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Statistics kept by Boston Police show that shootings and gun violence are at an all-time-low across Boston. But, in pockets of Dorchester and Mattapan, residents say that fear and anxiety about shootings is at an all-time ... Read more.
The legal battle over the recent redrawing of City Council district lines has moved to federal court. South Boston civic groups, joined by some Dorchester and Mattapan residents, are suing over the new map, which carves ... Read more.
City officials last week (Dec. 7) took in words of support for and opposition to a proposal to convert the Comfort Inn at 900 Morrissey Blvd. into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless people.
While ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved the Pot, a marijuana shop proposed for 532-542 River St. in Mattapan Square.
The shop, which won approval of the ... Read more.
A massive proposal to transform 36.5 acres of Dorchester’s Columbia Point waterfront into a mixed-use community was updated today with significant changes to plans for affordability, open space, and public amenities. ... Read more.
In Boston’s world of community violence prevention, Dr. Rufus Faulk has seen it all, attending hundreds of tragic funerals and celebrating successes when people and neighborhoods have improved. But in February, he plans ... Read more.
Joel Richards, a Boston Public Schools teacher and pastor who ran for the District 4 City Council seat in 2021, plans to make another run for office next year.
But this time he’d be running for the District 3 City ... Read more.
After years of trying for more liquor licenses, Boston is on the verge of getting five more - one for the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner and four for the Bolling Building in Nubian Square.
The State Senate on ... Read more.
A young elementary school girl brought a firearm to school in a backpack on Friday at the Saint John Paul II Columbia Campus in Dorchester, according to Boston Police and the Archdiocese of Boston.
Boston Police ... Read more.
Two weeks ago, on Nov. 22, I found myself at a border crossing checkpoint in the small Romanian city of Radauti, where some 800,000 refugees from nearby Ukraine, mainly women and children, have sought refuge from Vladimir ... Read more.
When the architect Chris Stanley and his family moved to Dorchester nearly 23 years ago, the Red Line was a key factor in their decision. The Ashmont MBTA station was a “pigeon barn,” he quipped, but they didn’t want to ... Read more.
The question has come up again and again over the last 50 years: Can the Strand Theatre function as an anchor in Uphams Corner? It is being raised anew in the midst of a wave of new construction in the neighborhood and ... Read more.
A group of Wentworth Institute of Technology students received rave reviews from the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) on Monday night, Dec. 5, for their project to better connect Mattapan and Milton using the ... Read more.
It was with deep sadness and a heavy heart that I learned the news of the passing of a beloved friend Thelma Burns, an active ABCD board member for more than 35 years. She served as the chair and as a long-time executive ... Read more.
Courtesy of The National Center of Afro-American Artists, the song-play “Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes will be performed at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston, this weekend and next at 8 p.m. on ... Read more.
Now that many families are once again celebrating the holidays together in person, there’s an opportunity to swap stories, meet new arrivals, and share happy memories of those we’ve lost over the years.
It might ... Read more.
The former Dorchester Savings Bank building in Uphams Corner will become home to roughly 86,000 square feet of mixed-used, residential, commercial, and retail space under a plan approved by city officials.'
The ... Read more.
More than 25 shots rang out at a Talbot Avenue tire shop just after school let out at the nearby Lee K-8 school on Monday afternoon, sending two men to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Dozens of ... Read more.
Calls in some activist circles to “defund the police” haven’t gained much purchase with lawmakers and budget-writers, including in Massachusetts. But calls to “reform the police” still resonate with some.
The ... Read more.
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