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State officials joined beachgoers in South Boston on a sunny 80-degree afternoon on Fri., May 24, to talk about water safety and services on the waterfront before the start of the Memorial Day weekend.
Brian Arrigo ... Read more.
The 3rd annual DorchFest music festival attracted a big turnout last Saturday (June 1) as an estimated thousand plus observers fanned out across side streets along Carruth Street to enjoy live performances and ... Read more.
The Dorchester Day Parade travelled up Dorchester Avenue under sunny, blue skies on Sunday afternoon with folks lining the route all the way.
After the dreary weather during last year’s parade weekend, Dorchester ... Read more.
Two Catholic parishes in Dorchester that have been paired together for the last decade will end their collaborative model this month. St. Mark’s and St. Ambrose, both of which serve strong congregations of distinctive ... Read more.
Four years into economic recovery from the pandemic, city officials are still trying to figure out how to flatten the curve on future property taxes while working to convey enough urgency to get legislative help from the ... Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a four-story, 21-unit live/work condo building at 2 Hillsboro St. in Dorchester - with 18 of the units ... Read more.
The Morrissey Boulevard Commission voted unanimously to recommend an extension of the project deadline to Dec. 31 of this year at a virtual meeting held last Friday morning (May 31). The previous statutory deadline was ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports a woman was shot at 36 Edson ... Read more.
The annual Haitian American breakfast and ceremonial flag raising to commemorate the May 18 Flag Day took place on City Hall Plaza last Friday (May 17) and was used as a vehicle to highlight young Haitian American artists ... Read more.
The first observance of Dorchester Day, in June of 1904, took place under a tent on Savin Hill. A celebration of local history and pride, it was also meant to protect an urban wild with a panoramic view from a frenzy of ... Read more.
Fresh off meeting Pope Francis and participating in the Vatican Climate Change conference, Mayor Wu followed visited Savin Hill’s McConnell Park on May 23 for the first in a series of planned coffee hours in Dorchester. ... Read more.
A lifetime Dorchester resident, Chief Marshal Jeff Buckley, now 48, attended Mt. Hope High School in Bristol, RI., and then enlisted in the US Marine Corps. Today, he is a union steward with Local 223 where he has worked ... Read more.
Dave McKay, then 13, sat in his math classroom decades ago at the former St. Marks School on Centre Street ditching his assignment to focus on calculating statistics for the neighborhood baseball team he was helping to ... Read more.
With the current state of chaos in Haiti at the forefront, the annual celebratory Boston Haitian American Unity Parade could not go on without serious thought and solidarity with those who suffer perilous conditions on ... Read more.
The Massachusetts Legislature has tackled the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care by passing a fairly comprehensive package of regulations that may help avoid another meltdown at a major medical system.
But there’s ... Read more.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) was founded with the mission to care for the neglected and largely forgotten population of animals living on the streets. The idea for this ... Read more.
Despite a decrease in student enrollment by 15.2 percent since 2014-15, officials have unveiled a long-term facilities vision for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) without identifying a single building that would close ... Read more.
In April 1865, Dorchester’s Town Meeting gathered to consider an important civic measure – “to procure…a Corporate Seal of the town.” Many modern residents of Dorchester are familiar with that seal, emblazoned with the ... Read more.
To the Editor:
The revitalization of Franklin Park’s White Stadium and the Playstead is a significant step toward enhancing the quality of life for the surrounding neighborhoods, the city, and visitors to Boston. ... Read more.
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