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A proposal that would place a four-story building with 24 condominium units on Coffey Street has received approval from the board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The development team includes Mildot ... Read more.
I have learned a lot of lessons in my half-century in Dorchester, both as a community activist and in my 42 years running organizations, and some of these lessons are relevant to the discussion of how development happens ... Read more.
Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) officials met last Thursday with state Rep. Brandy Fluker Oakley and local residents as the agency restarts an overhaul of River Street’s Ryan playground and wading pool. ... Read more.
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center’s new affiliation with the Boston Medical Center is being hailed as a partnership that will allow the facility to refer patients for specialty services and expand “the menu of ... Read more.
UMass Boston’s Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences is set to receive $3 million for a “home care digital and simulation lab,” courtesy of the federal government.
Rep. Stephen Lynch, a South Boston ... Read more.
A former St. Brendan’s altar boy has returned to his old neighborhood to propose a retail cannabis venture for an empty storefront on Gallivan Boulevard and so far, his team has received the neighborhood’s blessing.
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The latest iteration of “Dorchester Bay City” earned plaudits from community members as the $5 billion proposal, which would remake the former Bayside Expo Center and the Santander Bank complex on Morrissey Boulevard into ... Read more.
Diustin Cruz, the owner of La Parrilla, 299 Hancock St. in Dorchester, didn't appear at a licensing hearing Tuesday on a triple shooting early on Oct. 30 in what police ... Read more.
Mayor Michelle Wu has tapped John Borders IV, a Dorchester native who previously worked for the Boston Celtics, as her new director of tourism, sports and entertainment. He started the job Monday.
As head of the ... Read more.
A Dorchester man faces a federal murder-for-hire charge after he allegedly paid a hit man who was really an FBI agent the first $500 installment for killing his estranged wife, who had kicked him out of their home, and ... Read more.
An independent report from the national Council of Great City Schools (CGCS) on safety in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) recommended forming a committee of stakeholders to discuss restoring school police. The report also ... Read more.
Latoya Gayle, a St. Mark’s area resident who works for a nonprofit focused on early education and childcare issues, is considering a run for the City Council’s District 3 seat.
“I’m being encouraged to throw my hat ... Read more.
Dorchester unions are lining up — or at least lining up campaign finance accounts — in District 3.
Frank Baker, the incumbent councillor who has held the seat since 2012, hasn’t publicly decided if he’s running for ... Read more.
Lambert’s Rainbow Market — and the adjacent Puritan Plaza shopping center on Morrissey Boulevard— is on the market.
The 3.63 acre property at 777 Morrissey Blvd. is being offered for sale along with another Lambert ... Read more.
Critics of the development proposal for 150 Centre St., the site of the Fitzpatrick Bros. auto body shop, have found a new battleground on which to wage war against the 74-unit project: an advisory panel focused on ... Read more.
A California-based developer ran aground last week in proposing a 48-unit affordable housing apartment project off Blue Hill Avenue as community members stridently pushed back on the plan as they have on at least three ... Read more.
A probe into operations at a city-run community center in Mattapan found no malicious intent behind fees charged to members who signed up for swimming lessons. However, there remain concerns that the pool and other ... Read more.
One of the more consequential results of November’s election was the passage of Question 1, which amended the state’s constitution to create an additional income tax of 4 percent (in addition to the flat 5 percent that ... Read more.
In a ceremony focused on the historic "firsts" of Mattapan resident Andrea Campbell's inauguration as Massachusetts' first Black woman elected to be attorney general -- and the family and community who helped her get ... Read more.
The Embrace Boston sculpture on Boston Common, dedicated last Friday, is a triple gift to Boston. First, there’s the memorable artwork, which is based on a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King embracing his wife, Coretta Scott ... Read more.
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