Civics
City Councillor Charles Yancey was given the chairmanship of a committee usually reserved for rookies and City Councillor Tito Jackson was tapped for a new committee focused on technology, according to committee assignments for 2013.
Yancey, who as... Read more
Dot Park Leader: Jane Boyer holds a photograph of her late mother, Jane Callahan Mullaney taken in Dorchester Park in the 1940s. It was taken near the present site of the tennis courts, where Boyer has organized annual Easter Egg hunts for children. Photo... Read more
Progress at First Parish Church restoration project: Workers built a scaffold shelter around the steeple earlier this month.
If all goes well, this will be the year that the exterior of First Parish Church is restored to its original 1896 glory. The... Read more
Charlie Ashmont: Author's longtime pet has been enforcement target in Boston before based on his pit bull-like appearance. Photo by Joyce LinehanThe country looks to Massachusetts’ recently-passed animal control law as a model. Unfortunately, Councilor... Read more
A former City Hall aide is mulling a run for one of the City Council’s four at-large seats. “I am considering all of my options but I haven’t made any sort of concrete decision yet,” said Jack Kelly, who served as Mayor Thomas Menino’s neighborhood... Read more
The latest phase of the Boston Archdiocese’s ongoing reorganization, announced on Thursday, did not include any Dorchester parishes. In a release, Cardinal Sean O’Malley said he formally accepted the plan, which over time will downsize 288 parishes into... Read more
It's the Question that crops up at nearly every press conference as Mayor Thomas Menino eases back into his regular schedule: Is he running for a sixth term?
On Tuesday, after the mayor stood with shoe company executives who plan to move into Lovejoy... Read more
One of the big unresolved news stories of the last year has been the Neponset Greenway and the state’s so-far unsuccessful efforts to get funding to extend the multi-use trail into Mattapan and to make enhancements along Dorchester Bay. Last year saw a... Read more
Adam Myerson: Professional cyclist and coach lives and loves Dot and the Red Line. Photo by Jon Safka/Cyclingphotos.ca“There are so many bad Boston tribute tattoos out there,” says Adam Myerson, a 40-year-old Fields Corner resident who has adorned a large... Read more
Marr-lin Swim Team hosts Watertown - The Marr-lin Swim Team hosted the Watertown Club for their final dual-meet of 2012. Marr-lin swimmers helped propel the team to win all five age groups.
Swimmers in our 10&U age group who improved on their best... Read more
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