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Just hours after the Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for a marijuana legalization ballot initiative to go to voters in November, the group working to legalize cannabis turned in what it said is enough signatures to ... Read more.
There were no widening tunnels with portals of white light at the end. No slideshows of life dancing before his eyes. No reassuring male voice whispering adages of encouragement and solace. Raheem Baraka, 33, was simply ... Read more.
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is exploring a plan to buy city-owned property near its current location on Blue Hill Avenue to construct a new, state-of-the-art facility. The city of Boston’s Department of ... Read more.
Dorchester has a simple motto: We take care of our own and we take care of each other. Last year, three Dorchester teens — Ryan Sweeney, Peter Cahill, and Timmy Galvin — decided to do just that. They created a roller ... Read more.
Dorchester’s Anne Bowie was recognized for her volunteer work by Citizens Schools at their annual awards event on June 14. Bowie is the public service manager at WilmerHale, a law firm that hosted 14 seventh and eighth ... Read more.
Be honest now. Are there some local attractions like the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Columbia Point that sightseers come from all over the world to visit, but your family hasn’t been to yet ... Read more.
The city’s Department of Neighborhood Development is seeking a buyer to redevelop two large parcels of land — including the former home of the B-3 police station next to the Fairmount Line—at the corner of Morton and ... Read more.
Specialty food store to anchor ground level
Dorchester’s newest mixed-use development will celebrate its new name and official groundbreaking next Monday in a ceremony that will include Governor ... Read more.
Several Dorchester and Mattapan transit investments have been locked in for funding in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s $14.8 billion Capital Investment Plan, which the MassDOT Board approved on June 20 ... Read more.
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation and the Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. (POAH) reported on their proposal for the Mattapan Station mixed-use development at a public meeting organized with the MBTA on ... Read more.
The 170,000-pound steel frame swung slowly over the Neponset River. A high arch settled over a long, straight stretch that will later support pedestrians and bicyclists alike joined the Mattapan path to one on the Milton ... Read more.
A Dorchester-based charter school that was forced to close its doors this year has sold its Hancock Street campus to another Dorchester charter school for $3.2 million. The Conservatory Lab Charter School has purchased ... Read more.
Tensions continue between the owners of the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock Street and nearby community members. The restaurant has been open for three weeks in the wake of sustained pushback from abutters and ... Read more.
Dorchester’s own All Saints Church has received a 2016 Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Preservation Award. Secretary William F. Galvin, who serves as chairman of the commission, presented the award at a ... Read more.
Columbia Point is once again the center of stadium-sized speculation this week as talks between the New England Revolution and UMass continue to weigh the merits of building a professional soccer venue at the former ... Read more.
After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a ... Read more.
As the state Senate prepares to debate a bill regulating ride-for-hire services like Uber and Lyft, drivers are walking ... Read more.
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