At a hearing on Sept. 12, four days after an article in The Economist hailed Boston as the “safest big city in America,” District 4 (Dorchester/Mattapan) City Councillor Brian Worrell was focused on the state of a smaller...
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After a summer hiatus, the Fields Corner Civic Association convened via Zoom on Sept.10 to tackle a busy agenda, but the main item was a leftover slice of business that dominated the meeting: the proposed opening of a ... Read more.
“The Department has made a finding that the Hospital is in fact an essential service necessary for preserving access and health status within the Hospital’s service area.” So said the Mass Department of Public Health ( ... Read more.
To the Editor:
I am saddened by the anger that is being directed toward a proposed new Papa John’s franchise business that wants to open in what has been a vacant storefront space in Fields Corner.
But, at ... Read more.
A block party organized by a coalition of Bowdoin-Geneva organizations drew a big turnout to Rev. Allen Park last Friday (Sept. 6). The tenth annual CommUnity Day was co-sponsored by St. Peter’s Parish, the Cape Verdean ... Read more.
City leaders gathered in Keanna Rice’s backyard on Wilmington Ave. on Monday morning to announce plans to spend the final $7 million in federal pandemic relief funding on home-owning initiatives, rental programming, and ... Read more.
Lan Le hasn’t seen Vietnam in this century.
Now 52, she left her native land in the post-war chaos of the late 1970s and survived the horrors of a refugee camp in Macau before settling in Boston in 1981. With her ... Read more.
The city of Boston’s Parks Dept. will host a virtual public meeting on Tues., Sept.17, to discuss its proposal to remove trees in Dorchester Park to accommodate new accessible routes and pathways there. ... Read more.
Scobie’s Café & Bar, Boston’s newest Irish pub and restaurant, opened its doors and pulled its first pints for the public on Sept. 6. Husband-and-wife owners John and Anne Lydon have created a space that seeks to ... Read more.
Beat The Odds Boston (BTO) presented its 3rd annual ODDSIDE Showcase, an event filled with vibrant performances, community spirit, and generous support on Aug. 31 at the Kroc Center on Columbia Road.
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Henrietta McKenzie joined the centenarian community when she celebrated her 100th birthday on Aug. 22 and enjoyed cutting the cake with family and friends at her daughter’s home in Hyde Park last month.
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More than 1,000 METCO students and their family members attended the Back-to-School Resource Fair held by the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) in late August at Pope John II Park in Dorchester. ... Read more.
Young artists in the making at Dorchester’s Brookview House met up with Michelle Millar Fisher, curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, in July when they went to the museum to see an exhibition ... Read more.
The annual Dorchester Park Association classic car show experienced a banner day with bright sun and big crowds on Sunday afternoon in the park’s Adams Street “bowl.” More than 70 classic cars were on hand due to the ... Read more.
Route 18 buses to resume use of bridge September 25
The bridge that carries Dorchester Avenue over the southeast expressway into South Boston — closed for two years to allow for a full replacement ... Read more.
A public works project to improve and expand an MBTA facility next to Ashmont station is receiving a fresh round of criticism from abutters, who claim the construction is disrupting their lives and potentially damaging ... Read more.
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren stood by her vote last spring against a border security and immigration reform deal, a topic likely to play out further during her campaign against Republican John Deaton for a third term in the ... Read more.
Today – Sept. 12 –marks the 50th anniversary of the day that buses, in the face of violent protests, began to shuttle school children across Boston as part of a court-ordered desegregation plan for the Boston school ... Read more.
A federal bankruptcy court judge dismissed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case brought by the developer of a Port Norfolk waterfront property on Tuesday afternoon, ruling that the owners had run out of time to restructure ... Read more.
The Community Care Pharmacy that operated from the lobby of the shuttered Carney Hospital has relocated its business to Bowdoin Street and the site where Hamilton Pharmacy operated up to last year.
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If the Boston City Council can be a steppingstone to the mayor’s office or a seat in Congress, it can also be an exit ramp to elected office in county government, offering the prize of job security and a lower profile ... Read more.
The Dorchester Market in Savin Hill, a staple on the corner of Dorchester Avenue and East Cottage Street for close to 70 years, marked its re-opening after a four-year absence last Saturday (Sept. 7) in a new space at the ... Read more.
The start of a new school year features many new things like a backpack or a pair of sneakers, but for Boston Public School students this fall it also means a new lunch menu that is meant to mirror the diversity in the ... Read more.
The city is offering residents and community groups up to $250 to host Halloween-themed block parties this season. The mayor’s office says it is also making it easier to secure permits for street closings to allow for ... Read more.
A busier-than-expected week for the stopgap ambulance company stationed outside the shuttered Carney Hospital Emergency Department since last Saturday has prompted state officials to extend the ambulance’s contract for ... Read more.
Federal lawmakers are threatening to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt of Congress over his refusal to appear at a Senate committee hearing next week, as the health care crisis caused by the ... Read more.
