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Now you can tour the state-of-the art Fields Corner Business Lab without ever having to leave your desk. Local photographer Mike Ritter partnered with Google to begin photographing businesses for Google Business View, which takes Google’s Street View... Read more
A diverse cross-section of the Dorchester community turned out to celebrate and honor three of our own serving in the armed forces in Afghanistan at the neighborhood’s National Night Out festivities at Town Field Park in Fields Corner on Tuesday night. “... Read more
When Marcy Goldstein-Gelb hears something described as a “freak accident,” a buzzer goes off in her head. Executive director of the Dorchester-based Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH), Goldstein-Gelb said many accidents... Read more
It was a tough sell back in 1978: convince farmers from the far edges of the state to travel to Boston’s core to sell their wares at three of the city’s first farmers markets. “Many of them were a little concerned about coming out, asking ‘will we make it... Read more
Rosanne FoleyFields Corner is about to get a shot in the arm from one of its most active and avid supporters: Rosanne Foley. A Dorchester resident since 1986, but making up for lost time ever since, Foley has been involved in some aspect of the... Read more
Meetinghouse Bank, the longtime Dorchester-based community bank with branches in Lower Mills and Roslindale Square, is eyeing a possible expansion into Fields Corner. The bank, which owns a property at 1281 Dorchester Avenue, has engaged a firm to study... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that Ernest Watkins IV, charged with first-degree murder for a fatal Fields Corner stabbing in 2012, can be tried as an adult. Watkins, 14 at the time of Cherby LaJoie's murder outside the Fields Corner Red Line... Read more
Dot House: Dorchester House President and CEO Walter Ramos is shown, left, with Head Lifeguard Dirk Bovell next to the pool facility which re-opened this week at the Dot House after a $600,000 renovation project. Photo by Bill Forry After a year-long... Read more
Town Field: A view from aboveWith just a week for artists to put their hat in the ring for a $250,000 installation at Fields Corner, only out-of-town artists have submitted their qualifications. “This is a great budget and a great opportunity,” said... Read more
Boston Police who responded to a shooting in Fields Corner last evening had their hands full when the victim - who had just taken a bullet to the back after an argument - refused to cooperate and started struggling with the officers, according to a report... Read more

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