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The 4th annual Night Market/Cho Dem will take place this Saturday (July 12) from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Fields Corner as food treats, music, and socializing in traditional Vietnamese-style street market close down...
Read more.The 4th annual Night Market/Cho Dem will take place this Saturday (July 12) from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Fields Corner as food treats, music, and socializing in traditional Vietnamese-style street market close down...
Read more.The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a developer's plans for a six-story, 45-unit apartment building on a parcel that stretches from Massachusetts Avenue to Boston Street in Edward Everett Square.
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A 21-year-old man was found with life-threatening gunshot injuries early Sunday morning near the Milton-Dorchester line in Lower Mills. Milton Police report that the victim was found on Wharf Street near Milton Landing ... Read more.
The man who fatally shot a Codman Square gas station attendant during an armed robbery on Oct. 6, 2018, received a life sentence without parole on June 30 in a Boston courtroom on June 30.
Jerron Perry, 33, of ... Read more.
The property owner for The Mix Restaurant, Mark Little of Abacus Builders, has filed with the city’s Planning Department to build a new, six-story mixed-use building on the site with room for an unnamed restaurant on the ... Read more.
One day after American Independence Day, the Cape Verdean community will unite with their island home in marking the 50th anniversary of Cape Verde’s break from Portugal – a milestone many in the diaspora hope will bring ... Read more.
This year’s second installment of the Cape Verdean 40 under 40 awards highlights another group of promising young people in the city and the region who have found great success in athletics, academia, health care, and ... Read more.
More than 100 people gathered on Monday night to celebrate the life of the late David Lopes, a storied Wellington Hill resident who passed away after an illness in 2023. The specific occasion was the official naming of ... Read more.
When it comes to the worst Supreme Court decision in history, there is plenty of competition. Last Friday (June 27, 2025) Trump v. CASA joined the race. In 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Dred Scott v. Sanford ( ... Read more.
To the Editor:
Following are excerpts from the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council’s statement on the Blue Hill Avenue Transportation Action Plan:
On Dec. 9, 2024, the Greater Mattapan ... Read more.
A crowd of about 250 people gathered last Saturday afternoon (June 28) on Virginia Street in Uphams Corner for a ceremony to dedicate a memorial square in the name of Christian J. Barros, age 2, who died last December ... Read more.
Dorchester native Paulette Johnson DiSpagna graduated on May 17 from Lesley University with a doctorate in Counseling & Psychology, Transformative Leadership, Education, and Applied Research. She was also nominated by ... Read more.
On June 24, seven local residents were officially sworn in as Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) by the Honorable Brian P. Frame, First Justice of Middlesex Juvenile Court. The full cohort of 15 volunteers have ... Read more.
Dorchester Baseball’s 12-and-under All-Star boys’ team is used to competing in and around the neighborhood, but with the help of neighbors and friends, they hope to be playing in Cooperstown, New York, later this summer ... Read more.
On June 14, a commemorative bench donated to the historic Ramsay/Toy VFW Post on Woodrow Avenue by the Courtney and Jenkins families was dedicated in memory of two extraordinary women— Rosa Lee (Rosalee) Courtney and ... Read more.
A forum held on June 16 for candidates running for at-large seats on the Boston City Council revealed stark differences in how individuals would approach education, public safety, housing, and other issues.
Suffolk ... Read more.
Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson attended her last City Council meeting last Wednesday (June 25), a week before she said she will resign and a month before she’s to be sentenced in a federal ... Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board awarded more liquor licenses last Thursday (June 26), including seven in Dorchester, from Grove Hall to Neponset.
The permits came from a batch of 195 meant for 13 Zip codes in Boston. ... Read more.
Lily Dillon walked into the Codman Square Branch Library several months ago looking to rent the community room for her baby shower. She walked out as the newest, and youngest, member of a long-established quilting circle ... Read more.
Last month, Boston Legacy FC unveiled its new crest featuring a swan as its central symbol. Last week, the National Womens’ Soccer League team announced the hiring of Filipa Patão as the team's first head coach pending ... Read more.
Open now, display runs through Jan. 4 on Columbia Point peninsula in Dorchester
Usually, being in “the dog house” is a bad thing, but what if the dog house was also the White House ... Read more.
The rear third-floor porch on a three decker at 39 Harwood St. in Dorchester collapsed around 9:45 p.m. on Friday, injuring at least nine people.
One victim was transported to a local emergency room with injuries ... Read more.
A Suffolk Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Charlise Horton, 47, to 25 to 35 years in state prison following her conviction earlier this week on charges that included two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count ... Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday awarded more liquor licenses, including six in Dorchester, from Grove Hall to Fields Corner.
The licenses come from a batch of 195 licenses meant for 13 specific Zip codes in ... Read more.
New board members and a newly installed temporary executive director at Lena Park Community Development Corporation are saying it’s “a new day” at the organization, which is based on American Legion Highway near Franklin ... Read more.
A forum for candidates running for at-large seats on the Boston City Council revealed stark differences in how the candidates would approach education, public safety, housing and other issues.
The June 16 forum at ... Read more.
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