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From the curb, Mark Kennedy’s home on Centre Street in Roxbury looks like most others on his block: tidy, well-kept, and inviting. But the house, a single-family residence built in 1850, features a cellar that that he ... Read more.
A controversial proposal to build an affordable housing complex on Centre Street next to Shawmut MBTA station will get a crucial hearing before the board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) at a meeting ... Read more.
A series of internal struggles has hit Lena Park Community Development Corporation (CDC) over the past several months. Yet another executive director was fired during the summer and yet another board chair resigned this ... Read more.
In a comparison of Boston’s three at-large city councillors running for re-election, a single vote tells different stories about their senses of political mission and the limits of their power.
Early this month, on ... Read more.
To the Editor:
I am writing in response to the article titled "City’s bid for more liquor permits hits deeply rooted bump up on Beacon Hill" in the Oct. 11th edition of the paper. I was disappointed to learn of the ... Read more.
The Red Line’s Ashmont branch and Mattapan trolley service will be back in business as planned on Monday, according to Philip Eng, the general manager of the MBTA. Eng told the MBTA’s board of directors on Tuesday that ... Read more.
Dorchester’s Action for Equity will be joined by city and state officials next Monday (Oct. 23) at an event in Four Corners to launch a program aimed at bringing more people of color into the ‘Green Economy” workforce. ... Read more.
Mayor Wu joined US Sen. Ed Markey to announce $11.4 million in funding from the US Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant during a press conference in Franklin Park on Oct. 6. The grant will bolster Boston’s ... Read more.
Non-profit developer would be better option on Centre Street
To the Editor:
I want to keep you apprised of the increasingly large number of Shawmut community residents who oppose the ... Read more.
As I have mentioned previously in this space, I am the co-chair of the Ward 15 Democratic Party Committee. We fashion ourselves “progressive, diverse, active, and passionate about politics.” It is from this “insider” ... Read more.
Henderson Upper School third graders are learning about erosion and beautifying their school grounds this month with the help of the Martin Richard Foundation.
As last year’s second grade class took up the study of ... Read more.
The Fields Corner Civic Association is asking the MBTA to provide more details about the status and integrity of three bridges that carry Red Line trains over neighborhood streets this month.
During the group’s Oct ... Read more.
In October, we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month, coming together to raise awareness for those with a disability and the importance of being employed. Having a month to provide resources, raise ... Read more.
Stakeholders in Uphams Corner want the central section of the neighborhood to be recognized as a National Historic District – a designation that must be granted by state and federal authorities. Such a status could bring ... Read more.
The Healey administration wants to give cities and towns like Boston the power to impose a new fee on high-price real estate transactions and steer the revenue into affordable housing development, pitching a local-option ... Read more.
Early voting ahead of the Nov. 7 final municipal election starts on Sat., Oct. 28 and Sun., Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at select locations, including Mildred Ave Community Center in Mattapan and the Richard J. Murphy ... Read more.
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.
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