The Wu administration’s push to secure state funds for a new “world-class” school building to house the controversial proposed merger of the Shaw and Taylor Elementary Schools has brought some push-back from parents and...
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Krystle Brown recalls a childhood filled with housing instability. Before that, Brown’s mother, who grew up and lived in Fields Corner from the 1950s through the 1970s, struggled to get by. That sense of restlessness is ... Read more.
Seventeen students at Cristo Rey Boston High School were inducted into the National Honor Society on March 9. They were nominated and selected based on the National Honor Society’s four pillars of academic excellence: ... Read more.
After listening closely to the keynote speakers at the seventh Black Veterans Appreciation Brunch at Florian Hall on Feb. 27, William deLuze said he had limited knowledge of military contributions from African Americans ... Read more.
Sixty years ago, the United States Supreme Court established the right to counsel across the nation, and that monumental decision was supposed to create a just and fair legal system for everyone – no matter their wealth. ... Read more.
The Boston Arts Academy (BAA) Foundation hosted its annual “Champion Reception” last week, honoring Mayor Michelle Wu and former acting mayor Kim Janey as this year’s recipients for embodying the school’s commitment to ... Read more.
Leveraging brotherly love and a good working relationship, 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell and District 4 City Councillor Brian Worrell opened their resource office at 5 Erie St. last Saturday afternoon. ... Read more.
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who chairs the City Council’s Ways & Means Committee, told members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) early this month that the city bureaucracy moves too slowly in ... Read more.
Eric Lindsey and the team from Lindsey & Associates Realty hosted a First Time Homebuyers event at Venezia Restaurant Function Hall in Dorchester last Saturday (March 11) that featured a brunch, local real estate ... Read more.
Anthony Ellison was a prosecutor working in Dorchester District Court in the late 1990s when he first met the defense attorney Arnold “Arnie” Abelow. “I was having a good day as a prosecutor,” he recalled, coasting ... Read more.
Anupam Raj teaches first-year physics at Excel High School in South Boston, and thanks to a pilot program launched by the Wu administration, the 27-year-old from India will be able to continue doing so in Boston for ... Read more.
It was with great sadness that I read of the death of former ambassador, congressman, and state representative Brian Donnelly. Brian was a powerhouse congressman (1979-93) who always worked behind the scenes and delivered ... Read more.
The month of March – Saint Patrick’s Month –is underway, with Irish-themed events all over town. Boston’s Irish stay connected with many events throughout the year, at the Irish Cultural Centre, the Irish Pastoral Centre ... Read more.
Many Bostonians have always had a difficult relationship with the winter months, if not a disdain. But city officials want to change that and persuade residents to embrace cold, and they began their mission with a display ... Read more.
Under the leadership of Interim Principal Matthew Ginsburg and Lisa Hess, a science instructional coach, the Oliver Wendell Holmes K-6 Innovation School in Dorchester held its first science fair on March 2, in the school ... Read more.
A Lasell University track star and jewelry store employee was accused of stealing nearly $550,000 from her employer, and funneling the money towards purchases of a Tesla in addition to a trip to Hawaii.
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Matthew Malloy of Ocean Street in Dorchester really, really wants to buy an electric vehicle. But he doesn't have a driveway and ISD has warned him that if he tries to run an extension cord over the sidewalk to a car ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved two projects for two parcels on Columbia Road that will mean 113 new affordable apartments, artist space and the preservation of two historic buildings across from the Strand ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a 38-unit apartment building at 120 Bowdoin St. at Geneva Avenue in Dorchester.
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The Boston Public Schools (BPS) will pursue state funding and approvals for a new K-6 school complex in the Dorchester-Mattapan area, officials said last Thursday (March 9) in announcing they will file an application with ... Read more.
A pair of developers have proposed a four-story, 18-unit condo building on what is now a vacant lot that stretches between Dorchester Avenue and Boston Street in the ... Read more.
A metal panel fell last weekend from the aging and out-of-use Bayside Expo Center sign, crashing onto the parking lot below.
Efforts are underway to remove additional panels from the sign, which is owned by the ... Read more.
Q.You are leading one of the country’s largest anti-poverty agencies, and you grew up in Mattapan, a neighborhood heavily influenced by the issues of poverty. How has your life there as a young woman ... Read more.
To the Editor:
Many of us were stunned last week when we learned with great sadness of the death of our former colleague and dear friend, ... Read more.
