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Getting lead water pipes removed has never been so affordable – in fact, it is free via a citywide program targeting owners who want to eliminate the lead health concern from their homes. The removal effort is a top...
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A new scholarship fund in the name of the late Thelma D. Burns will launch on Oct. 11 with a ‘Boston’s Got Talent’ fundraiser in Jamaica Plain. Burns, a long-time community leader and civil rights activist who served as the... Read more.
Gov. Maura Healey last month signed state legislation that will make 225 new liquor licenses available to businesses across Boston’s neighborhoods over the next three years. Proponents hope the hard-fought reform will unlock... Read more.
Neighbors joined officials alongside the Neponset River in Hyde Park last Friday to mark a milestone as the federally led program has cleaned up a key section of the river that was left contaminated by decades of industrial... Read more.
The co-owners of the Daily Market outlined their plan to add a bar and restaurant called The Nightly to their property at 110 Savin Hill Ave. to members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association at the group’s monthly... Read more.
Members of a ‘working group’ asked to advise state and city leaders on the impacts of the closure of Carney Hospital – and the next steps to replace it – were announced this morning by city officials. The Dorchester unit,... Read more.
With her proposal to address the impending increase stalled in the Senate, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's office said city residents' taxes could increase 28 percent — a large quarterly jump but less than originally estimated —... Read more.
Congressman Stephen Lynch told business leaders last Wednesday (Oct. 2) that he “would not be surprised” if President Joe Biden called Congress into session before the November election, potentially breaking up the campaign... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved plans by the family that has long owned two one-story commercial building at Dudley and Virginia streets in Dorchester's Uphams Corner with a six-story, 48-unit apartment... Read more.
A virtual public meeting will be held next Thursday (Oct. 17) from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the small project review application and proposal for 29-33 Romsey St., Dorchester, the site of the 77-year-old James J. Rice... Read more.
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The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Canton man for a double shooting inside a Washington Street barbershop that left ... Read more.
The 5th annual Deatrich Wise Block Party took place last Saturday (Oct. 5) with Hazelton Street blocked off and the Josh Kraft Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) playing host to what has become a popular fall event in the ... Read more.
The former St. Ambrose School on Adams Street – most recently occupied by a charter school that closed last summer – will not be sold, according to parish leaders, who are instead weighing new tenants for the Fields ... Read more.
While the problems at Steward Health Care have absorbed the spotlight over the past nine months, many other hospitals across Massachusetts continued to struggle financially in what an industry group called a “deeply ... Read more.
Massachusetts has consistently ranked first in the nation when it comes to education. Whether or not we stay there is on the ballot this November. The way we determine whether or not our students are prepared for college ... Read more.
It has been a whirlwind week for Frederick Richard, the ... Read more.
The Irish Cultural Centre’s second annual Brian J. Donnelly Award for Leadership in Public Service was presented to Kathleen M. O’Toole on Sept. 19 at Venezia in Dorchester. The award is named for the late congressman who ... Read more.
The New England Free Jacks, back-to-back Major League rugby champions, dropped into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester last month with their Championship Shield to host a rugby clinic for members of all abilities. ... Read more.
So far this season the Boston College Eagles are undefeated in three games at Alumni Stadium (though it’s a different story on the road), and for fifth-year defensive back Bryquice Brown, playing on home turf brings a ... Read more.
The BASE, a youth sports and enrichment program, has purchased its headquarters building on Shirley Street in the Newmarket section of Boston next to Dorchester’s South Bay with plans to expand its operations on adjacent ... Read more.
A pizza chain’s controversial plan to open a franchise location in the Fields Corner business district was dealt a setback last week when the area’s civic association took a position against the store’s opening in a ... Read more.
A man who Boston Police say was apparently intent on committing “suicide by cop” was talked out of his intentions by Boston Police officers during an intense, early-morning exchange near Fields Corner on Sunday (Oct. 5 ... Read more.
A man on a stolen scooter packing a gun full of ammunition tried to ram one of the cops who had pulled him over on a sidewalk early Thursday, only to have the officer step aside at the last minute, sending the guy and his ... Read more.
On Sept. 18, hundreds of people gathered at the Reggie Lewis Center to celebrate the induction of 13 individuals, including two Dorchester residents, into Central Boston Elder Service’s (CBES) Centenarian Society of ... Read more.
When Richard Pierre started his Haitian-inspired burger pop-up a few years ago, he couldn’t help but reflect on the journey that got him to that point – one that often saw him bounce between relatives with no permanent ... Read more.
Members of the state-led Morrissey Boulevard Commission held a public meeting last Wednesday (Sept. 25) in Savin Hill to discuss still-evolving plans to re-engineer the roadway and coastal resiliency measures nearby. ... Read more.
Before the New England Patriots flew off to San Francisco last week for a game against the 49ers, their rookie tight end, Jaheim Bell, took time to visit the students at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Columbia ... Read more.
A group of neighbors and volunteers from local schools and Blue Cross/Blue Shield combined efforts to spruce up the Dr. Loesch Family Park in Dorchester last Friday (Sept. 20). The Friends of Loesch Family Park and ... Read more.
Last Thursday (Sept. 26), the recently merged Boston Community Leadership Academy/McCormack 7/12 School on Columbia Point’s Mt. Vernon Street was formally dedicated as Ruth Batson Academy in honor of an incredible leader ... Read more.
Bluebikes is celebrating more than 25 million rides this week since it launched in 2011. The service has improved access to equitable transportation across 500 stations in 13 municipalities. The 4,500 bikes promote ... Read more.
Bluebikes is celebrating more than 25 million rides this week since it launched in 2011. The service has improved access to equitable transportation across 500 stations in 13 municipalities. The 4,500 bikes promote ... Read more.
Walsh Playground in Dorchester will close mid-October for a $3 million renovation project that is expected to take about nine months to complete, according to city officials. In a notification sent out to neighbors last ... Read more.
The MBTA says its 24-day service suspension along the Red Line last month eliminated an additional 37 “slow zones” between JFK-UMass and Braintree stations, and a few more on the Ashmont branch as well. Shuttle buses ... Read more.
In 1993, just a few days before Christmas, 15-year-old Louis D. Brown was killed in a crossfire, while crossing Geneva Avenue near Fields Corner Station. A high school sophomore looking forward to college, he was on his ... Read more.
Lana Andrews didn’t think she could find a better home than her old apartment in Savin Hill. That is until she discovered the new Nine Leyland Community that opened last month near Uphams Corner. Facing the Leyland Street ... Read more.
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