Civics
This Sunday at noon, runners from all over Dorchester will take part in the annual Project D.E.E.P. and Blarney Stone Dorchester Day 5K.
Event planners from Project D.E.E.P., the Dorchester Educational Enrichment Program, which provides weekly one-on-one... Read more
The annual Little Miss/Young Miss Dorchester contest was held May 14 at the First Parish Church on Meetinghouse Hill. The event is held each year in the spring for girls ages 7 to 12. The purpose of the event is to celebrate young girls in Dorchester... Read more
Fifty years ago, Jack Cunningham, a pilot in the US Marine Corps, was a crew member of the presidential helicopter Marine One that ferried Lyndon B. Johnson and his staff to their destinations.
Cunningham’s years as a Marine pilot and, later, as a... Read more
Community members will have another chance to comment on the Indigo Block redevelopment project next Wednesday when the Boston Redevelopment Authority will be presenting an update on the long-vacant 2.75-acre site in Uphams Corner.
Indigo Block, so named... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh’s recommended General Fund operating budget for fiscal 2017, starting July 1, totals $2.97 billion, an increase of $114.8 million, or 4.0 percent, over the prior year’s budget. This is a more thoughtful budget after two years in office... Read more
The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation will make a $3 million gift for the park being constructed along Fort Point Channel in honor of Martin W. Richard, the Dorchester boy who was the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings. The park is... Read more
The Boston Public Library Board of Trustees over the weekend voted to offer the job of president of the Boston Public Library to Jill Bourne, city librarian for the San Jose Public Library since 2013. Bourne was deputy city librarian in San Francisco from... Read more
Thelma BurnsThelma D. Burns, longtime community activist, advocate and volunteer, will be honored on May 20 at the dedication of the Thelma D. Burns Building in Roxbury. The event, hosted by ABCD Board Chair John P. McGahan and ABCD President/CEO John J.... Read more
Dorchester will honor those who gave their life in service to the country in Memorial Day parade and observances set for next Monday, May 30. The parade, which annually attracts more than 1,000 people, will begin at 10 a.m. at the John P. McKeon AmVets... Read more
Before the James Blake House was moved in 1895 to a part of what was then Dorchester Common near the newly named Edward Everett Square, a pond on the property had to be filled in. Neighbors contributed their trash to the damp site to help top off the fill... Read more
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