

Reporter editor Bill Forry joins DotLife podcast host Erin Caldwell to talk about the top stories of the week in the Dorchester Reporter.

Fourteen years after the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) first put a school district in receivership, education activists are now pushing for


Mayor Michelle Wu’s making a new push to reduce sticker shock for residential property owners when the next tax bills come out in January.

Esiah McGauley from Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy, Dorchester, has been awarded the High School Inspiration Scholarship for the Class of 2030, according to

Brookview House started with an ideal in the minds of a group of church friends who were not willing to accept family homelessness in Boston,

The annual Dorchester Tree Lighting Committee held its cavalcade of lightings stretching from Port Norfolk to Peabody Square last Saturday (Nov. 29)

A series of residential projects on formerly vacant city-owned lots along the Glenway Street corridor have broken ground this fall and are under construction. Many

One year after voters passed a ballot referendum barring the state from using the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, Gov. Healey joined education officials

State transportation officials will convene a public meeting on Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, at Boston College High School to discuss the future of the John

Opponents of a Wu administration proposal to close or combine schools, including three in Dorchester, plan to hold a pair of rallies this week in

As more people in the Boston area feel squeezed by the housing market, they’re facing a new hurdle: a drop in the economic growth that

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said today that she will run for re-election, ending speculation that she might challenge incumbent Sentaor Ed Markey in 2026.

High tides could once again swamp parts of Dorchester’s Morrissey Boulevard during peak travel times this week, including the morning rush hour.

The Ashmont-Adams neighborhood will kick off the season in a big way on Saturday, Nov. 29, with a pair of longtime traditions: the 10th Annual

The New Balance Foundation has pledged $2 million to Dorchester’s Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center (STEC), the nation’s first nonprofit indoor tennis club built by


State officials estimate that Massachusetts will lose as much as $4.1 billion going forward due to losses of federal funding and changes to federal tax

It’s Thanksgiving week in the neighborhood. OFDers are streaming back for a taste of home cooking, maybe a pre-meal walk with the cousins, and a

Activate Games, a Canadian company, marked the grand opening of its first New England location – it has 38 locations in the United States and

Urban Farming Institute deploys 650 turkey baskets for the holiday

Residential trash, recycling and yard waste pick-ups will be on a normal schedule this week, except for those who normally have pick-ups on Thursdays. There

The owner of Pho Que Restaurant at 291 Adams St. has told members of the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) that he wants a full

In keeping with the Thanksgiving season, the Codman Square Neighborhood Council and the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition praised neighborhood adults and teens who often

Hundreds of Boston properties with rooftop antennas are eligible to recoup money owed to them by wireless carriers under lease agreements. But getting the companies

Gov. Healey has nominated Dorchester native Toiya Taylor to serve as Associate Justice of the Probate and Family Court.

Dorchester Day is still seven months away, but the committee that makes the annual celebration the grand event it has always been is already hard











