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The family that owns Down Home Delivery & Catering at 2 Bowdoin St. in Four Corners has filed plans to replace their building with a 7-story apartment building, with 2,400 square feet of ground-floor space for their ... Read more.

Two lawmakers looking to preserve the vestiges of Steward Health Care’s network in Norwood and Foxborough filed proposals nearly a month ago to keep outpatient clinics open as they also seek to revive construction at ... Read more.

The Nixon Street neighbors gathered on Halloween to celebrate their 4th annual Nightmare on Nixon Street block party – but this time thy closed off the street and threw a major soiree.

Funny things can happen when ... Read more.

State leaders and community advocates gathered as Boston Senior Home Care celebrated 50 years of service to older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston on Oct. 17. ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Brenna Galvin was recently appointed to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester Youth Professionals Board. The press secretary for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), she grew up in the ... Read more.

Parishioners and the faith community in St. Mark’s parish were shocked this past week by the unexpected death of Rev. Corey Bassett-Tirrell, who died in his sleep at the rectory on Roseland Street on Halloween night. ... Read more.

Mayor Wu and US Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern visited the Nubian Square location of the Daily Table grocery store last Wednesday to highlight the chain’s importance in addressing food insecurity in the ... Read more.

To the Editor:

Usually, the Dorchester Reporter is fair-minded, so I was surprised to read “Mass. and Cass woes are now impacting South Bay and beyond” in the Oct. 31 issue. 

The big issue isn’t crime but ... Read more.

At long last, work began this week on Dorchester’s newest facility that will be a game-changer for kids and teens in the city: The FieldHouse+, a collaborative effort ... Read more.

A man was shot to death on Michigan Avenue in Dorchester on Tuesday night.

The shooting took place just after 8 p.m. in the Eire-Ellington section of Dorchester. It is the latest in a series of high-profile acts of ... Read more.

Healey notes IBC Awareness Day and meets with advocates – Members of the Legislature and friends and board members from IBC-New England met with Gov. Healey early this month for the proclamation of the second IBC ... Read more.

The Dorchester Historical Society and the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail will present a special Zoom program on Sun., Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. on “The Trail of Women’s History: From Meeting House Hill to Lower ... Read more.

When the City Council voted on Oct. 30 to approve Mayor Wu’s compromise over tax rate adjustments, the political conversation was already shifting from meeting a short-term deadline to wrestling with a long-term dilemma ... Read more.

Editor's Note: The Boston International Newcomer’s Academy (BINcA) boys’ soccer team continues to impress in post-season Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) tournament play this week. The ... Read more.

Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam to earn a diploma in Massachusetts.

Question 2, which advanced with a hard push by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, prevailed in Tuesday's ... Read more.

The campaign opposed to phasing out the current tipped-wage structure and increasing the pay for waiters and bartenders to the minimum wage declared victory in the fight over Question 5 around 11 p.m. Tuesday night, with ... Read more.

Voters in Dorchester and Mattapan overwhelmingly supported the Democratic ticket for president and vice-president on Tuesday, despite a red surge nationally that has delivered another four-year presidential term for ... Read more.

Massachusetts voters approved a ballot law Tuesday giving the state auditor the explicit authority to audit the Legislature, backing a measure championed by Auditor Diana DiZoglio.

The measure grants the auditor's ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting one of two men they say ran from officers investigating a report of men with guns behind the Joseph Lee K-8 School on ... Read more.

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