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Butterfly Hollow, the popular, immersive seasonal habitat, opened for the season on May 27 at Franklin Park Zoo. A seasonal oasis of tranquility, Butterfly Hollow is an indoor space filled with bright butterflies, ... Read more.
Frederica M. Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Joan Wallace Leadership Award. The honor was announced at the annual Equal Opportunity and Diversity ... Read more.
The Eustis Estate in Milton will join with Mattapan’s Church of the Holy Spirit and Branches Steel Pan Orchestra for a Juneteenth celebration on Sat., June 17, on the grounds of the estate, located at 1424 Canton Ave., ... Read more.
Last week, the board of trustees at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) announced the appointment of Kelley Tuthill as its next president and CEO, beginning January 2024. Tuthill has served as the chief ... Read more.
On Sun., June 10, 1973, Teresa Margaret O’Leary, age 15, left Boston City Hospital, where she had been treated for the damages of the latest severe beating by her father over a domestic incident, and went back to her home ... Read more.
Sunday’s Dorchester Day Parade maintained a festive air about it despite the rainy, windy, and chilly conditions that affected attendance on the march and on the sidelines. On Saturday, the wet conditions didn’t dampen ... Read more.
A tally of campaign dollars candidates pulled in May showed that labor lawyer Matt Patton was the top fundraiser in the race to replace outgoing Frank Baker as District 3’s city councillor.
A Savin Hill resident, ... Read more.
Contractors working for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation were ready last fall to convert the wading pool at River Street’s Ryan Playground into a spray deck, as part of a statewide effort to cut down on ... Read more.
The Curley Community Center in South Boston, closed since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, is scheduled to reopen for self-workouts next Thursday ( June 15), according to city officials. Limited programming and ... Read more.
Work on the Savin Hill Avenue bridge next to the MBTA station is expected to continue into the fall. After an inspection last fall revealed issues with the bridge, MBTA officials shut down access to the sidewalk areas in ... Read more.
Mayor Wu and BPS Supt. Mary Skipper proposed sweeping, “generational” changes to Boston Public School (BPS) high school configurations on Tuesday, chief among them moving the John D. O’Bryant High School from Roxbury ... Read more.
Councillor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune on Sunday expressed confidence in the redistricting map she steered to Mayor Wu’s desk for a signature after plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the previous map raised concerns in a ... Read more.
The state Attorney General's office says the owner and manager of a complex on Lucy Street in Dorchester will no longer make tenants with Section 8 and state rental vouchers pay a $500 upfront fee out of their own pocket ... Read more.
Ann M. Walsh, a former head of an education nonprofit who worked for City Councillor At-Large John Connolly, on Thursday became the latest candidate to join the field of District 3 candidates running to succeed outgoing ... Read more.
When President Biden named Jim Brett last year to the Presidential Committee for People with Disabilities, the appointment continued a commitment that Brett has been living with for most of his life. This spring, Biden ... Read more.
In 1923, Hyman Levenbaum opened for business in Fields Corner with a stated goal of servicing all comers – individuals, families, and businesses – with their insurance needs.
In 2023, Hyman’s grandson, Alan ... Read more.
If anyone needs a soft spot to sit on during the Dorchester Day Parade, or for any of the other upcoming community events, look no farther than the sidewalks. There’s no shortage of mattresses littering the main ... Read more.
Less than one percent of the United States population serves in the armed forces today, but one hundred percent of Tim and Courtney (Burke) Murray’s sons have signed on to serve in the military— each of them just after ... Read more.
Last month, Ellen Gilmore sent a message to our newsroom: “My mother, Elaine Gilmore, who will be celebrating a big birthday, decided that she wanted to give her grandchildren a tour of important places in Dorchester ... Read more.
The 1970s prepared me for the issues we face in the current era. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that office landlords across the country are filing abatements, seeking relief from their property tax assessments ... Read more.
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