Politics
The Massachusetts unemployment rate in September fell to 3.6 percent, its lowest level since June 2001. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday morning that Bay State employers added 5,100 jobs in September, helping to... Read more
Notoriously difficult-to-navigate Kosciuszko Circle will undergo a traffic study as part of a state commitment to an $11 million infrastructure investment in South Boston and Dorchester.
Along with improvements to Day Boulevard and Columbia Road in... Read more
The small rectangular brick building housing the All Dorchester Sports League (ADSL) is slowly but surely caving to the ravages of time and the elements. With no hot water, a fragile heating system supplemented by unreliable space heaters, broken windows... Read more
Dorchester has a local voice on the Zoning Board of Appeals with the March appointment of real estate agent Craig Galvin. The 47-year-old Dorchester native spoke to the Reporter on Tuesday about his experience on the city board that gives approval to... Read more
In the two years since the Long Island Bridge was closed, cutting off access to the homeless shelter on the island, Boston officials say they have ramped up efforts to combat chronic homelessness, citing increases in shelter and program beds along with an... Read more
The Republican nominee for president –whose name shall not be written in this space for reasons of good taste – has succeeded mightily in lathering a once-Grand Old Party with all manner of slime and shame over the last year and a half. The Republican... Read more
Civic meeting: The Colorado Street Citizens Group met at the Mattahunt School last month. Photo courtesy Rep. Dan Cullinane
Looking up Longfellow Street this morning, I want to scream over the hill to the Boston Globe: “Again?!?!” I live in the area of... Read more
A discussion about the cultural identity of the Irish in the wake of the Easter Rising of 1916 and about current events in the country at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate in Dorchester on Tuesday night (Sept. 27) was marked by the... Read more
High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat opposite groups," a new poll found... Read more
Addressing a business breakfast crowd Tuesday morning, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh celebrated the success of his city's economy, but concluded that benefits are not reaching enough Bostonians and vowed to tackle racial and economic inequity in the city.... Read more
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