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It has been decades since Bessie Gaul could walk from her apartment near Bowdoin-Geneva and get fresh food in a high-quality store. But last Saturday morning, she went shopping with a smile as the long-awaited Dorchester ... Read more.

A Blue Hill Avenue property owner will host a meeting on Thursday evening (Oct. 19) to pitch one of his two storefront spaces for re-use as a community gathering hall and meeting space, a need that has been pegged as ... Read more.

Five days into a sixteen-day shut-down of train service along the Ashmont branch of the Red Line, city and state officials continue to adjust their plans to help Bostonians and commuters move around the city as workers ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally shot at 46 Corona St. in Dorchester around 2:05 p.m. on Friday, and that another man was shot to death outside ... Read more.

A newly-released report that summarizes nearly two years of input from neighborhood residents and merchants about a planned re-design of Blue Hill Avenue signals a strong preference for a multi-modal design that includes ... Read more.

A long-sought tax on pricey real estate transactions in Boston could generate tens of millions of dollars for affordable housing investments, but "remains out of reach" without the blessing of Beacon Hill, Mayor Michelle ... Read more.

There’s a street mural and museum exhibit in Derry, Northern Ireland, that celebrates “Derry Girls,” one of the most popular shows on television over the past four years. The show is a somewhat autobiographical story ... Read more.

While Sandra Cotterell is retiring as the longtime CEO of Codman Square Health Center, there will be no forgetting her in Dorchester – especially now that a Washington Street building will bear her name.

The health ... Read more.

Do you have a plan for dealing with the upcoming 16-day shutdown of the Ashmont branch of the Red Line? If not, you should. Even if you aren’t a frequent MBTA rider, the suspension of service on the rail line— including ... Read more.

The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music begins its seventh season of concerts in Dorchester on Sun., Oct. 22, at 4 p.m., with an all-instrumental concert exploring the musical form known as the trio sonata. The ... Read more.

With answers invariably short, if not always to the point, nine candidates for the Boston City Council fielded questions on Saturday from the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council.

Taking part in the briskly paced ... Read more.

The debate about naming a playground at Ronan Park in honor of the late 11-year-old Maryann Hanley who was murdered in the park on Aug. 11, 1983, brought me to think of Tiffany Moore.

She was 12 when she was ... Read more.

Most of us understand that money in our political system has a corrosive effect on democracy.  That’s why Massachusetts has strong conflict-of-interest laws prohibiting any substantial gifts to lawmakers from lobbyists or ... Read more.

Dorchester-based artist and poet U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo was recently named one of the recipients of the Boston Foundation’s 2023 Brother Thomas Fellowship for her talents and contributions to the world of art and culture ... Read more.

Soleil Restaurant, owned by Dorchester’s Cheryl Straughter, is among 12 small businesses statewide receiving community impact grants from the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). Straughter’s Southern-inspired ... Read more.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD) has announced that its annual Bright Futures Grand Drawing Gala will take place on Sat., Nov. 18, at Boston’s Fairmont Copley Plaza. The event includes both live and silent ... Read more.

Savin Hill residents are deploying new signage to make their case for a quicker implementation of the Neighborhood Slow Streets program in their section of Dorchester – a part of the neighborhood prone to cut-through ... Read more.

The development team behind a 4-story, 34-unit condo building on Aspinwall Road in Codman Square that received the city’s permission to proceed back in 2019 has filed an amended plan that adds 11 additional units and a ... Read more.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate and the Pew Research Center hosted a conversation about Americans’ deepening dissatisfaction with their elected officials and government last Thursday evening (Oct. 5). ... Read more.

In the state law that regulates how liquor licenses are distributed in Massachusetts, the words “except for Boston” appear dozens of times. It’s a phrase that critics – including Boston city councillors and state ... Read more.

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