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.
Earlier this...
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From a diner on Bowdoin Street to a Jamaican restaurant on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan, the Boston Licensing Board on Thursday awarded several new beer-and-wine and all-alcohol licenses to restaurants across Dorchester ... 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.
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.
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.
Officers from C-11 have arrested a man from Virginia who they believe was involved in a rash of commercial breaks stretching from December through January that targeted businesses and ATMs.
Derek Ford, 39, was ... Read more.
The pro women’s soccer team that will use Franklin Park’s White Stadium as its home playing field has followed through on a key provision of its lease commitment with the city of Boston by depositing $25 million into an ... Read more.
Just three days after officially launching his campaign for Mayor of Boston, Josh Kraft announced the addition of four advisors to his team, including Senior Campaign Advisor Michael Kineavy, the former chief of policy ... Read more.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Aizavier Roache, 31, of Roxbury, to 4 3/4 years in prison for selling at least six guns he'd obtained from a pal who bought them at gun shops in South Carolina.
One of those ... Read more.
The city of Quincy moved its battle against a new Long Island Bridge into court on Thursday, asking a judge to overturn the state's approval of Boston's proposed bridge reconstruction, which would let Boston rebuild the ... Read more.
MBTA commuters might bump into at least one mayoral candidate in their travels this week.
Josh Kraft— who announced his plan to run for ... Read more.
Every year since 1904, on the first Sunday of June, thousands of people line Dorchester Avenue to watch a 3-mile parade led by the honorary mayor of Dorchester.
This year, the mayor might look a little fluffier ... Read more.
Peter O’Malley’s journey, his son Joe records, “started in a small farmhouse in Ireland, trudged through much uncertainty, and eventually led him to solid ground in Dorchester.” Last Saturday, his family and friends took ... Read more.
My neighbor Debbie Weathers, who died on Dec. 19 at age 69 after a short bout with cancer, was always smiling, always pleasant, and her time-tested composure is very much missed in our West of Washington (WOW) ... Read more.
As a small business owner, I’ve experienced first-hand how difficult it is to establish and maintain a business in Boston. After a fire destroyed the Blue Hill Avenue building that housed my business, The Biz Barbershop, ... Read more.
So, Boston will have a mayor’s race after all.
And that, no matter where your loyalties lie now or come November, is a good thing.
Our city’s model of government is sometimes referred to as a “strong mayor” ... Read more.
Jada Trench of Mattapan, a junior at Howard University studying Pre-Law, is the newest recipient of a City Kids scholarship.
The group, founded by City Realty, awards ten $1,000 scholarships each year to ... Read more.
The principal at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Lower Mills campus and one of her star pupils will be honored for their service to community during an award ceremony this weekend in Boston’s Seaport district.
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