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With hundreds of new housing units in the pipeline nearby, some community leaders in Columbia-Savin Hill want the city to convert vacant lots on Dorchester Avenue into municipal parking lots.
“There’s a lot of ... Read more.
The US Open is being played this week on the posh greensward of the exclusive Los Angeles Country Club, a venue that will test to the max the best golfers in the world – and more than 130 pretenders to that status. The ... Read more.
A divided City Council on Wednesday voted to send a $4.2 billion operating budget to Mayor Wu’s desk after clashing over cuts to city departments, including roughly $30 million from the Boston Police Department.
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When Tania Fernandes Anderson left the City Council’s chamber last week for another engagement on her calendar, she and her colleagues had okayed sending a multibillion dollar operating budget, covering a vast array of ... Read more.
The field of at-large City Council candidates stands at eight, as the four incumbents run for another two-year term and four challengers look to knock them out of a spot.
Voters who go to the polls this fall will ... Read more.
The proposal to replace an auto body shop next to the Shawmut MBTA Station with rental housing has shrunk again as it remains under review by the board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA).
The ... Read more.
A Dorchester couple, Donna and Bob Viau, have gone public in an effort to get a replacement kidney for their 25-year-old son Greer, who has been confronting renal failure from an unknown virus since a diagnosis in ... Read more.
Mayor Wu and a host of city officials welcomed Mattapan neighbors to the annual Mayor’s Neighborhood Coffee Hour in Hunt-Almont Park last Thursday (June 8).
Dunkin’ coffee was served, and potted plants were ... Read more.
What was once an empty brick wall on the corner of Neponset Avenue and Minot Street has been transformed into a mural created by the Dorchester artist Tran Vu that speaks to “feelings of food.”
Last Thursday (June ... Read more.
Events and meetings are underway in-person again, and each seems more like a reunion than a meeting. For a person who can count the number of meetings and events I’ve attended during my lifetime in the thousands, I’m ... Read more.
MBTA officials are hosting a virtual meeting on the future of the Mattapan trolley line on Tuesday, June 20.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. Staffers are expected to provide an update on ... Read more.
A two-day festival of music at Governor Hutchinson’s Field atop Milton Hill on Adams Street overlooking the beautiful Neponset River basin, will return next weekend, Sat., June 24, and Sun., June 25.
The Saturday ... Read more.
Mayor Michelle Wu wants her administration to combat violence in Dorchester and Mattapan by drilling down to individual blocks and using crime data to target the most heavily impacted areas.
In a recent interview ... Read more.
Volunteers made their way to Dorchester’s shorelines last Saturday morning for a clean-up focused on Malibu Beach, Savin Hill Beach, the area around the Vietnam Memorial, and Patten’s Cove.
The program was ... Read more.
Boston Police pursued several teenagers on moped scooters early Monday morning after someone reportedly fired gunshots as police were on scene trying to break up a group of trespassers gathered in the Dorchester Yacht ... Read more.
The number “1” has been quite the tally for TechBoston Softball Coach Amy Narvaez. In year one of her head coaching career, she led her Bears squad through the season with just one regular-season loss. As an up-and-coming ... Read more.
The street name ought to indicate that the Neponset River is flowing nearby, but few Edgewater Drive neighbors knew there was a stretch of waterfront at the end of their street off River Street near Mattapan Square until ... Read more.
Dorchester native Bruce Brown helped the Denver Nuggets win the NBA Finals championship on Monday night, scoring 10 points in 28 minutes as the Miami Heat fell, 94-89. The 26-year-old forward hit two big free throws to ... Read more.
A teaching staff member at the Henderson Upper School on Croftland Avenue was taken to the hospital for evaluation after a student allegedly assaulted the staffer on Tuesday morning.
Boston Public Schools (BPS) ... Read more.
The doors of the Curley Community Center on Columbia Road in South Boston swung open to the public today for the first time in more than three years, welcoming residents eager to get their first look at the beachfront ... Read more.
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