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The aging spray deck in the Neponset Landing II Park on Hilltop Street is set to be rehabilitated, according to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

The site has a rubber surface that is in ... Read more.

A new bird-themed mural now dominates the side of a building at 1487 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner. The “Fly, Like You” artwork was created by the street artist “Rixy,” a Roxbury ... Read more.

Dubbed the “Red Line Bovine,” two painted fiberglass cows have been grazing at Fields Corner’s Memorial Square since June 19 as part of the Dana Farber Cancer Center’s New England CowParade.

The event is part of ... Read more.

The Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA) has set a new date for their annual Neponset Day Festival: Sunday, July 30 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at DCR Neponset II Park in Dorchester, at the corner of Hilltop Street and ... Read more.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Roberto Martinez-Baez of first-degree murder for killing Andrew Farley, 62, at the ... Read more.

MBTA officials on Friday abruptly closed Savin Hill Station to riders after inspections to two staircases between the lobby and the train platform. The station on Saturday reopened to riders.

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The Boston Teachers Union doesn’t expect to make an endorsement in the District 3 preliminary.

A spokesperson for the city’s largest municipal union, which has more than 8,000 members, confirmed in an email to the ... Read more.

Mass Bay Credit Union (MBCU) has announced the appointment of Alison Schirone to the position of vice president of Marketing & Business Development. In this role, she will be responsible for shaping the strategic ... Read more.

A dozen Dorchester schools have received grants from EdVestors, a nonprofit focused on school improvement. The organization announced earlier this month a $460,000 purse for arts education funding to 65 Boston Public ... Read more.

Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center (STEC) has been selected as one of 150 local nonprofits from among 630 applicants to share in a $30 million purse through Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. The ... Read more.

The board of directors of The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) on June 7 announced the appointment of Katie Theoharides as president and CEO. She joins The Trustees from her role as head of US Offshore East ... Read more.

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) has announced the promotion of Anne Corbin-Fennell to chief operating officer for the anti-poverty agency. The Dorchester native has 29 years of experience in program ... Read more.

Maridena Rojas, of the Talbot Norfolk Triangle Neighborhood Association (TNT), was presented with a plaque for her nomination as a candidate for the national Dorothy Richardson Award on June 3 during the Codman Square ... Read more.

Is my yearning for something better than what I see around me just an indication of my fretful human nature? Or am I being pulled by a force that draws me toward a destiny beyond my own mortality? Is it a dream or a ... Read more.

When email was new and I was in firm management, I was always appalled at the tone used when people were emailing each other back and forth with language that would never be used face to face. I don’t think any of this is ... Read more.

I was gratified to see in the June 1 issue of the Reporter that I am not the only one noticing how mattresses are turning up all over our neighborhood. While it may be true that suburbanites, contractors, and others are ... Read more.

Before you even make it past the Epiphany School’s main lobby, which is covered in artwork and student-of-the-month photos, the kids welcome you with excited handshakes and kind eyes. Forced to grow up far too soon, their ... Read more.

With key assistance from his brother via a blood transfusion, Kamaia, an ailing 14-year-old lion at the Franklin Park Zoo, underwent major, three-hour-long surgery on the facility’s grounds on June 9 as doctors removed ... Read more.

The Class of 2023 featured several valedictorians from Dorchester and Mattapan in Boston Public Schools and Charter Schools across the city. This year, 13 graduates from Dorchester and Mattapan starred at the top of their ... Read more.

Officials with Gov. Healey’s administration last week announced that a coalition led by Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded provisional designation to develop a recovery campus on the existing 13-acre Shattuck ... Read more.

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