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At rally, elected leaders and union officials call for better safety plan at Henderson School

Three weeks after Henderson Upper School principal Patricia Lampron was beaten unconscious on the sidewalk in front of the school — allegedly by a 9th grade student — parents, union leaders and city councillors sought to...

Massive 800 Morrissey development seeks public input

Dorchester residents will get a chance next month to weigh in on a massive development set for Morrissey Boulevard. The proposal for 800 Morrissey Boulevard, currently home to an “underperforming” Ramada hotel, calls for a... Read more.

City moves to protect ancient Native American quarry in Mattapan

Boston and its neighborhoods are historic for certain, but rarely does the city have an opportunity to place landmark status on a site dating back before the Egyptian pyramids or England’s Stonehenge. That is exactly what... Read more.

The Urban Gardener’s Thanksgiving Day Schedule

6:15 a.m. - Rise and attempt to shine. Find way to kitchen without falling over sleeping animals on the dark, narrow, back stairs. Remove cold, dead fowl from refrigerator and give it a sponge bath, remembering to remove... Read more.

Little Saigon district pivots to turkeys and cranberries for this Thanksgiving

The Boston Little Saigon Cultural District was born with the idea to highlight Vietnamese art and culture. But this Thanksgiving, those involved in the district will be focused on the Puritanical tradition of feeding turkey... Read more.

Looking forward and backward to the fall holidays

As Thanksgiving arrives and we all think about turkeys, it’s hard to ignore the ongoing shock value of seeing wild bands of gobblers traipsing through the west side of Dorchester causing havoc, threatening people and just... Read more.

‘All are welcome here’: How the health center movement took root in Neponset

Fifty years ago, the newest face of health care in Dorchester was a line of mothers with baby carriages outside a storefront on Neponset Avenue. If the patients at the newly opened Neponset Health Center looked like a...