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Derrick Ciesla, the head of school at Codman Academy Charter School since July 1, is a veteran Boston Public School leader who most recently led the Russell Elementary School. The 47-year-old educator has enlisted a team ... Read more.
This fall, with the hiring of Dr. Lori Wiggins, the Henderson Inclusion School joined the list of many Boston Public Schools welcoming a new school leader for the 2024-2025 academic year.
A native of Mystic, ... Read more.
After a summer hiatus, the Fields Corner Civic Association convened via Zoom on Sept.10 to tackle a busy agenda, but the main item was a leftover slice of business that dominated the meeting: the proposed opening of a ... Read more.
“The Department has made a finding that the Hospital is in fact an essential service necessary for preserving access and health status within the Hospital’s service area.” So said the Mass Department of Public Health ( ... Read more.
To the Editor:
I am saddened by the anger that is being directed toward a proposed new Papa John’s franchise business that wants to open in what has been a vacant storefront space in Fields Corner.
But, at ... Read more.
A block party organized by a coalition of Bowdoin-Geneva organizations drew a big turnout to Rev. Allen Park last Friday (Sept. 6). The tenth annual CommUnity Day was co-sponsored by St. Peter’s Parish, the Cape Verdean ... Read more.
City leaders gathered in Keanna Rice’s backyard on Wilmington Ave. on Monday morning to announce plans to spend the final $7 million in federal pandemic relief funding on home-owning initiatives, rental programming, and ... Read more.
At a hearing on Sept. 12, four days after an article in The Economist hailed Boston as the “safest big city in America,” District 4 (Dorchester/Mattapan) City Councillor Brian Worrell was focused on the state of a smaller ... Read more.
Lan Le hasn’t seen Vietnam in this century.
Now 52, she left her native land in the post-war chaos of the late 1970s and survived the horrors of a refugee camp in Macau before settling in Boston in 1981. With her ... Read more.
Organizers who are planning an ambitious new memorial to honor the Vietnamese diaspora living in Dorchester unveiled a preliminary design during a Saturday event that drew about 150 people to the Vietnamese American ... Read more.
Editor's Note: This story was updated on Wed., Sept.18 at 11:30 a.m.
A National Grid crew working in the street at Dorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street struck a Boston Water and Sewer Commission main around ... Read more.
As your City Council president and a product of our Boston Public School (BPS) system, I have seen and experienced firsthand the achievements and challenges of our educational institutions. The recent decisions to merge, ... Read more.
Transportation woes for Boston Public Schools (BPS) families continued this week, but Mayor Wu and Supt. Mary Skipper say that operations are improving as a newly implemented app used to help on-time performance is “ ... Read more.
A woman and a badly injured baby were taken to separate local hospitals after being shot on Stratton Street in Dorchester about 20 minutes before midnight on Monday, Boston Police said, noting that the baby had sustained ... Read more.
Once again, and very likely not for the last time, Haitians find themselves in the crosshairs of the Republican propaganda machinery. This time the slurs pivot on a malicious and utterly racist falsehood involving ... Read more.
The city of Boston’s Parks Dept. will host a virtual public meeting on Tues., Sept.17, to discuss its proposal to remove trees in Dorchester Park to accommodate new accessible routes and pathways there. ... Read more.
Scobie’s Café & Bar, Boston’s newest Irish pub and restaurant, opened its doors and pulled its first pints for the public on Sept. 6. Husband-and-wife owners John and Anne Lydon have created a space that seeks to ... Read more.
Beat The Odds Boston (BTO) presented its 3rd annual ODDSIDE Showcase, an event filled with vibrant performances, community spirit, and generous support on Aug. 31 at the Kroc Center on Columbia Road.
Sponsored by ... Read more.
Henrietta McKenzie joined the centenarian community when she celebrated her 100th birthday on Aug. 22 and enjoyed cutting the cake with family and friends at her daughter’s home in Hyde Park last month.
McKenzie, ... Read more.
More than 1,000 METCO students and their family members attended the Back-to-School Resource Fair held by the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) in late August at Pope John II Park in Dorchester. ... Read more.
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