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Some 45 volunteer summer interns from John Hancock blanketed the historic Blake House on Columbia Road last Friday (June 14) to mark a day of service.
Columbia-Savin Hill resident Des Rohan, a Hancock employee, ... Read more.
Reflecting on my high school experience, resilience seems to be the defining factor in how I and my fellow members of the class of 2024 navigated the dark and uncertain years of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I grew up ... Read more.
In the mid-1960s, Lyda Peters taught first graders at The Quincy Dickerman Elementary School in Dorchester, then a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood. Peters was one of the few Black teachers at the school. ... Read more.
Last Friday (June 21) marked the 50th anniversary of Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity’s decision in Morgan vs. Hennigan, the Boston school desegregation case that led to busing. The plaintiffs comprised 14 adults and 43 ... Read more.
BC High cruised to Division 1 State baseball championship on June 15 with a 5-1 win over St. John’s of Shrewsbury and celebrated afterwards at at Polar Park in Worcester.
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Cynthia “Cindy” Dye’s story is not over, but the chapter about her life as the Fields Corner children’s librarian is nearing its final pages. Originally from Colorado, Dye, came to Boston in 1985 to pursue her master’s ... Read more.
Looking at the landscape of Fields Corner, business partners Junior Pena and Vivien Veth recognized that there was a growing population of residents from the Dominican Republic in the neighborhood, but no restaurant ... Read more.
The BPDA will host a virtual public meeting on Mon., July 8. at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed change to the next phase of the Olmsted Village housing development on Harvard Street along the Dorchester and Mattapan border. ... Read more.
As Steward Health Care goes through bankruptcy proceedings, many doctors and patients are reluctant to associate with its seven operating hospitals in Massachusetts, according to health care leaders and people who work in ... Read more.
The vacant city-owned lots on the west side of Dorchester and into Mattapan that have sat vacant and underutilized for 35 or 40 years are getting fewer by the day. Just this month at a City Hall roundtable discussion, ... Read more.
Edwarda Parkinson is the class of 2024’s valedictorian at City on a Hill Charter School (COAH) in Roxbury. Her journey to this point did not come without challenges, and she recently met with The Reporter to talk about ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a land owner's plans to replace a convenience store and a parking lot on its land at 1420 Dorchester Ave., near Adams ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for a three-story Center of Healing, Teaching, and Learning on what are now two city- ... Read more.
For years children in the Boston area with various physical and intellectual disabilities were being excluded from participating in America’s favorite pastime. Ten years ago, Brendan McDonough decided the same would not ... Read more.
A federal bankruptcy filing by Steward Health Care Systems on Tuesday in Houston was approved, effectively extending the deadline for the court-approved bid and sale process for several Steward hospitals, including Carney ... Read more.
The Labor Management Cooperation Trust, a partnership between Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 12 and the Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association, recently donated $9,000 to support high school vocational programs ... Read more.
Dorchester is home to hundreds of community activists. You occasionally see stickers on cars that indicate their origins. Some are OFDs – Originally from Dorchester. Others, like me, are DBCs – Dorchester By Choice. They ... Read more.
Emmanuel College hosted the second annual My Brother’s Keeper Summit last week, welcoming more than 150 students who heard encouraging words from speakers, including Mayor Wu, about valuable life skills like dressing for ... Read more.
A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday allowed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to proceed in a process that developers hope will, in time, get a major development project at Port Norfolk back on its feet.
The case ... Read more.
The Blarney Stone, the legendary Fields Corner bar and restaurant that has been a common ground gathering spot in Dorchester for more than two decades, is likely to change ownership and close later this summer, as the ... Read more.
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