Civics
MBTA Lot: Roughly two dozen vehicles were parked in the T’s Mattapan lot early Monday afternoon. Lauren Dezenski photo
A Hyde Park-based charter school is in talks to buy an MBTA parking lot in Mattapan Square and build a new school next to the T trolley... Read more
One of the more intriguing initiatives of the Walsh administration kicks off this Saturday on the South Boston waterfront. The mayor’s newly branded Civic Academy will offer a class on how residents can use technology and social media to plug into City... Read more
Bridge replacement work to shut section Aug 8-17
For ten days next month – from Aug. 8 to Aug. 17 – the well-traveled section of Morton Street above the railroad tracks and near the Norfolk Street intersection will be closed to traffic as the state lays... Read more
Ventura Park’s playground equipment and baseball field are about to get a major upgrade, thanks to a $250,000 shot of state funding promoted by two Dorchester legislators.
The money, earmarked by state Rep. Daniel Cullinane and state Sen. Linda Dorcena... Read more
Summer kicks-off at Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester: The ZAC Foundation is running a water safety ZAC Camp at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester this week.
1990 was a tough year in Dorchester. The murder rate was at an all-time high, drug-fueled... Read more
An emerging plan to build a multi-story condominium complex along a key stretch of Washington Street in Lower Mills is getting re-vamped this week after civic and merchant leaders pushed back against an initial proposal that they said was too tall and... Read more
Dorchester’s Polish Triangle is ground zero for the housing development spilling into Boston’s largest neighborhood. Case in point: At last week’s meeting of the John W. McCormack Civic Association, which oversees Dot’s northernmost village commonly... Read more
National Grid gas line replacement project has begun along Adams Street near Adams Village. Construction crews from Feeney Brothers Excavation will be replacing old natural gas pipes with new infrastructure over the next four months. The work is... Read more
Gene Gorman is focusing on three letters: RSA.
The new executive director of Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets operates on acronyms, something the one-time professor says used to drive his students nuts.
Gorman is anything but simply a former professor and his... Read more
Adams Village Business Association Honorees: Det. Steve Charbonnier, left, and Tom CifrinoA Boston Police detective with deep roots in Dorchester and a businessman who is making a big investment in the neighborhood’s future are being recognized this week... Read more
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