Politics
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 13, 2011….Ending six days of debate spread over three weeks, the Senate voted 24-14 Thursday afternoon to approve legislation authorizing three resort casinos in Massachusetts and a slot machine parlor.
If an expected House-... Read more
Back in the early 1990s, a young Frank Baker lost three friends in the span of a year and a half. One friend was beaten to death in the street in an alcohol-related incident. Six months later, another friend committed suicide, which was also alcohol-... Read more
At 10 p.m. on a crisp Thursday night, John O’Toole was driving through Adams Corner in his old Cadillac after finishing up at a college fair with his son Jack. They cruised past the newly set-up outpost of Frank Baker’s campaign, its windows still... Read more
As the days click down to the Nov. 8 final election to choose the next city councillor from Dorchester's District 3, Reporter news editor Gin Dumcius sat down for a more personal conversation with the two finalists from the Sept. 27 preliminary: Frank... Read more
The Senate on Tuesday rejected Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz’s efforts to allow the entire city of Boston to vote to approve or reject what is expected to be an eventual casino application from Suffolk Downs. The bill stipulates that in cities with more than 125,... Read more
John O’Toole’s District 3 campaign is crying foul over a mailer put out by their rival camp.
The mailer, sent out by the Frank Baker campaign and headlined “A United Dorchester is a Stronger Dorchester,” shows two blue maps of the neighborhood. The maps... Read more
Joining the thousands of folks expected Sunday at Adams Corner's third annual Irish Heritage Festival will be two of the Bay State's political superstars: US Sen. Scott Brown and the former Obama administration official angling to replace him, Elizabeth... Read more
Last week’s arrest of a substance-abuse recovery home operator who has been at the center of a recent dispute in Port Norfolk is just the latest bad turn for the so-called “sober home” community in the Commonwealth— and another sign that this budding... Read more
The morning after usually entails a hard look at the lengthy tab and the lingering question, “what’s next?” But for at least two District 3 candidates, there was a sense of jubilation on Sept. 28. Savin Hill’s Frank Baker and Cedar Grove’s John O’Toole... Read more
Dorotea Manuela explains why she wants a high school in Mattapan.
City Councilor Charles Yancey has a new tactic in his long-running battle to get a high school built in Mattapan: Blasting the city's plan - which he voted for - to spend $115 million... Read more
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