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I am writing regarding the Aug. 7 article in the Reporter headlined “Why Dorchester needs the Carney Hospital” by Bill Walczak. As a Dorchester resident and retired registered nurse, I am acutely ... Read more.

When I first came to Boston 45 years ago to teach at Boston College, I was given an office in Carney Hall, the home of the History Department. I didn’t know who Carney Hall was named after and wrongly assumed it was named ... Read more.

A bevy of elected officials led by Gov. Healey visited the Morton Street station on the Fairmount Line Tuesday morning to hail a state-approved plan to spend $54 million to introduce a new battery-powered electric train ... Read more.

The deadline to submit proposals for Boston’s first-ever Participatory Budget has been extended to this Thursday (Aug. 15) giving Boston residents more time to suggest how city leaders should spend a small slice – $2 ... Read more.

Members of a state-led commission charged with redesigning Morrissey Boulevard reviewed additional alternatives for the roadway system during a hybrid meeting held at Boston Collegiate Charter School on Sydney Street last ... Read more.

An overflow crowd of 500-plus people packed Florian Hall on Tuesday night for a hearing on the proposed closure of Carney Hospital. The public meeting, sponsored by the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH), is a ... Read more.

One man was killed and a second injured Monday in a shooting about 6:40 in the evening inside an apartment at 5 Trent Street, a residential neighborhood just off Quincy and Bowdoin streets. Both men were transported to a ... Read more.

A coalition of activists from Boston's neighborhoods will host a hybrid candidate debate and forum on Wed. Aug. 14 at Lena Park Community Center in Dorchester with focus on several contests that are coming before voters ... Read more.

Madison Foley will serve as Mayor Wu’s new liaison to Dorchester in her Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS). Foley, an Adams Village native, will focus on Dorchester Bay, Savin Hill, Ashmont, and Lower Mills, working ... Read more.

A federal judge last week sentenced the owner of Economy Plumbing and Heating Supply on Morton Street in Mattapan to four months in prison, a year of probation, restitution of $2.96 million and a fine of $200,000 for his ... Read more.

Sales Hearing Delayed Again, State Silent On Payment Complications

The saga around the fate of bankrupt Steward Health Care hospitals here has gone on for more than three months, and now it will ... Read more.

For a few minutes on Aug. 7, the entrance to the offices of Boston’s city councillors looked like a scene at a hospital.

Lining up at the reception desk were about a dozen people seeking a kind of late-stage ... Read more.

Tuesday's bankruptcy court hearing on the sale of as many as five Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts has been postponed until Friday.

In an overnight court filing, the company announced that the hearing ... Read more.

In the newest development in an ongoing battle over the renovation of an athletic stadium in Franklin Park, local advocates sent a letter to over a dozen state and city officials alleging the City of Boston's plan isn't ... Read more.

Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre was on vacation two weeks ago when his company revealed that it planned to close two hospitals in Massachusetts, but he didn't have a hand in the decision or any say in the timing ... Read more.

On Nov. 5, Massachusetts will vote on a ballot initiative that proposes to eliminate the MCAS as a part of the statewide standard we have for high school graduation. This is a bad idea. 

As a parent and a former ... Read more.

A water main replacement on Savin Hill Avenue could cause low water pressure on some streets in the area over the bridge through Aug. 16, according to Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC).

“As part of this work ... Read more.

Kevin Zarnoch Jr. began his baseball career in Dorchester when he was 4 years old. Some 19 years later, he has taken his talents beyond the city and onto Cape Cod, where he continues to pursue a dream.

When the 23- ... Read more.

John Linehan, the president and CEO of Zoo New England, has announced his plan to retire after heading up the organization, which includes the Franklin Park Zoo, for the last 22 years.

For 43 years, Linehan’s ... Read more.

The annual Neighborhood Summer Block Party encompassing Shawmut, Melville, St. Mark’s, and Codman Square will take place in front of the Epiphany School on Sharp Street this Sat., Aug. 10, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The annual ... Read more.

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