Civics
Parents, take your pick. Boston School Department officials this week outlined five proposals that would move the city away from a three-zone set-up for assigning students to schools beginning with the 2014-2015 school year at the earliest.
The proposals... Read more
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown will swing by the Eire Pub on Saturday afternoon after lunch at Sullivan's in South Boston. Former Mayor Ray Flynn will join Brown on Castle Island.
Brown is scheduled to appear at the bellwether bar shortly after 1:30 p.m. The bar... Read more
The Irish Heritage Festival, which for the past three Columbus Day weekends has transformed Dorchester's Adams Corner into a block party celebrating the richness of Irish arts, culture and music in Boston, will not take place this year.
But organizers are... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to endorse U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren at a Friday rally in Roslindale, sources tell the Reporter.
The afternoon rally in Roslindale Square will come after a debate scheduled for Thursday night between Warren and... Read more
Dog attack aftermath: Erin McNamara and her dog Delilah, who was badly injured when a pack of dogs attacked her last Wednesday afternoon. One of our readers from Savin Hill— Erin McNamara— wants the public to know what happened to her and her nine-year-... Read more
A Blue Hill Ave. restaurant was abruptly closed today after a city task force discovered filthy conditions and a dangerously clogged air vent above the stove. City officials — who descended on the 300 block of Blue Hill Ave. this week to focus on a... Read more
District 2 City Councillor Bill Linehan, who chairs the committee tasked with redrawing council districts’ boundaries, responded to Mayor Thomas Menino’s veto of his proposed map last week.
In a letter dated Sept. 12, Linehan defended the map, but said... Read more
State Rep. Martin Walsh says he’ll convene a meeting of Columbia Point and Savin Hill stakeholders and transportation officials soon to “begin the process” of redesigning a troubled intersection that also serves as the entrance to UMass Boston’s campus... Read more
Mattapan Community Health Center ribbon cutting ceremony: Governor Deval Patrick, left, and Dr. Azzie Young, the president and CEO of the health center cut the ribbon this afternoon outside the new MCHC building at 1575 Blue Hill Ave. Photo by Bill Forry... Read more
First Parish Church bell on Meetinghouse Hill: Among many that will ring this afternoon to mark Charter Day. Photo courtesy First Parish ChurchDorchester celebrates its original settlement by English Puritans each year with a blow-out party and parade... Read more
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