Civics
But Brian Golden knows that boom times don’t last long
Riding the wave of the city’s largest building boom in a half-century, Brian Golden, the chief of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, expects no let-up in the break-neck pace of new construction... Read more
The Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) for Mattapan will meet Monday evening — an early step in an effort by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services to assess the program’s citywide effectiveness and overhaul it to better fit the needs of unique... Read more
Barbara McDonough with her husband Vinnie. Harry Brett photo
Barbara McDonough’s column, “View From Pope’s Hill,” made its debut in September 1983, in the first issue of The Reporter, and like the author herself, the column was conversational, informative... Read more
Bostonians will be able to ring in the New Year in a whole new way on Thursday night and Friday. The trend-setting First Night celebrations will be very different from those in previous years.
Overall the programming has been drastically curtailed due to... Read more
Susan Menino Fenton, right, handed out gifts to youngsters at the St. Peter's Teen Center on Christmas Eve. Caleb Nelson photo
Memories of the late Tom Menino filled the gym in Saint Peter’s Teen Center on Christmas Eve. Hundreds of kids gathered with... Read more
Sheldon Lee,: the music director at Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, will lead the concert at the Christmas Eve Mass. Photo courtesy Marta CarneyOn Thursday afternoon, Dorchester’s Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s church will be filled beyond... Read more
A rendering shows the Indigo Block, a mixed-use development planned for East Cottage Street in Uphams Corner. Image courtesy Epsilon Associates, Inc.
A team led by Dorchester Bay EDC last week filed initial plans for a new mixed-use development that could... Read more
The Roberts Playground Play Area on Dunbar Avenue is set to be renovated next summer and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department is seeking public input through an online survey.
Planned renovations to the park include the playground, pathways,... Read more
Fair housing advocates are challenging a component of the Walsh administration’s new version of an Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP), claiming the boundaries of “affordable” rents are pushed to heights which will exclude families reliant on housing... Read more
Boston Globe property: Based in Dorchester since 1958: The news organization will move to new quarters on State Street.
The Boston Globe announced today that it will relocate from its Morrissey Boulevard headquarters to downtown Boston in 2017. Along... Read more
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