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The Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association on Monday voted to accept a $750,000 donation from a real estate development team that is intent on building out a campus of mixed-use buildings on Morrissey Boulevard over the ... Read more.

Company One (C1) has announced three new plays for its 25th season, including one – “Hoops,” by Eliana Pipes – that will be staged at the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner from July 12 to Aug. 10 and produced in partnership ... Read more.

Advocates for a workforce training center meant to prepare people of color for careers in an area where they are under-represented – the Commonwealth’s bio-tech sector – celebrated the opening last Thursday (Jan. 4) of a ... Read more.

The number of homeless families in need of shelter has exploded in the past year, largely driven by an influx of immigrants coming into the country legally but unable to work under federal immigration laws. Since Nov. 10 ... Read more.

A new café venture will debut at the Codman Square Winter Farmer’s Market this month, and then pivot to opening a kiosk stand next to Shawmut Station in February.

The announcement came during the Codman Square ... Read more.

Like many people who live in this beautiful neighborhood, full of great old houses, I am over-housed. When mortgage rates come down and the right opportunity presents itself, I will downsize, In the meantime, answering ... Read more.

Just months after cutting the ribbon on the successful Morton Station Village affordable housing project on the Dorchester/Mattapan line, Caribbean Integration Community Development (CICD) said it hopes that this year it ... Read more.

Heather Pierce of Dorchester grew up playing youth hockey in the neighborhood and went on to become a Division 1 defenseman at Northeastern University. Now that she’s “done with hockey,” the 29-year-old new mother has ... Read more.

A teenage girl has been charged with assault following a Dec. 12 incident on the campus of TechBoston Academy. The juvenile, who has not been named because of her age, is alleged to have a record for crimes committed ... Read more.

For decades, if there was a problem that seemingly couldn’t be fixed, Mattapan’s Muhammad Ali-Salaam was the person that the city sent in to take a look, and solutions usually followed in short order.

Mr. Ali- ... Read more.

Join Project STEP for their annual community concert on Sun., Jan.14, from 3-5 p.m. in the Kroc Center on Dudley Street celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through music and conversation. The ... Read more.

The BPDA will host a virtual public meeting on Thurs., Jan. 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to discuss the proposed White Stadium project featuring a presentation by Boston Unity Soccer Partners, LLC and the new Women’s Soccer ... Read more.

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) said this week that an 8-year-old boy from Dorchester had died recently as a result of contracting streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis – also known as bacterial meningitis. BPHC ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed 164 Savin Hill Ave.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by Pauline and Tony King of 164 Savin Hill Ave. in Dorchester to enlarge their single-family home into a three- ... Read more.

A city initiative that would ease the path to new development in Boston’s commercial centers faced a trial run Monday night, drawing mixed reactions at a virtual meeting organized by the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu began her 2024 State of the City address Tuesday night by basking in the glow of last month’s parade for the national Pop Warner football champions, the Dorchester Elite Eagles, and the Boston ... Read more.

Rendering of new Greenhills building

The owners of the Greenhills Bakery, 780 Adams St., won approval on Tuesday to raze their current store to replace it with a larger bakery topped with three ... Read more.

A Mattapan man on parole after serving an eight-year federal sentence for sex trafficking a minor was sentenced to 33 more months behind bars last week for witness intimidation, the US Attorney's office in Boston ... Read more.

The state Attorney General's office last week sued the Boston Housing Authority over its treatment of a family with two girls with asthma and developmental issues, charging the authority ignored repeated complaints for ... Read more.

A workforce training center that hopes to prepare people of color for careers in the Commonwealth’s bio-tech sector celebrated the opening of a new, 4,000-square-foot space on Thursday inside Southline Boston, the former ... Read more.

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