By Pastor Rick Grant
As a young person, I often heard the colloquialism, “It takes a village to raise a child.” That statement rightfully implies the plethora of love, nurture, and stability our young-people need from engaged, present adults.... Read more
By Mary Nee
I was walking through our Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center the other day and came across Max, a vibrant and lively cockatoo who had been surrendered by his ailing owner. Did I mention that the bird is 38 years old?
It... Read more
Gerard M. (Gerry) O’Neill was a newspaperman, pure and simple. During his 35 years as a reporter and editor at The Boston Globe, his work was displayed on paper for people to read wherever they happened to be. He was an old-school newsroom type who... Read more
By Robert J. Manning
Special to the Reporter
After a period of extensive outreach and careful preparation, the University of Massachusetts has launched its search for a permanent chancellor for UMass Boston with the creation of a committee... Read more
By James W. Dolan
Reporter Columnist
How will history view the Mueller Report? I expect it will be seen as a well-intentioned and thorough catalogue of misdeeds (criminal or otherwise) committed to secure the election of Donald Trump and... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp
Reporter Columnist
It’s half past nine in the morning and Kenny Johnson’s crew is working hard at the Yawkey Center, the non-profit multi-service facility on Columbia Road run by Catholic Charities. One teen is mowing... Read more
By Lew Finfer
Special to the Reporter
Last Saturday, as I went into Barnes & Noble at South Shore Plaza to buy a book for my wife as a birthday present, I saw a table full of colorful books and tee shirts commemorating Woodstock. Fifty... Read more
By Jennifer Smith
Dorchester by Choice
Four years ago, I joined the staff of the Dorchester Reporter. It was bit of a joke at the time that I had moved from the Boston Globe newsroom to the only newspaper closer to my apartment in Southie... Read more
To the Editor:
On June 15, my wife and I saw the smoke from all the way down in Hingham where we were driving. It was from the nine-alarm fire that damaged seven homes on Old Morton Street in Lower Mills. Two firefighters... Read more
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in opposition to the proposed expansion at the Neighborhood House Charter School located at 21 Queen St., Dorchester. I attended the public hearing held by the Board of Appeal at City... Read more
By James W. Dolan
Reporter Columnist
In a recent letter to the Boston Globe, the writer commented on a Scott Leigh column highly critical of President Trump. After acknowledging that Trump is a “dishonest, divisive, dysfunctional president... Read more
By Roy Lincoln Karp
Reporter Columnist
For a number of years, I taught constitutional law to Boston-area teens using Supreme Court cases involving the rights of young people. My students sometimes questioned the relevance and even the... Read more
By Kanwar Singh
WBUR Contributor
In December 2014, I stood inside Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, took the following oath, and became a US citizen:
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all... Read more
By Kanilla Charles
Did you know that one in three teens in a dating relationship have been verbally, emotionally, sexually, or physically abused? While we often hear about the violence teenagers face today — on the streets, in the home, or in... Read more
By Nicolas V. Serna
Bostonians have long thought of traffic like the weather: a frustrating fact of life entirely out of our control. And while our weather might not be quite the worst in the world, our rush-hour traffic is, at least according... Read more
