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At a Carney Hospital “stakeholders” meeting last Friday morning (Aug. 16), speakers from the state Department of Public Health and the city’s Public Health Commission indicated that the process by which Steward Health ... Read more.

Gov. Healey’s plan to seize the St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton and arrange for its transfer to Boston Medical Center will come under more intense scrutiny in coming days as lawmakers —most of them staunch ... Read more.

Dr. Guy Fish brings extensive experience as CEO

Codman Square Health Center has a new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Guy Fish, who most recently led the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, assumed ... Read more.

Dorchester's two representatives in Congress are calling on Gov. Maura Healey to intervene and prevent the closure of Carney Hospital.

U.S. Reps. Stephen Lynch and Ayanna Pressley issued a joint statement on ... Read more.

While repeating that she's saving hospitals, Gov. Maura Healey and top health officials declined to say on Friday how much public money state government plans to commit to Steward Health Care hospitals that appear poised ... Read more.

The owner of a Dorchester temp agency was formally charged Thursday with hiding enough payroll transactions from the feds over three years to reduce his taxes by more than $2 million.

Along with an "information" ... Read more.

In a surprise announcement on Friday morning, Gov. Maura Healey said her administration will seize control of St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton and turn over operations of the hospital to Boston Medical Center as ... Read more.

Youth Enrichment Services (YES) is serving hundreds of Boston kids and teenagers a taste of competitive running at two track locations this summer. The program, which supports low- to moderate-income children and teens ... Read more.

A group of students from Harvard University’s Extension School who last month spent a good chunk of their summer in Fields Corner observing the neighborhood and compiling suggestions for transportation and climate ... Read more.

Touting the need for the federal government to support sustainable and local food options, US Sen. Ed Markey visited the Dorchester Food Co-op on Bowdoin Street last Friday. The market, which opened last year in a new ... Read more.

A group of crafters gathered in Dorchester last Saturday (Aug. 10) to sew hand-made heart pillows that will be donated to breast cancer patients at the Breast Health Center at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. 

The ... Read more.

The annual National Night Out (NNO) celebration for the B-3 District, which covers parts of Dorchester and Mattapan, was held in Almont Park last Monday evening (Aug. 5), with a visit from Mayor Wu and awards to three ... Read more.

A still-evolving plan to shuttle soccer fans to White Stadium will likely encompass the Fields Corner and Four Corners/Geneva MBTA stations, but civic leaders in the impacted villages are concerned that they have, so far ... Read more.

The Boston Parks Commission voted unanimously on Monday to approve the takedown of large sections of White Stadium as soon as this fall to make way for the building of a new facility in a $100 million project jointly ... Read more.

Steward Health Care said late Wednesday night that it has again postponed the sales hearing for its hospitals in Massachusetts, this time to next Thursday.

"[T]he Sale Hearing for the Debtors’ Hospitals in Arkansas ... Read more.

First Parish Dorchester hosted a barbeque for Meeting House Hill neighbors and the congregation on the church lawn last month. Members of the civic association, Friends of Ronan Park, and community residents enjoyed a ... Read more.

One of the fall’s notable events for Dorchester and Boston is the annual MR8K five-miler, which is run to honor the “No More Hurting People, Peace” legacy of Martin Richard, who was eight years old when he was killed by a ... Read more.

Gov. Healey on Monday doubled down on her inability to prevent the closure of Steward Health Care’s hospitals, including those that received qualified bids but still face an uncertain future during bankruptcy proceedings ... Read more.

Boston had 19 days of high-tide flooding last year and can expect 12 to 19 days next year — more than any other city in the Northeast. That’s according to a report released last week by the National Oceanic and ... Read more.

The following excerpted letter was sent to the Boston Parks Commission on Aug. 8: The Franklin Park Coalition (FPC), a grassroots organization that advocates for the park, has been deeply involved in the process to ... Read more.

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