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Coming next spring: A market on Savin Hill Ave.

A new market in Savin Hill, The Daily, is looking likely to open by this coming spring, filling the ground floor and basement space of a new commercial building on a parcel that for years has been the site of a shuttered variety store. Business partners... Read more

New plan for Dot Block: More housing, green space

The Dot Block project, a development in Glover’s Corner that will transform a forlorn stretch of Dorchester Avenue into a mix of high-density housing and retail, is getting a fresh new look. Under a proposal pitched to civic members in Columbia-Savin... Read more

City-owned parcel on the Point eyed for redevelopment

Seeing an opportunity for a public-private partnership on a subdivided lot adjacent to the McCormack and Dever schools on Mt. Vernon Street, Boston Public School officials are seeking input into the best use of the property, BPS Chief of Staff Robert... Read more

Mattapan hears plan for pot shop

A recreational marijuana shop may be coming to Mattapan, with a new proposal for a Blue Hill Avenue storefront aired at a packed public meeting on Tuesday evening. Jody Mendoza, who told the Reporter she has been a small business owner in the Boston area... Read more

Cannabis diversity eyed in council hearing

If Boston takes its cue from other cities and states, its infant marijuana industry could effectively lock out most participants who are not white, wealthy, and immediately ready to set up shop, officials warned this week. The city council is exploring... Read more

Non-profit creates new housing model for homeless youths in Dorchester setting

This story first aired on WBUR 90.9 FM. Listen to it here. When Jessica Freeman found herself with no place to call home, the 25-year-old wasn’t sure where she could go. “I was not in school. I did seasonal jobs or I was unemployed,” she said, “so I was... Read more

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Sheriff sets up family-oriented space to help keep young inmates from coming back to jail

This story first aired on WBUR 90.9FM on Nov. 29. Listen to it here. It’s been six months since Gonzalo Ticas landed in South Bay House of Corrections in Boston’s South End. He had been sentenced to a year for violating probation — and with a pending... Read more

Mother-daughter duo from Dot return to ‘Black Nativity’ cast

On Friday of this week (Dec. 7), the annual production of “The Black Nativity” will return to Boston for its 48th year. Performers will put on 12 productions of Langston Hughes’s retelling of the original Christmas story through Dec. 23 at the Paramount... Read more

Editorial: 'Warrior gentleman' is mourned in his adopted hometown

Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, who was killed in action last week along with three other US servicemen in an attack in Afghanistan, was Dorchester by choice. He grew up in Fall River and spent most of his adult life on Army bases or in campaigns... Read more

Celebrity Series presents free concerts in Dot, South End

A month-long series of free concerts in Dorchester and the South End kicked off last weekend and will continue through the month of December through the Celebrity Series of Boston. On Sunday, Dec. 8, composer Shaw Pong Liu will bring her group Code Listen... Read more

Herb Chambers car dealership to move into vacant Morrissey site

A Herb Chambers car dealership is set to move into a property on Morrissey Boulevard that up until recently housed a J.D. Byrider used car business, according to the company. Herb Chambers Companies plans to move their Herb Chambers Honda branch, which... Read more

District 3 Councillor Frank Baker to seek another term on Boston City Council

Development and investment came to City Councillor Frank Baker’s district in Dorchester in a trickle, then a flood. Now planning to run for another term in District 3, the seat he has held since being elected in 2011, Baker wants to be mindful of the... Read more

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Coming next spring: A market on Savin Hill Ave.

New plan for Dot Block: More housing, green space

City-owned parcel on the Point eyed for redevelopment

Mattapan hears plan for pot shop

Cannabis diversity eyed in council hearing

Non-profit creates new housing model for homeless youths in Dorchester setting

Featured Stories

Sheriff sets up family-oriented space to help keep young inmates from coming back to jail

Mother-daughter duo from Dot return to ‘Black Nativity’ cast

Editorial: 'Warrior gentleman' is mourned in his adopted hometown

Celebrity Series presents free concerts in Dot, South End

Herb Chambers car dealership to move into vacant Morrissey site

District 3 Councillor Frank Baker to seek another term on Boston City Council

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