Politics
Savin Hill Railroad Bridge circa 1855: An engraving from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion shows a steam engine on a wooden trestle pulling a train across the waters of Dorchester Bay. The MBTA Red Line uses the same route today.
In 1631, John... Read more
From 2011 to 2015, the number of pedestrians killed in our city has tripled. This year alone, six people have been killed in a motor vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian crash on Boston roads. As elected officials in the city of Boston, we feel the need to... Read more
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center and CeltiCare Health have received a $100,000 grant from Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Trustees of the George Robert White Fund to launch a veterans’ outreach center. The center will be housed at 895 Blue Hill... Read more
Dorchester and Mattapan residents are seeing a surge of investment in their green spaces from the state and the city, with numerous park and playground projects earmarked in Mayor Martin Walsh’s proposed budget and advanced by Dorchester’s state... Read more
Empowerment Breakfast: From left: City Councillor Ayanna Pressley, Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, Rep. Gloria Fox, Monalisa Smith of Mothers for Justice and Equality (MJE), Senator Linda Dorcena Forry and Mia Alvaro, Board Chair of MJE. Chanie Infante Louisma... Read more
The preservation of the historic Mattapan Trolley Line and the construction of the Blue Hill Avenue commuter rail station are one step closer to funding, as substantial sums are included for the projects in the draft capital investment plan released by... Read more
HUD Secretary Julián Castro: At left: Moderator Renee Loth. Photo by Tom Fitzsimmons/JFK LibraryA large crowd packed the JFK Library’s Stephen Smith room on Tuesday evening for a public forum featuring Julián Castro, the 41-year-old Secretary of Housing... Read more
Updated April 22, 3 p.m.: City Councillor Andrea Campbell will be facilitating community meetings over the coming weeks to discuss a pilot program of body-worn cameras on the city’s police officers.
One of the meetings will be held in Dorchester on Thurs... Read more
For residents of Boston on the brink of being forced out of their homes, staying afloat while researching their options can feel like an insurmountable challenge. The city’s Office of Housing Stability has been settling into its role of coordinating city... Read more
Mayor Walsh’s proposed FY ’17 budget includes a five-year capital plan that outlines some much-needed infrastructure improvements in Dorchester and Mattapan. The plan lays out intentions, not hard and fast promises to deliver funding. But it nonetheless... Read more
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