Each year for nearly two decades, EdVestors has awarded a School on the Move prize to one of Boston’s most improved public schools to celebrate the bright spots within Boston Public Schools (BPS) and to share the...
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Trinity Financial Inc. acquired the Fitzpatrick Brothers Auto Body property on Centre Street next to Shawmut MBTA station last Tuesday (Dec. 10) for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is the culmination of a seven-year ... Read more.
Another housing-related showdown between the city of Boston and the Legislature is poised to unfold next year if city councillors embrace a push to shield renters from paying brokers’ fees.
City Councilor Liz ... Read more.
City councillors made quick work last Wednesday of setting Boston’s property tax rates for 2025 after a months-long campaign to shift the balance beyond normal limits collapsed in the Senate.
The council voted ... Read more.
Yanna G, whom The Reporter featured in a story earlier this year, was named “Best New Artist” at the Boston Music Awards (BMA) on Dec. 11. Ciana Gibson, the 20- year-old Dorchester native whose stage name is Yanna G, ... Read more.
“Dr Seusss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical,” which is now running through Dec. 23 at Boch Center - Wang Theatre, is a delightful whirlwind of chaos that perfectly captures the spirit of the holidays in ... Read more.
Participants in the Mildred Avenue Senior drop-in program recently learned from some of its members who are foster parents that kids in the care of the state’s Department of Youth Services (DYS) often move from home to ... Read more.
The Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) met in person at the new Pho Que restaurant on Adams Street on Dec. 3 to plan for next year while celebrating the holidays together.
The group’s president, Shamia Hicks, ... Read more.
The New Balance Foundation last week committed $5 million to support the construction of The FieldHouse, the $70-million facility that is scheduled to be built starting next year on Mount Vernon Street in Dorchester. The ... Read more.
Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell and her family are moving out of Mattapan for a new home in the South Coast Massachusetts town of Dartmouth in the new year. Campbell, who represented parts of Dorchester and Mattapan ... Read more.
Work crews fenced off Walsh Playground in Dorchester earlier this month and began work on the $3 million reconstruction of the seven-acre, city-owned park that is nestled between Lower Mills and Codman Hill. The project, ... Read more.
On Saturday afternoon a section of Minot Street and Ross Road filled up with hundreds of families, friends, and “fur babies” for Adams Village’s inaugural Holiday Stroll.
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Last year, Massachusetts launched the largest expansion in health care affordability since the Health Connector was first created nearly two decades ago. As a result, more than 55,000 Massachusetts residents were able to ... Read more.
Boston firefighters responded to 31 Hazelton St. around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
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A “working group” charged with making recommendations for the future re-use of the former Carney Hospital convened a listening session on Thursday night to hear from impacted residents in the wake of the hospital’s abrupt ... Read more.
ANTOINE, Eugenio Pierre of Dorchester, on Dec. 1 at age 84.
Born in Jacmel, Haiti, a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Eugenio touched countless lives with his warmth, generosity, and infectious kindness. ... Read more.
City councillors made quick work Wednesday of setting Boston's property tax rates for 2025 after a months-long campaign to shift the balance beyond normal limits collapsed in the Senate.
The city council voted ... Read more.
After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between Beacon Hill and City Hall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the "intensive process" of ... Read more.
A cascade of problems with Boston’s general election on Nov. 5 from ballot shortages to a flood of phone calls stemmed from a single math error.
That was the explanation Election Department officials gave on Dec. 6 ... Read more.
DotHouse Health has won a grant valued at close to $600,000 from the Health Resources and Service Administration, an agency of US Department of Health and Human Services, that will help the Dorchester facility expand its ... Read more.
Mattapan’s Nichole Sillice, 13, a student at the Tony Williams School of Dance who attends the Edith Baker School in Brookline, will be featured in the ‘Urban Nutcracker’ production at the Shubert Theatre beginning this ... Read more.
Dorchester’s Troylene Ali been recognized for her efforts to combat bullying and to prevent suicides among austistic kids and teens. She won an award from Vinfen, a non-profit in the Health and Human Services space at ... Read more.
The second annual Get LIT Thanksgiving Cook-off took place on Nov. 16 in Florian Hall and pitted rival cooks from Boston’s fire and police departments whose offerings were judged by elected officials and community leaders ... Read more.
Football players are used to acronyms like QB, OT, and WR, but last Tuesday night, New England Patriots players Demontrey Jacobs, Caleb Jones, and Tyrese Robinson had a new one to work with: AI, or artificial intelligence ... Read more.
The owners of a popular Haitian-American food truck operation are looking to open a 49-seat restaurant in Codman Square, hopefully with a new liquor license and, separately, a “fast-casual” location on Blue Hill Avenue ... Read more.
Youth hockey teams from across Boston – including Dorchester Youth Hockey (DYS) - will hit the ice to compete for the title of “Boston’s Best” at the 2024 Mayor’s Cup Ice Hockey Tournament. Hosted by the ... Read more.
