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For years, Haitian American activists have sought a space in the city to serve as a hub to celebrate the achievements, history, and rich culture of one Boston’s largest immigrant populations. Now, they’ve found it along ... Read more.
Practice times at Lewis Center frustrates BPS student-athletes, who train in school hallways instead
Dorchester’s TechBoston Academy indoor track team began rigorous practices last week, but the athletes won’t set foot on a real track until their first winter meet, this despite the existence of a world-class indoor track ... Read more.
Like its surrounding neighborhood, the vacant lot at 379 Geneva Ave. stands at a crossroads. Located at the corner of Corona Street and fringed with a white picket fence, the lot’s 7,647 square feet have been—apart from a ... Read more.
When residents said Onyx Management and Development's plans for six condos in three attached buildings at 45 Milton Ave. in Dorchester would lead to parking woes on ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a new three-story home for the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center on Old Road between Ellington Street and Michigan Avenue in Dorchester, basically to the ... Read more.
Roadway is open; some lane closures expected during the week
The Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard got stuck in the upright position last evening around 6 p.m. and stayed stuck until around ... Read more.
District 3 Councillor Frank Baker hosted a ‘Thank You’ dinner as a farewell gesture to supporters, colleagues, and neighbors on Thursday evening (Nov. 30) at Florian Hall in Dorchester.
Guests included elected ... Read more.
All Dorchester Sports and Leadership (ADSL) will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a gala at the waterfront Venezia ballroom on Wed., Dec.6, from 6-10 p.m. with a speaking program starting at 7:30.
The night’s ... Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a new trial for a man convicted of gunning down Marcus Hall behind a Blue Hill Avenue barbershop, where Hall had brought his four-year-old son for a haircut on June 14, 2016.
... Read more.There were no apparent injuries, but Boston Police found six shell casings on the sidewalk, one bullet that hit the Rockland Trust bank, and another that hit an apartment across the street on Sunday at noon during what ... Read more.
Regulators at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission are taking an interest in whether people younger than the legal betting age of 21 are using mobile platforms to bet on sports and what the betting platforms operating here ... Read more.
Six community members and organizations were honored at the annual Codman Square and Four Corners ‘Hidden Heroes and Sheroes’ gala on Nov. 17 in the Great Hall, with five teens from the neighborhood receiving $2,000 ... Read more.
With its purchase last month of a large tract of commercial property on New England Avenue west of Codman Square for a potential infrastructure site, Eversource continued on its mission of convening neighbors in ... Read more.
Don Alexis was first attracted to Mattapan and Blue Hill Avenue when he was 18 and visiting family shortly after immigrating from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. The diaspora culture and the history of the neighborhood gave him the ... Read more.
President Joseph Biden's coming back to Massachusetts next Tuesday for a concert fundraiser featuring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the state Democratic Party said Tuesday.
The Dec. 5 shindig in Boston, titled " ... Read more.
Something is wrong here. Studies by the Hechinger Report and New America, think tanks that study education, indicate that over the last decade hundreds of selective public and private colleges have shifted their financial ... Read more.
Early last summer, 50-year-old Mattapan native Pierre Auguste felt a persistent pain radiating from his abdomen. He and his wife Ruth anticipated possible gallstones and began preparing for ambulatory surgery. Instead, ... Read more.
The Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) held its first annual Gratitude Dinner on the outdoor patio of Blue Hill Avenue’s Café Juice Up under a massive tent on Fri., Nov. 17. The event was put together to thank ... Read more.
The only thing that pairs better than Thanksgiving and football is Christmas and ballet. Beginning on Sat., Dec. 9 and running to Christmas Eve, Dorchester residents will be invited to the Strand Theatre to get in the ... Read more.
More tree lightings are planned for next weekend as Mayor Wu’s Enchanted Trolley Tour makes stops around the city, including Mattapan Square on Sat., Dec. 2 at 1 p.m.; Codman Square on Sun., Dec. 3 at 12 p.m., followed by ... Read more.
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