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The third meeting of the Morrissey Boulevard-K Circle Commission is slated for this Thursday, May 2 at BC High from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Jake Wachman, state Sen. Nick Collins’ designee on the commission, urged the ... Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, to 92 months in federal prison for trying to hire somebody to kill his wife after she kicked him out of their house and took up with another man - whom he also ... Read more.
The FCC says it's grown tired of a man it says has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph and Brockton for nearly two decades, so it's now proposing to fine him $597,775 in an attempt ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday.
The man was taken to a local hospital ... Read more.
About 75 people attended a union-organized community forum about the ongoing crisis involving Steward Health Care and Carney Hospital on Thursday evening at St. Gregory’s parish auditorium in Lower Mills. Nurses and other ... Read more.
The state's top health care official assured lawmakers Wednesday that the state is prepared to respond to the next turn in the Steward Health Care crisis, mentioning the potential for a bankruptcy filing, acknowledging ... Read more.
Officials in charge of a city-led project aimed at protecting Dorchester and South Boston from flood waters associated with rising sea levels will host a pair of public meetings, including an in-person tour, over the next ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester on Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared some of the projects she had ... Read more.
Traditional Vietnamese music filled a dimly lit room at Dorchester’s VietAID Community Center last Saturday as hundreds of people entered the space. Blue waves were cast onto the ceiling while candles flickered at every ... Read more.
Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition is planning standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital ... Read more.
The Dorchester Pee Wee Division (11–12-year-olds) put together a Street Hockey team during vacation week and then went out and won the Mayor’s Cup. The team was put together by Nate Robbins and coached by teenager James ... Read more.
More than 100,000 people in the United States are currently on the national organ transplant waitlist. Patients anxiously await the phone call to inform them that a stranger made a decision to donate and will save their ... Read more.
To the Editor:
The state has queued up planning on two separate but connected projects in Dorchester: Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle. Both require imaginative solutions. Let’s talk about K Circle and the ... Read more.
The recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled frozen embryos to be children is shocking. The decision has shut down or jeopardized in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for Alabama women and brought back vivid ... Read more.
The Pulitzer Prize- and two-time Tony Award-winning musical “A Strange Loop” is starting its Boston run this Friday (April 26) with a cast that includes Dorchester actor Kai Clifton in the lead role of “Usher.” The ... Read more.
A prominent Jewish-led labor group honored IBEW Local 103’s Lou Antonellis at its annual Labor Seder on Sun., April 7. The union’s business manager and financial secretary was recognized for his dedication “in ... Read more.
Boston Police Department Sgt. Det. John Burrows and Officer Awan Freeman, shown with Fire Commissioner Paul Burke and Police Commissioner Michael Cox, were named Red Cross Heroes during the recent 2024 Boston Heroes ... Read more.
A quiet transformation is happening on some of Boston’s many vacant lots with the help of hardworking neighbors and the Boston Food Forest Coalition, a nonprofit community land trust that is working to turn empty patches ... Read more.
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission on Monday unveiled a fleet of 37 environmentally friendly electric vehicles and a state-of-the-art sewer system cleaner at an Earth Day-themed event at their headquarters in Roxbury ... Read more.
City of Boston and DCR host a site walk from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday (April 27) at Moakley ... Read more.
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