New Jersey-based Michaels Organization, the developer behind 800 Morrissey, a project comprising a six-story building with 229 residences rising up next to Boston Bowl, says it has reached an agreement in principle with...
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Two men and a woman were arrested earlier this week during a raid on a River Street apartment in which federal, state and local investigators found 100 pounds of fentanyl powder and pills, three industrial pill-press ... Read more.
A recent guest speaker at Madison Park Vocational and Technical High School had two 9mm firearms stolen out of his personal car while it was parked on school property.
On the date of the incident, Friday, Nov. 18, ... Read more.
Under questioning from city councillors, Boston Public Schools officials who oversee athletics programs say they’ve seen improvement in areas they superintend but acknowledge there is more to do.
Councillors Erin ... Read more.
Cristina Todesco, a theatrical set designer, wasn’t too concerned when she first found out her Dorchester studio was going up for sale. But with a big developer sniffing around, she began to feel uneasy. It was 2019, the ... Read more.
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As a lifelong resident of Dorchester, I have always taken great pride in telling people where I was from and still call home. I grew up with so many great people of strong moral and patriotic ... Read more.
I have just returned from eight days campaigning in Southwest Georgia for a candidate for state rep and friend, Joyce Barlow. I have been working with her on a team in that part of Georgia’s Black Belt since the 2020 ... Read more.
Boston Public Schools refers a disproportionate number of Black and Latino boys and English language learners to special education, increasing the likelihood they will be placed in separate environments that restrict ... Read more.
Gov. Baker last on Friday continued his lame-duck streak of recommending pardons and commutations, proposing that a convicted murderer once sentenced to death after killing two people in Dorchester be made eligible for ... Read more.
The Mattapan Square Main Streets has been revived with new leadership that is going to canvass the community to re-imagine and re-brand the area for businesses and residents.
With Black Fridays and Small Business ... Read more.
The rehabilitation of 150 abandoned and unkempt lots that have sustained blight throughout sections of the city over the last 40 years – Dorchester and Mattapan are home to about 70 of them – will soon provide profitable ... Read more.
Thelma D. Burns, a longtime community activist, nurse, advocate and volunteer, has died. She was 85. Her family announced her passing in a Facebook post the next day.
“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news ... Read more.
The Boston Irish Wolfhounds, led by their captain, Paul Taylor of Dorchester, emerged victorious last Saturday against Portland at the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) finals held at the Irish Cultural Centre in ... Read more.
There are a number of diseases that impact humans as well as our pets, and one that has become more common in the past few years is diabetes.
According to a recent study that included data from 43 states and 3 ... Read more.
The wife of David Jones, the Boston University professor who died after falling through missing steps on a rickety ... Read more.
Ahead of Prince William’s visit in the first week of December for the Earthshot Prize, the JFK Library Foundation has announced the local host committee made up of representatives from local environmental groups, ... Read more.
President Biden’s plan for federal student loan-debt forgiveness has come as a sigh of relief for millions of Americans who together owe nearly $1.75 trillion in student loan debt – $31 billion of that in Massachusetts ... Read more.
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As we continue to see the level of gun violence and physical assaults grow in parts of Mattapan and Dorchester, the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) is requesting that the Mayor’s Office ... Read more.
Lots of MBTA passengers are raving about the long-awaited cars rolling out onto the Orange and Red Lines. Even better, the MBTA says service is mostly back to normal after lengthy shutdowns of the Orange and Green lines. ... Read more.
Somewhere between the ages of 2 and 3, Dorchester’s Mateo Buyu learned to kick a soccer ball in his backyard and develop what became a deep love for the sport that after 15 years of training and devotion has landed the ... Read more.
While violence has occurred in other parts of the city, no other area has been affected as much by lawlessness as the Blue Hill Avenue corridor from Mattapan Square through Dorchester to Dudley Street. Residents and ... Read more.
Nexamp and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103 celebrated the completion of a solar and energy storage project at IBEW’s headquarters on Freeport Street last month. The project will ... Read more.
This year’s Dexter Southfield School varsity football team contains a one-two punch in a backfield that has been running all over most every opponent in New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) competition ... Read more.
The ‘Farmacy’ at Harbor Health will return to the 10 Minot St. parking lot in Dorchester this Friday (Nov. 18) from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The farmer’s market and health fair is a joint effort of Dick’s Market Gardens, a ... Read more.
A federal judge this week sentenced Omari Peterson, 39, to 66 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of possession of cocaine and crack with intent to distribute and and two counts of being a ... Read more.
One of the city’s finest leaders of the last half-century will be feted on Friday at a gala dinner that benefits the organization he served with distinction starting in 1971. John Drew, 85, retired from his top role at ... Read more.
