Civics
Dorchester and Mattapan: Garden and Farm Map: Click top open as PDF. Image by Caleb NelsonEven as the snow keeps falling, farmers are tending to crops growing all around Boston, toiling behind hedges and white picket fences, on rooftops, and in abandoned... Read more
Lauren Woods, a Boston police officer and Dorchester resident, has always wanted to run in the Boston Marathon at least once in her life. This year, she has a really good reason to finally do it.
Woods was one of the officers at the finish line when the... Read more
About a hundred community members got their first look at the proposed Morrissey Boulevard revamp at a Department of Conservation and Recreation public meeting on Monday night at the Leahy Holloran Community Center where DCR officials laid out their top... Read more
IBEW Local 103 will host a Boston Building Trades’ Veterans & Military Families Benefits Expo on Sat., April 16 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The event is open to the public, but will be specifically geared towards the membership of both Local Union 103 and... Read more
The former home of a nursing school across from Ashmont Station will be razed to make room for a five-story apartment complex aimed at “middle-income” residents with a first-floor commercial space under a plan filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority... Read more
As our communities face a dramatic uptick in opiate-related deaths and overdoses, state and city policymakers are working together to find ways to increase the quality and availability of treatment facilities for those in need, as well as address regular... Read more
The city solicited input for its Imagine Boston 2030 plan from residents at community workshops in Mattapan and Dorchester last Monday. Attendees answered the call by identifying areas in need of housing, transportation, and investment.
Another two... Read more
Bayside Expo sign: Workers were seen inspecting the structure on Mt. Vernon Street on Wednesday morning. Reporter photo by Bill ForryCompany says 100 foot sign tower should be taken down "immediately"
A key Columbia Point property owner is pushing back... Read more
Ten local elected officials are urging the the MassDOT Fiscal and Management Control Board to approve a $3 million appropriation to fund the Mattapan trolley. In a letter authored by Rep. Dan Cullinane and acquired by the Reporter, the officials fervently... Read more
James NewtonFive years ago, James Newton received a mailing from Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP). It was an invitation to learn more about the agency’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, which helps put Section 8 voucher-holders on a... Read more