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For some, the unofficial start to summer is Memorial Day, but for Dorchester residents, it’s the first Sunday of every June, the day of the Dorchester Day Parade. This year the 118th annual parade will take place on June ... Read more.
Only half of all parents with kids in the Boston Public Schools system are aware of upcoming changes, closures, or renovations to schools, according to the results of a new survey from the MassINC Polling Group.
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Mayor Wu has appointed Anthony Nguyen to serve as the Mid-Dorchester liaison in her office of neighborhood services. At the same time, Mattapan liaison Eric James announced that he was moving on from his position after ... Read more.
The long-awaited renovation of Codman Park is about to go out to bid, with a potential con- struction start in August, ending years of planning and waiting for an upgrade to the underutilized space at the top of Centre ... Read more.
At meetings last week, city planners and Dorchester residents took their first steps toward a new zoning map for the Fields Corner area, weighing a potential gain in Boston’s housing supply against further risks to the ... Read more.
The meeting on May 6 was billed as a chance for Dorchester residents to hear about Mayor Wu’s ad- ministration’s “vision for historic preservation” from the key person charged with executing the mayor’s agenda. Murray ... Read more.
A small fire on Tuesday (May 14) has sparked the temporary closing of Dependable Cleaners and Laundromat at 1141 Dorchester Ave. in Savin Hill.
The fire, which took place above the laundromat but away from the dry- ... Read more.
After more than 20 years at Dorchester’s Richard J. Murphy K-8 School – 10 of those years as the school leader – Courtney Sheppeck announced this week she will be leaving to take a new position as principal of the ... Read more.
Almost half a century after the start of desegregation in the Boston Public Schools, City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune could point to a model of inclusive learning in Mattapan, at the Mattahunt Elementary School. ... Read more.
The Mildred Avenue Seniors went all out for mothers on Thurs., May 9, ahead of Mother’s Day with a celebration of the many mothers at the center and their talents. More than 100 showed up for the special day and the ... Read more.
Mayor Wu’s Coffee Hour series returned to Walker Playground on Wed., May 1. Though a bit raw weatherwise, neighbors came out to get their potted plants and chat with the mayor and other city officials.
“Our job as ... Read more.
The UP Academy network of Dorchester schools held its first-ever fundraising gala, Shine Dorchester, on Thurs., May 2, at the Southline Boston building on Morrissey Boulevard.
UP Academy is an in-district Boston ... Read more.
Haitian American Heritage Month is in full swing this week with a series of events upcoming, highlighted by Sunday’s annual Unity Parade on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan and Dorchester.
The 22nd annual parade kicks ... Read more.
Keren Cezar was out having dinner with friends in Boston last month when she got a terrifying call from Haiti. Her mother was on the phone in a panic: Local gangsters were rampaging close to her home and had burned down a ... Read more.
The Open Streets Dorchester festival took over Dorchester Avenue last Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – blocking off traffic and allowing for a safe walking and biking environment to a thoroughfare usually dominated by ... Read more.
On Sunday mornings, congregants at Total Health Christian Ministry meet for early worship in the fellowship hall of the Parkway United Methodist Church in Mattapan. They enter the hall, filling in the two columns of 120 ... Read more.
Haitian Americans will gather in the shadows of the Zakim Bridge next to TD Garden next Monday (May 20) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a kickoff ceremony for the new cultural center named for Haiti’s revolutionary hero, ... Read more.
For those of us with ties to Haiti, the month of May is a time of celebration and solemn reflection. Here in Dorchester and Mattapan, that includes a parade on Blue Hill Avenue and the after-parties and barbeques that ... Read more.
Dot Art, the non-profit organization that has provided arts education to Dorchester’s children for 25 years, has hired a new executive director in the person of Deniz Ozturk, a veteran nonprofit leader and development ... Read more.
As retail drug store chains in and around Dorchester close, Uphams Community Care has become the latest community health center to step up and bridge the growing gap of prescriptions services. Last Tuesday (May 7 , the ... Read more.
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