Uphams Corner
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 693 Dudley St. around 12:20 a.m. on Jan. 1 for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The department reports six adults, three children and two cats were displaced, but that none were injured.... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot outside 566 Columbia Road, near Hancock Street, around 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Andrew Farley, 62, of Dorchester, was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police say.
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A man was shot to death on Sunday night in the heart of Uphams Corner.
Police were called the scene at Dudley Street and Columbia Road just after 11:30 p.m. and found the victim suffering from an "apparent gunshot wound." The man was rushed to a local... Read more
Tips from the community helped lead police to two men who now face a variety of charges for a double shooting in Mary Hannon Park in Uphams Corner on July Fourth that seriously injured 35-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl, Police Commissioner William... Read more
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley and State Senator Jamie Eldridge joined a coalition of activists who called for less military spending and more funding for education, health care and affordable housing at a ‘Tax Day Rally’ held in Dorchester on Wed.,... Read more
State Rep. Liz Miranda (5th Suffolk) and city officials say they've brokered a deal between Uphams House of Pizza on Columbia Road and a teenager who got into a beef with an employee there that could calm a tense situation that had spread into the... Read more
The Strand Theatre on Columbia Road was primarily a movie house when it opened its doors in 1918. So, it’s appropriate to mark its centennial with a film event. That’s part of the thinking behind the Dorchester Short Film Festival, which will be held at... Read more
After a contentious abutters meeting with some 70 attendees at the Strand Theatre on Monday night, the owners of a recreational marijuana business that they want to set up on Hancock Street in Uphams Corner changed their business model from a traditional... Read more
Upham's Corner Farmer's Market will be held every Wednesday from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm beginning on July 18th and ending on October 24th. It will be located at 559 Columbia Road. For more information, contact Naureen Syed at nsyed@uphams.org. or log onto www.... Read more
The city is asking potential operators for suggestions on how to, in the near term, activate a former Bank of America bank building parcel that will be the site of an $18 million new Uphams Corner branch of the Boston Public Library.
In a Request for... Read more
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