion was held at UMass Boston on Monday to mark a $1 million donation to the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy from Robert and Diane Hildreth, who were honored for their... Read more
More than 1,000 kite and bike enthusiasts turned out for the 50th Kite and Bike Festival at Franklin Park last Saturday. Hosted by the Franklin Park Coalition and Hot 96.9 Boston, the popular event drew families from all over the state to the park to... Read more
The former Bayside Expo Center is now a wide expanse of parking lot on Columbia Point, but the towering three-legged sign that once welcomed people to the facility still stands due in part to an ongoing property dispute that has held up potential... Read more
Fifty-seven-year old Brenda Lee Keller died last Thursday at a bend where Fottler and Hiawatha roads meet in Mattapan. Neighbors say she tripped before she was hit by a passing car, but Boston Police say it was not an accident but a vehicular homicide,... Read more
This article was first published by WBUR 90.9FM on May 15.
The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is planning to institute a new way to address displacement throughout the region — a move officials say could help break up the concentration of the more than 10... Read more
At one point after he left his hometown of La Ceiba, Honduras, and before he offered the class student speaker remarks on the graduation podium at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT) this month, Regis Lino-Kelly went to the movies and felt a... Read more
Members of the Steward Health Choice MassHealth accountable care organization plan will now be able to get free care from doulas during pregnancy and childbirth. A doula, according to Steward, is a trained, non-clinical professional who provides... Read more
This month will offer a fitting commemoration of a tragic chapter in the annals of the Boston Irish. A blessing and dedication for the Great Hunger Memorial will be held on Deer Island on the 25th “in memory of the Irish souls who, in hope of avoiding... Read more
Two arts showcases will take place this Saturday at the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. The first, Inner City Circle’s “An Intergenerational Show of Boston-based Artists,” will feature the work of 16 visual artists from Dorchester, Roxbury, and elsewhere... Read more
The Massachusetts State Senate is assembling its annual budget this week, considering more than 1,110 amendments to the $42.7 billion bill that made it through the upper chamber this month. Among the local amendments on the table are some that are... Read more
Several amendments filed to the state Senate budget seek to bring the Fairmount Line closer to a subway standard of service, complementing a set of House and Senate bills that would establish a two-year pilot program for the line.
State Sen. Nick Collins... Read more
This story first appeared on WBUR 90.9FM on May 21.
As part of an ongoing facilities overhaul, interim superintendent Laura Perille proposed a host of changes to Boston Public Schools last Tuesday. Under the changes, two schools — the McCormack Middle... Read more
(This article was updated on Thurs., May 23)— In a letter issued on Tuesday, UMass President Martin Meehan told the UMass Boston community that a new search committee will form to seek a permanent chancellor for the Dorchester campus. The campus is... Read more
The MBTA was forced to run shuttle buses in place of Red Line trains during the height of this morning's commute after a derailment in the Ashmont yard.
Work crews labored to correct the problem, but in the interim the morning commute in Dorchester was... Read more
Ed Forry and Bill Forry are the featured speakers at the Dorchester Historical Society’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. The father/son duo, Associate Publisher and Publisher/Editor, respectively, of the Dorchester Reporter, will tell the... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh, fresh off a trip to the nation’s capital with Gov. Charlie Baker, had infrastructure and climate resilience on his mind as he addressed the Dorchester Board of Trade on Friday afternoon.
The mayor’s annual speech before the board of... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh announced yesterday another expansion of Bluebikes, the city’s bike share system, with new funds that will open an additional 50 stations and add 540 more bikes across Boston and surrounding communities in 2019. According to a press... Read more
Four months after Boston Mayor Marty Walsh teased a “road trip” to Washington with the governor, he and Charlie Baker headed to DC this week to pressure Congress and the Trump administration to invest in housing, transportation, and the environment.
The... Read more
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