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After years of debating, development at Port Norfolk wins approval by city

City planning officials last week signed off on a 3.6-acre development that will add three buildings to the tip of Dorchester’s Port Norfolk peninsula, a once busy industrial and commercial site that is now home to a...

Vaccine mandate going smoothly, says Wu; local test sites set to go

It’s so far, so good in the implementation of a vaccine mandate for city workers and a proof of vaccination for certain indoor spaces, Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday. “It’s been very, very smooth,” the mayor told the hosts... Read more.

Let’s first plant and then nurture more trees along Dorchester Ave

Dorchester Avenue is embarrassing. Though certain sections, like the Lower Mills area adjacent to Milton, are better planned and developed, the northern half is an uneven mess. Dot Ave, as residents refer to it, is... Read more.

Board rejects nine-unit condo building on Downer Court as too large for the street

Architect's rendering of Downer Court proposa

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday rejected a proposal for a four-story, nine-unit condo building at 9 Downer Ct., off Bowdoin Street. Board members said the proposed building was simply too large for its context - a dead... Read more.

Fields Corner project first to use community crowd-funding method

Having a voice in the neighborhood via community meetings is something that’s prevalent in Dorchester and Mattapan as development remains strong in the neighborhoods. Now, a new financing method being offered for the first... Read more.

Henderson K-12 students, others ‘walk out’ to protest lack of COVID safety

The magic minute for high school students around the city and in Dorchester on Friday, Jan. 14, was at 10:30 a.m. That’s when Boston’s high schoolers staged a massive “walk-out” to draw attention to the lack of COVID-19... Read more.

Passafaro leaves City Hall for VP position at Berklee College

Kaitlin Passafaro, a Dorchester native and former aide to Mayors Marty Walsh and Kim Janey, has signed up with the Berklee College of Music as the college’s vice president of community and government relations. Passafaro...

Hamilton Street complex for seniors gets green light

A VietAID-led proposal to build a senior rental housing complex on Hamilton Street in Dorchester won approval from the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board last Thursday (Jan. 13). The project will replace an...

Candlelight vigil in Adams Village a memorial for Irish murder victim

Roughly 200 people gathered in chilly weather late Sunday afternoon (Jan. 16) at a candle-lit prayer vigil for a young teacher who was murdered last week near her hometown in Ireland. Ashling Murphy, 23, was assaulted and...

Artists sought for Meetinghouse Hill fire station project

The Mayor’s Office of Art and Culture has issued a “call to artists” to commission a $200,000 public art project that will be part of a new firehouse on Meetinghouse Hill. The Engine 17- Ladder 7 station — which has...