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The Fields Corner branch of the Boston Public Library will close on Fri., Oct. 25, when work will begin to demolish the existing building at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Park Street and replace it with a $30.9 ... Read more.
Does it seem like your T ride is improving? It actually might be. More than two years after a federal investigation into the MBTA outlined a pattern of “systemic failures,” leadership unfamiliar with basic safety ... Read more.
A Vietnamese American restaurateur who has specialized in coffee is brewing up a new café concept that he says will be the anchor of a cultural events hub located on the site of the former Dorchester Tire business at 1160 ... Read more.
At the age of 16, Ryan Woods, working his first day for the Boston Parks Department, picked up a baseball and began teaching kids in Dorchester how to throw and catch it. Next month, he will leave the agency, having over ... Read more.
Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center (STEC), the Dorchester facility that has served up tennis and life lessons to thousands of kids and adults over the last six decades, is halfway through its $12 million expansion ... Read more.
The long-time owner of a commercial building and static billboard in Mattapan Square has again filed for permission to convert the platform to a digital electronic billboard, with neighbors and some city leaders voicing ... Read more.
It wouldn’t be unusual to spot Anibal ‘Hannibal’ Chavez at 6 a.m. most days with a broom and dustpan cleaning the perimeter at one of the auto shops he owns at Victory Road and Adams Street; it’s a morning ritual ... Read more.
Derrick Ciesla, the head of school at Codman Academy Charter School since July 1, is a veteran Boston Public School leader who most recently led the Russell Elementary School. The 47-year-old educator has enlisted a team ... Read more.
This fall, with the hiring of Dr. Lori Wiggins, the Henderson Inclusion School joined the list of many Boston Public Schools welcoming a new school leader for the 2024-2025 academic year.
A native of Mystic, ... Read more.
After a summer hiatus, the Fields Corner Civic Association convened via Zoom on Sept.10 to tackle a busy agenda, but the main item was a leftover slice of business that dominated the meeting: the proposed opening of a ... Read more.
“The Department has made a finding that the Hospital is in fact an essential service necessary for preserving access and health status within the Hospital’s service area.” So said the Mass Department of Public Health ( ... Read more.
To the Editor:
I am saddened by the anger that is being directed toward a proposed new Papa John’s franchise business that wants to open in what has been a vacant storefront space in Fields Corner.
But, at ... Read more.
A block party organized by a coalition of Bowdoin-Geneva organizations drew a big turnout to Rev. Allen Park last Friday (Sept. 6). The tenth annual CommUnity Day was co-sponsored by St. Peter’s Parish, the Cape Verdean ... Read more.
City leaders gathered in Keanna Rice’s backyard on Wilmington Ave. on Monday morning to announce plans to spend the final $7 million in federal pandemic relief funding on home-owning initiatives, rental programming, and ... Read more.
At a hearing on Sept. 12, four days after an article in The Economist hailed Boston as the “safest big city in America,” District 4 (Dorchester/Mattapan) City Councillor Brian Worrell was focused on the state of a smaller ... Read more.
Lan Le hasn’t seen Vietnam in this century.
Now 52, she left her native land in the post-war chaos of the late 1970s and survived the horrors of a refugee camp in Macau before settling in Boston in 1981. With her ... Read more.
Organizers who are planning an ambitious new memorial to honor the Vietnamese diaspora living in Dorchester unveiled a preliminary design during a Saturday event that drew about 150 people to the Vietnamese American ... Read more.
Editor's Note: This story was updated on Wed., Sept.18 at 11:30 a.m.
A National Grid crew working in the street at Dorchester Avenue at Ashmont Street struck a Boston Water and Sewer Commission main around ... Read more.
As your City Council president and a product of our Boston Public School (BPS) system, I have seen and experienced firsthand the achievements and challenges of our educational institutions. The recent decisions to merge, ... Read more.
Transportation woes for Boston Public Schools (BPS) families continued this week, but Mayor Wu and Supt. Mary Skipper say that operations are improving as a newly implemented app used to help on-time performance is “ ... Read more.
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