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Halloween is next Sat., Oct. 31 but there are plenty of opportunities to get in the holiday spirit this week and next at haunts in Dorchester and beyond.

Spooky Story Hour at Chill On Park
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In her sixth year as an at-large city councillor and seeking a fourth term, Ayanna Pressley is not resting on her laurels.  

“I don’t govern complacently and I don’t campaign complacently,” Pressley said. She ... Read more.

Thursday (22nd) – St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children hosts Diamonds of Dorchester, a reception, dinner, and live auction event from 6-8:30p.m. at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. A program and ... Read more.

Frustrated residents of two narrow Fields Corner streets asked the Boston Licensing Board on Tuesday to revoke Fields Station Liquor's license over what they said is an unending stream of delivery trucks that block their ... Read more.

The legal proceedings surrounding the murder of Bella Bond, for months known only as Baby Doe, continued in Dorchester Municipal Court on Tuesday morning. Michael McCarthy, 35, and Rachelle Bond, 40, are being charged in ... Read more.

Proposed expansion for Epiphany School

The Epiphany School has proposed a new building wrapped around the old Industrial School for Girls on Centre Street that would let it expand a teacher residency program and add a greenhouse and outdoor gardening area for ... Read more.

This afternoon, the final Ashmont/Peabody Square Farmers Market of the year will feature a pop-up art gallery, hosted by St. Mark's Area Main Street. The gallery offers a preview of the Dorchester Arts Collaborative Open ... Read more.

If everything goes as planned over the next few month, Sonny’s Pub and Restaurant, a longtime fixture in Adams Village owned by the late Sonny Elia and his family, will, after a thorough renovation, re-emerge in the ... Read more.

The longtime owner of Adams Corner’s oldest commercial building has entered into an agreement to sell the property to a trio of local investors. Gerard Adomunes, who has owned and operated Gerard’s Restaurant and Adams ... Read more.

Friday (16th) – Clean-up at Edward Everett Square starts at 8 a.m. Bring supplies and prepare to help the community alongside EDENS by sweeping, cleaning, weeding, mulching, and planting. See ... Read more.

A University of Massachusetts Building Authority project hit a bump in the road last week, as two of three permitting requests it sought before a City Hall board were tabled after objections from Columbia Point abutters. ... Read more.

Dorchester residents gathered last Wednesday night (Oct. 7) for a public safety meeting addressing a churn of low level crime and specifically prompted by an attack on night of Sept. 27, in which a woman on Harbor View ... Read more.

When Randace Rauscher took over as executive director of the Fields Corner Main Street last month, she found herself confronted by challenging misconceptions about her new locale.

“Some people just brush it off as ... Read more.

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