The first-and-only student resident hall on UMass... Read more
Editorials
How bad is Boston’s rat problem? According to City Council President Ed Flynn, it’s serious enough to create a new “Office of Pest Control.”
“It’s a public health crisis as far as I’m concerned,” Flynn told WBUR. “It’s important that we work... Read more
The following editorial was published in the Dorchester Reporter on April 17, 2013.
The clock in Peabody Square didn’t stop itself.... Read more
Frank O’Brien, a Neponset native who documented the highs and lows of the local sports scene for the Boston Globe for more than 40 years... Read more
Phillip Eng
Is Gov. Maura Healey’s newest hire – Phillip Eng – up to the gargantuan task of “fixing... Read more
There’s no “imminent” plan to close Carney Hospital, Dorchester’s primary health care facility. At least that’s the latest word from Stan McLaren, the man who currently manages the hospital’s day-to-day operations as its president.
But there are... Read more
Melvin B. Miller and Yawu Miller. Bill Forry photo
The Bay State Banner, the weekly newspaper based in Dorchester Lower Mills that has been... Read more
There’s a lot of buzz in the neighborhood at the moment about the latest churn of development decisions being weighed by city officials, and to some extent, with the advice and consent of residents themselves.
It can be a lot to absorb in one... Read more
On Monday, officials from across the city of Boston — including Mayor Wu and the Commissioner of... Read more
Today’s front-page report by Seth Daniel on the plight facing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Haitian refugees now living in the Boston area... Read more
The Ashmont Grill, which opened on Talbot Avenue in 2005 and became a top-tier... Read more
A file photo shows the scene on April 23, 1965 as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed... Read more
The debate over the proposed conversion of a Morrissey Boulevard hotel into supportive housing has generated a fierce debate over the merits of the project itself. But it has also fueled a back-and-forth over the city’s continued use of virtual Zoom... Read more
A proposal by the Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders to convert an existing Comfort Inn hotel on Morrissey Boulevard into supportive housing for formerly homeless adults has prompted an impassioned debate about the role Dorchester can and... Read more
A proposal by the Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders to convert an existing Comfort Inn hotel on Morrissey Boulevard into supportive... Read more
