Civics
One of my favorite songs is “Georgia on My Mind.” Over the last few months, and especially over the past few days, I could hear myself humming … “Fields Corner is on my mind.”
Last month, VietAID celebrated its 20th anniversary, an event coincident with... Read more
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday announced that he had installed new Licensing Board members in an overhaul of the body that regulates alcohol, food, and hotels within city limits.
The new members are Hyde Park attorney Christine Pulgini, Lisa Maki,... Read more
Members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association got their first real chance to assess a proposed 92-unit development at Hancock Street and Pleasant Street on Monday, with some taking issue with traffic flow and potential congestion from the project... Read more
Even as residents from Dorchester to Readville celebrate the arrival of the first-ever weekend service on the enhanced Fairmount Line, a coalition of neighborhood groups is planning to launch a grassroots campaign aimed at pre-empting the large-scale... Read more
On Friday night, community members from the Codman Square and Four Corners neighborhoods gathered at the Great Hall for the 2014 Hidden Heroes/Sheroes award night, co-hosted by the Codman Square Neighborhood Council and the Greater Four Corners Action... Read more
Returning for second year: Patrick Brophy was shown after finishing last year's marathon for Team MR8 with sons Finbarr and Patrick.The Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation (Team MR8) has named 59 runners to its roster for the 2015 BAA Boston Marathon... Read more
A longtime manufacturing plant a stone's throw from Savin Hill T Station is now on the market after an August sale to an out-of-state company, the Reporter has learned. James Russell Engineering Works Inc., located at the corner of Dorchester Ave. and... Read more
Mary Grow, John Miles, Jean Medico and Bridget O’Hara pose for a photo with their commendations from Mayor Martin Walsh, City Councillor Frank Baker, and “favorite first responder notes” from Miles on Monday. Lauren Dezenski photo
John Miles’s dog Lucy... Read more
City Councillor Tito Jackson has not ruled out a potential override effort from the City Council after Mayor Martin Walsh nixed Jackson’s proposed Commission on Black and Latino Men and Boys on Monday.
“Any veto override is something that the council has... Read more
Mayor Walsh and the Dorchester Holiday Celebrations Committee will light the neighborhood’s holiday trees in a City View trolley-stop tour of ten villages on Sat., Nov. 29.
The tour starts at 3:30 p.m. at Port Norfolk at Redfield Street. The tour will... Read more