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Growing up playing hockey, I dreamt of becoming the first girl in the NHL. Today, little girls everywhere have an even better dream: playing in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).
Last Wednesday, ... Read more.
Mike Gorman’s basketball journey began on the court at Toohig Park, where he’d practice his roundball skills most days after class at St. Brendan School. Like a lot of Dot kids who dreamed of a pro career, the scrappy ... Read more.
The housing crisis in our state is well documented. So well, in fact, that it may be one of the only topics in today’s political discourse that doesn’t trigger an immediate debate when mentioned.
By now, most ... Read more.
A unified group of elected officials of color, union advocates, and civil rights attorneys rallied beside Councillor Julia Mejia on Wednesday morning in calling for an audit of the city’s hiring, firing, discipline, and ... Read more.
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.
Add to the ‘hype’ of the Dorchester Day Parade with College Hype’s annual Dot Day t-shirt.
The custom print and embroidery business, founded by Jack Doherty in 1987, began in a dorm room at Westfield State ... 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.
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.
Michael J. Pallamary lives in California, but he grew up in Dorchester and still visits a few times a year. With the recent publication of his first novel, “Days of Eight,” he brings his readers back to his version of the ... Read more.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester will mark its 50th anniversary this year. The organization’s first clubhouse swung open its doors on Deer Street in July 1974, but the effort had begun four years earlier with a core ... Read more.
The VietAID community center in Fields Corner was the setting for a unique competition last week (May 21) as thirteen would-be entrepreneurs vied for prize money in an event aimed at boosting Asian-American businesses. ... Read more.
Dorchester resident Joyce Linehan received the Champion of Courage Award last Thursday (May 23) at the annual Children’s Celebration luncheon at Venezia in Neponset that was sponsored by the Boston nonprofit MAXCourage ... 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.
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