News
In the late 19th century, Boston’s largest open space was renamed Franklin Park, after a “founding father” who advanced science by flying a kite in Philadelphia. If Benjamin Franklin can be credited with inspiring the ... Read more.
The 16th annual Taste of Dorchester event organized by the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) rolled out the red carpet last Thursday night (April 25) at the IBEW Union Hall on Freeport Street for a capacity ... Read more.
Sunny skies on Saturday morning greeted hundreds of young hopefuls ready to swing into another season of Dorchester Baseball Little League on the diamonds in the parks around the neighborhood.
From the little ones ... 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.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester last Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared information about some of ... Read more.
A controversial Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) effort to reimagine zoning and planning in select business districts is on hold, for the moment, in Codman Square as officials seek to expand the pilot project ... Read more.
Federal authorities, exasperated with a man they say has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph, and Brockton for nearly two decades, want to fine him $597,775 in an attempt to get ... Read more.
The state Ethics Commission last week fined Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden $5,000 for the way his press office released material about his opponent during the 2022 campaign cycle.
In a “disposition ... Read more.
The Boston Landmarks Commission took a step last week that was years in the making by approving an affirming study report on the Calf Pasture Pumping Station on Columbia Point. All that remains is a vote to officially ... Read more.
Have softball bat, will travel. That’s the plan from Dorchester’s girls softball ranks this summer as coaches Katie Nolan and Charlie Connors look to grow the girls travel league in its second year.
Last year, ... Read more.
The co-owner of Economy Plumbing and Heating Supply on Morton Street in Mattapan was charged Tuesday with filing false federal tax returns from the company for several years ... Read more.
Here’s an idea to give a boost to your neighborhood: Hold a community cleanup.
A week ago last Saturday, three sites in Savin Hill saw some community love when 40 residents picked up rakes, shovels, and other ... Read more.
To the Editor:
Major changes are coming from multiple directions upon the residents of Dorchester in this time of increasing demands for our attention and decreasing individual free time for reflection and ... Read more.
To the Editor:
It was a glitzy occasion in May of 2012 when handsome Dr. Ralph de la Torre looked out over the expanse of white-clothed dining tables at the elegant Quincy Links Restaurant and promised the ... Read more.
Bill Walczak’s April 16 column, “Change moves at the speed of trust,” takes issue with Mayor Wu’s administration’s approach to planning and zoning reform. In particular, the piece decries advancing the Boston Planning and ... Read more.
A medical aesthetics center called Boston X will inject itself into the Adams Village business district this month with hopes of meeting clients’ needs in a neighborhood of Boston underserved by services like IV ... Read more.
The long-awaited re-opening of the renovated Mattahunt community center and pool drew an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors and officials, including Mayor Wu, to the city-owned facility off of Cummins Highway last Thursday ( ... Read more.
The Red Line will be out of service between Park Street and JFK/UMass starting on Thursday of this week (May 2) and continuing until May 10 for track improvement work. The repairs were originally scheduled to begin on ... Read more.
Members of the Cedar Grove Civic Association gave their unanimous approval to a developer’s plan to convert an existing two-family house on Gallivan Blvd. into a 12-unit complex during a 55-minute meeting last Wednesday ... Read more.
City officials are gearing up to redesign a 2.4 mile stretch of Columbia Road from Kosciuszko Circle to Franklin Park and they say they want the communities along the corridor to be front and center when questions like “ ... Read more.
- 1 of 753
- next ›
