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In April 1865, Dorchester’s Town Meeting gathered to consider an important civic measure – “to procure…a Corporate Seal of the town.” Many modern residents of Dorchester are familiar with that seal, emblazoned with the ... Read more.
The VietAID community center in Fields Corner was the setting for a unique competition last week (May 21) as thirteen would-be entrepreneurs vied for prize money in an event aimed at boosting Asian-American businesses. ... Read more.
Add to the ‘hype’ of the Dorchester Day Parade with College Hype’s annual Dot Day t-shirt.
The custom print and embroidery business, founded by Jack Doherty in 1987, began in a dorm room at Westfield State ... Read more.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester will mark its 50th anniversary this year. The organization’s first clubhouse swung open its doors on Deer Street in July 1974, but the effort had begun four years earlier with a core ... Read more.
The annual Haitian American breakfast and ceremonial flag raising to commemorate the May 18 Flag Day took place on City Hall Plaza last Friday (May 17) and was used as a vehicle to highlight young Haitian American artists ... Read more.
Maeghan Driscoll, 25, is this year’s honorary mayor of Dorchester, a title she earned by raising the most money to support Sunday’s parade. The contest is one of the primary ways that the parade committee finances the ... Read more.
To the Editor:
What an outrage! I attended the May 21 Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) zoom hearing on a development at 243D Savin Hill Ave. Against the opposition of all the abutters directly affected, a thumb’s- ... Read more.
At a time when Haitians and their American cousins find it hard to celebrate amid ongoing turmoil back home, a groundbreaking ceremony for Boston’s Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center near North Station brought a welcome ... Read more.
The only elementary school marching band in the Boston Public School district will bring its talents to this year’s Dot Day Parade. Dorchester’s Thomas J. Kenny School on Oakton Ave. educates students from kindergarten ... Read more.
With the current state of chaos in Haiti at the forefront, the annual celebratory Boston Haitian American Unity Parade could not go on without serious thought and solidarity with those who suffer perilous conditions on ... Read more.
The Massachusetts Legislature has tackled the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care by passing a fairly comprehensive package of regulations that may help avoid another meltdown at a major medical system.
But there’s ... Read more.
Last year Dorchester’s own David and Stephen St. Russell – known as the “Renovation Husbands – starred on HGTV’s show “Battle on the Mountain,” but it wasn’t until the end of February that they could finally share their ... Read more.
Play Ball! – The Martin Richard Challenger Baseball program opened its 2024 season this past Sunday (May 26) at the newly renovated McConnell playground in Savin Hill. The pre-game ceremony featured a rendition of the ... Read more.
The first observance of Dorchester Day, in June of 1904, took place under a tent on Savin Hill. A celebration of local history and pride, it was also meant to protect an urban wild with a panoramic view from a frenzy of ... Read more.
A lifetime Dorchester resident, Marshal Buckley, now 48, attended Mt. Hope High School in Bristol, RI., and then enlisted in the US Marine Corps. Today, he is a union steward with Local 223 where he has worked for 25 ... Read more.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) was founded with the mission to care for the neglected and largely forgotten population of animals living on the streets. The idea for this ... Read more.
Michael J. Pallamary lives in California, but he grew up in Dorchester and still visits a few times a year. With the recent publication of his first novel, “Days of Eight,” he brings his readers back to his version of the ... Read more.
Despite a decrease in student enrollment by 15.2 percent since 2014-15, officials have unveiled a long-term facilities vision for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) without identifying a single building that would close ... Read more.
Fresh off meeting Pope Francis and participating in the Vatican Climate Change conference, Mayor Wu followed visited Savin Hill’s McConnell Park on May 23 for the first in a series of planned coffee hours in Dorchester. ... Read more.
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