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Federal environmental officials gave the public an update on plans to clean up the contaminated Lower Neponset River along a 3.7-mile stretch of the waterway from Mother Brook in Hyde Park to the Walter Baker Dam on the ... Read more.

The Boston Teacher’s Union (BTU) kicked off a new round of contract negotiations on Feb. 29 with a press conference at its Dorchester headquarters, where leaders spelled out four major priorities the union says it will be ... Read more.

To the Editor:

According to the City of Boston’s 43rd Annual Homeless Census conducted in 2023, the number of unhoused adults living in the city has increased by 42 percent. Additionally, much of Boston’s unhoused ... Read more.

The metal door slammed as Jamal ran from the Blackstone School in Boston. I’d not seen him in more than seven years, but I recognized him immediately. My first thought was robbery. My second: Who robs an elementary school ... Read more.

As our world wrestles with the impact of climate change, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has emerged as the most important government agency for tracking, predicting, and communicating ... Read more.

Noa Taylor, a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD), is pictured with Boston Police Superintendent Nora Baston. Taylor portrayed Baston during a Living History presentation staged by club members at the ... Read more.

Mattapan native Bianca Sullivan was honored as a Hero Among Us at the Boston Celtics home game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 27 as part of the team’s celebration of Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( ... Read more.

A $10,000 raffle drawing event to benefit Saint Brendan church will be held this Friday, March 8, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., Dorchester. Drawing tickets are $100 each and you do ... Read more.

City Councillor-at-Large Erin Murphy is said to be planning a run for a new office this fall: Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. According to Politico, Murphy will seek to replace the current clerk, ... Read more.

Mayor Wu needed a win. And while it might prove to be a costly one in the near-term, she got one last week in the form of a legacy public works project on Blue Hill Avenue.

Last Thursday, ... Read more.

Dorchester residents are invited to take a “virtual walk” with Anita Danker via Zoom on Sat., March 9 at 3 p.m. as she guides participants through the presentation “On the Trail of Women’s History: From Uphams Corner to ... Read more.

Boston voters went to the polls on Tuesday to complete balloting for the presidential primary. President Joe Biden was, by far, the top vote getter, receiving 40,141 votes or 77 percent of the those cast by those who ... Read more.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that restored former President Donald Trump's name to the Colorado ballot makes it "all the more important" for voters to express their opinions in presidential primaries, Massachusetts' ... Read more.

On Tuesday, March 5, community members are invited to participate in a conversation via Zoom about the potential sites for new signage along Dorchester’s section of the Boston Harborwalk.

At the meeting, graduate ... Read more.

Fire on Bowdoin Street

The Boston Fire Department reports a three-alarm fire at 418 Bowdoin St. displaced one resident and sent one firefighter to the hospital after it broke out around 6 ... Read more.

Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh could soon be due for his second U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.

President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Walsh, a lifelong Dorchester resident who spent more than two years as ... Read more.

The Irish Pastoral Centre in Dorchester will kick off its month of March events on Sun., March 3, with an Open House showcasing its recent expansion into additional ground floor space at its Adams Corner offices and ... Read more.

To the Editor:

Jesse Kanson-Benanav’s letter to the editor (Feb. 15), which critiqued a letter I co-authored that was published in the Boston Guardian in its Jan. 5 edition, misidentified the causes of Boston’s ... Read more.

Dorchester’s own “Renovation Husbands” – David and Stephen St. Russell – were the big winners in HGTV’s “Battle on the Mountain” on Monday. The final episode of the six-week home improvement series ended in triumph for ... Read more.

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