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In Boston, the path to new development often leads through negotiation, with a place at the table for different sides with different agendas. If community members end up believing that the outcome had been pre-arranged, ... Read more.
The lone retail space in a new mixed-use building at 1700 Dorchester Ave. across from St. Mark’s Church will soon be home to DOTTEA, the neighborhood’s newest boba tea shop.
“I’m most excited to bring the new ... Read more.
The Urban Farming Institute (UFI) has purchased the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm on Norfolk Street in Mattapan, a property it has been taking care of since 2014. The group’s president, Patricia Spence, shared the news of the ... Read more.
About 200 people became US citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday.
US District Court Judge Myong Joun presided at the event and Yvonne Garcia, ... Read more.
A cup of coffee, a holistic tea, a muffin, and a newspaper, then a dash to catch the train to downtown. That’s the rhythm around the new House of Seven Café set up in a kiosk outside Shawmut Station as owner Tamicka Brown ... Read more.
Top House and Senate Democrats plan to hold a hearing on the role of private equity in the health care system. The topic has exploded on Beacon Hill this year as Steward Health Care’s financial troubles have surfaced ... Read more.
Federal environmental officials gave the public an update on plans to clean up the contaminated Lower Neponset River along a 3.7-mile stretch of the waterway from Mother Brook in Hyde Park to the Walter Baker Dam on the ... Read more.
The Boston Teacher’s Union (BTU) kicked off a new round of contract negotiations on Feb. 29 with a press conference at its Dorchester headquarters, where leaders spelled out four major priorities the union says it will be ... Read more.
To the Editor:
According to the City of Boston’s 43rd Annual Homeless Census conducted in 2023, the number of unhoused adults living in the city has increased by 42 percent. Additionally, much of Boston’s unhoused ... Read more.
The metal door slammed as Jamal ran from the Blackstone School in Boston. I’d not seen him in more than seven years, but I recognized him immediately. My first thought was robbery. My second: Who robs an elementary school ... Read more.
As our world wrestles with the impact of climate change, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has emerged as the most important government agency for tracking, predicting, and communicating ... Read more.
Noa Taylor, a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD), is pictured with Boston Police Superintendent Nora Baston. Taylor portrayed Baston during a Living History presentation staged by club members at the ... Read more.
Mattapan native Bianca Sullivan was honored as a Hero Among Us at the Boston Celtics home game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 27 as part of the team’s celebration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( ... Read more.
A $10,000 raffle drawing event to benefit Saint Brendan church will be held this Friday, March 8, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., Dorchester. Drawing tickets are $100 each and you do ... Read more.
City Councillor-at-Large Erin Murphy is said to be planning a run for a new office this fall: Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. According to Politico, Murphy will seek to replace the current clerk, ... Read more.
Mayor Wu needed a win. And while it might prove to be a costly one in the near-term, she got one last week in the form of a legacy public works project on Blue Hill Avenue.
Last Thursday, ... Read more.
Dorchester residents are invited to take a “virtual walk” with Anita Danker via Zoom on Sat., March 9 at 3 p.m. as she guides participants through the presentation “On the Trail of Women’s History: From Uphams Corner to ... Read more.
Boston voters went to the polls on Tuesday to complete balloting for the presidential primary. President Joe Biden was, by far, the top vote getter, receiving 40,141 votes or 77 percent of the those cast by those who ... Read more.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restored former President Donald Trump's name to the Colorado ballot makes it "all the more important" for voters to express their opinions in presidential primaries, Massachusetts' ... Read more.
On Tuesday, March 5, community members are invited to participate in a conversation via Zoom about the potential sites for new signage along Dorchester’s section of the Boston Harborwalk.
At the meeting, graduate ... Read more.
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