Civics
Authorities are investigating the cause of a bizarre incident on Bakersfield Street last week involving dozens of birds that fell dead or dying from the trees. A cat also died after apparently interacting with them on the quiet sidestreet near Uphams... Read more
With a number of large projects in the pipeline around Mount Vernon Street and Morrissey Boulevard, the city’s inconsistent application of the Columbia Point Master Plan was once more a source of neighborhood frustration as a Boston Redevelopment... Read more
An attempt to rezone two parcels of Cedar Grove Cemetery land abutting Granite Avenue was put on hold on at a zoning hearing Wednesday after neighbors and Zoning Commission members aired concerns about the future use of the land.
Cemetery trustees are... Read more
Dorchester developer Douglas George is proposing a large residential development for a swath of Massachusetts Avenue occupied until recently by a car dealership and industrial firms.
The Development company Roseclair Boston, LLC, for which George is the... Read more
Paralympic runner Chaz Davis, who is legally blind, won the annual Martin Richard Memorial One Mile Invitational, which was held on Aug. 18 at Moakley Park in South Boston. The event honors the life of Dorchester’s own Martin Richard and benefits the YES... Read more
A newly published Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) report that examines residential and employment patterns— and related commuter flows— in Greater Boston reveals some interesting statistics about Dorchester and Mattapan. The report uses data from US... Read more
Dot Park Gala
The health of a city neighborhood can be evaluated in many different ways. How well we maintain, respect, and use our public parks is chief among them. It’s telling, then, that one of this community’s finest jewels – Dorchester Park – will... Read more
Contractors have begun work on a $500,000 public works project in Mattapan Square. The 800-foot median strip along Blue Hill Avenue between River and Babson streets will be rebuilt and lined with plantings supported by a new irrigation system. Large... Read more
Boston firefighter and organized labor leader Ed Kelly was elected to a leadership position in the International Association of Fire Fighters, a union that says it represents "more than 300,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics in more... Read more
Hunched around a meeting table late one evening in early May, stomachs full of pizza, members of the Franklin Park Coalition committee searching for a new executive director turned their eyes toward one of their own.
Consultant Rickie Thompson had just... Read more
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