Last Wednesday (Sept 2.) Rita Steele and her mother, Hilarie Jackson, crammed into the Gilman Chapel at Cedar Grove Cemetery with about 100 other observers and listened closely as the names of 133 Black women interred beneath two vague markers in the burial ground were read out loud. As the
For ten years now, David Higgins has been slowly building single-family homes on a three-quarter-acre parcel he owns on Plain Street in Dorchester. On Tuesday, the Zoning Board of Appeal rejected his latest, for what he says would be the seventh and final house on the lot, after which he says he would sell the houses as condos, since they all share common driveways and other facilities.
Last Wednesday (Sept 2.) Rita Steele and her mother, Hilarie Jackson, crammed into the Gilman Chapel at Cedar Grove Cemetery with about 100 other observers and listened closely as the names of 133 Black women interred beneath two vague markers in the burial ground were read out loud. As the 35th name was announced, “Sarah Smith,” the two women cheered.
A three-part series examining the history and legacy of redlining, blockbusting, busing, and desegregation in Boston will begin next week in Codman Square.
Daniel Adams, a Dorchester resident and human rights officer at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, has been inducted into the Tenet Healthcare Heroes Hall of
The Oliver Wendell Holmes K-6 School in Dorchester hosted Dr. Christina Grant, a board member of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE),
When Fields Corner’s Taina Mair was selected as the 14th pick in the first round of the 2026 WNBA draft last April, she reminded her
The fourth annual Pleasant Street Community block party took place last Saturday (Sept. 5) bringing together hundreds of neighbors from Columbia- Savin Hill, Uphams Corner,
A 22-year-old Worcester man was ordered held on $250,000 bail at his arraignment in Dorchester court last week on a manslaughter charge in the fatal
Merchants in a newly formed group in Codman Square say that while they are trying to beautify the shopping district, they are running head-on into heavy street construction that seems endless.
New plan keeps center-running buses, shifts bike lanes to west side of road, creates new
A developer plans to build a 4-and-a-half-story, 20-unit condo complex at 2062 Dorchester Ave. The
Wandaly Ortiz Guerrero hopes to open for business in the former Kay’s Oasis building, using
The developers of a proposed apartment building near Fields Corner are making significant changes to
Codman Square Health Center brought its “Barber Shops & Blood Pressure” initiative to Unique Cuts
The news comes a week after a ruling by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court that
The Boston Planning Department has extended the public comment period for the proposed redevelopment of
Last Wednesday (Sept 2.) Rita Steele and her mother, Hilarie Jackson, crammed into the Gilman
Volunteering with local organizations has helped Max German make Dorchester his home.
