The annual Black History month celebration at Keystone Apartments typically draws a crowd of seniors and — over the years— draws supportive politicians eager to greet the Neponset building’s highly-engaged residents, who...
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After hours of debate, the Boston City Council has once again sent Mayor Wu’s tax relief proposal to Beacon Hill. It was a nearly unanimous vote at 12-1, with Councillor Ed Flynn the lone “no” vote for the measure, which ... Read more.
“Blood on the Streets,” a Boston Globe investigative series that dives deeply into the history of a decades-long feud in Boston’s Cape ... Read more.
Boston Police officers with a search warrant arrested a Randolph man in a Cummins Highway apartment near Mattapan Square last Wednesday morning (Feb. 12) during an operation that police say yielded a loaded rifle, three ... Read more.
Dorchester native Herb Chambers has agreed to sell his chain of car dealerships to a Georgia-based company in a deal worth $1.34 billion, according to a report on Tuesday in The Boston Globe, which said the 83-year-old ... Read more.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester closed abruptly on Tuesday, but will reopen to the public Wednesday, following a chaotic sequence of events triggered by a White House executive order that ... Read more.
Flooding along the Neponset River inundated Milton station on the Mattapan High-Speed Trolley Line on Tuesday morning, prompting a rescue operation by the Milton Fire Department after a trolley with six passengers and an ... Read more.
The city’s contentious Squares + Streets re-zoning program for Codman Square and Four Corners has been put on pause until 2026, Planning Department officials confirmed this week.
The reason: to do more study in ... Read more.
This morning, residents and business owners throughout the Greater Ashmont Main Street district woke up to messages of love and kindness spread around the neighborhood. But it wasn't Cupid’s doing.
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The dizzying array of executive orders that President Donald Trump is handing down has put state and local government officials in Massachusetts in steady monitoring mode, and the mayor of Boston says her team has been ... Read more.
Danielle Legros Georges, a writer and teacher who was born in Haiti and served as Boston's Poet Laureate under Mayor Martin J. Walsh, died on Feb. 11 at her home in Dorchester, according to a post made by her family today ... Read more.
Mayor Wu calls ‘opt-in’ rent control idea ‘fake’
Mayoral challenger Josh Kraft released new details about his positions on housing “access and affordability” this morning in the first in-depth ... Read more.
While he was in middle school, Nasir Camille trained with the Boston Lions Track Club. Then last fall, he ventured out of the den, entered the world of high school track, and the former Lion quickly became the king of the ... Read more.
Every winter, players from across the city battle to be “Boston’s Best” at the Mayor’s Cup Ice Hockey Tournament, and this year three Dot teams — Mite AAA, Squirt AAA, and Squirt A— took home the titles in their ... Read more.
One of the nation’s most successful fast-food chains is looking to Mattapan and Dorchester for franchise partners with an eye towards possible new locations in the city.
Company executives held a “Chicken Chat” ... Read more.
To the Editor:
The challenges facing small businesses in marginalized communities are real, and commercial real estate dynamics often make it even harder for them to survive. Too often, high rents and inflexible ... Read more.
The Boston City Council is considering a home rule petition that would fundamentally reshape the governance of the Boston School Committee. Introduced on Jan. 8 by Councillor Julia Mejia and co-sponsored by five of her ... Read more.
Gov. Healey will be running for reelection, she told reporters last week. And while it’s too early to know if she’ll have an ... Read more.
Dorchester’s Stan McLaren has been named chief executive officer of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) as the organization marks its 40th anniversary. He most recently worked as the president of ... Read more.
Cristo Rey Boston High School on Savin Hill Avenue announced the recipients of the 2024-2025 Gilhooley Scholarship Awards this month. Established in 2006, the scholarships go to college-bound students who have achieved ... Read more.
Students at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Lower Mills campus are celebrating Black History Month with a door-decorating competition in the Dorchester Avenue school’s hallways. Students and teachers have 23 doors ... Read more.
Gov. Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said last Friday. “When Kim [Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll] and I started, we laid out in our inaugural address things that we wanted to do. We wanted to get after housing, ... Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Aizavier Roache, 31, of Roxbury, to more than four years in prison for selling at least six guns that he obtained from a source who bought them at gun shops in South Carolina.
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City-sponsored open house will share the design of a new community center in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester on Thurs., Feb. 13, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public ... Read more.
The city of Quincy moved its battle against a new Long Island Bridge into court last week, asking a judge to overturn the state’s approval of Boston’s plan to replace the span that was demolished in 2014 due to safety ... Read more.
Deaths caused by opioid-related overdoses dropped by nearly 40 percent last summer, according to data released by the Boston Public Health Commission on Jan. 29. The statistics tracked between May and August 2024 saw an ... Read more.
