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Dorchester and Mattapan: Garden and Farm Map: Click top open as PDF. Image by Caleb NelsonEven as the snow keeps falling, farmers are tending to crops growing all around Boston, toiling behind hedges and white picket fences, on rooftops, and in abandoned... Read more
An eye-catching grain silo cues countdown for brewery's opening
Those entering Dorchester from the western edge of Uphams Corner will be hard pressed to miss the shining three-story grain silo and 25-foot long metal “Dorchester” sign splashed across the... Read more
About a hundred community members got their first look at the proposed Morrissey Boulevard revamp at a Department of Conservation and Recreation public meeting on Monday night at the Leahy Holloran Community Center where DCR officials laid out their top... Read more
The former home of a nursing school across from Ashmont Station will be razed to make room for a five-story apartment complex aimed at “middle-income” residents with a first-floor commercial space under a plan filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority... Read more
Bayside Expo sign: Workers were seen inspecting the structure on Mt. Vernon Street on Wednesday morning. Reporter photo by Bill ForryCompany says 100 foot sign tower should be taken down "immediately"
A key Columbia Point property owner is pushing back... Read more
Ten local elected officials are urging the the MassDOT Fiscal and Management Control Board to approve a $3 million appropriation to fund the Mattapan trolley. In a letter authored by Rep. Dan Cullinane and acquired by the Reporter, the officials fervently... Read more
James NewtonFive years ago, James Newton received a mailing from Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP). It was an invitation to learn more about the agency’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, which helps put Section 8 voucher-holders on a... Read more
The East Boston Savings Bank at 489 Gallivan Blvd. was robbed by a young man this morning, according to Boston Police, who say the suspect fled in a green Jeep Wrangler in the direction of I-93. No weapon was shown during the incident, which took place... Read more
It’s a harbinger of spring that has been greeting Bostonians for 40 years.
The Ice Creamsmith, the homemade ice cream parlor in Lower Mills, opened on March 1 after its traditional winter hibernation. The family-owned store at 2295 Dorchester Ave. is... Read more
The MBTA is reviewing a pair of competing proposals that would transform a sleepy parking lot next to the Mattapan Square trolley and bus station into a bustling mix of rental housing, condos, and ground-level retail. The rival plans will seek to win... Read more
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