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Fields Corner Papa John's approved after agreeing to add salads to menu, bar out-front food pickups

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:26:12 +0000

Reporter Staff

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved a proposed Papa John's at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner after the franchisee agreed to add salads, and possibly other healthy offerings to its menu - and to require all delivery drivers to make pickups through a rear door rather than clogging up the already crowded street out front.

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Mattapan Domino's gets approval for delivery into the early morning

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:57:29 +0000

Reporter Staff

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday voted to approve plans by the Domino's at 1514 Blue Hill Ave. to extend its closing time to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday - with delivery only via car.

At a hearing Wednesday, nobody spoke against the idea of extending the closing time from the current midnight, which the franchise owner said would let it better meet demand, especially from third-shift workers and first responder who are up and hungry at 2 a.m.

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Neponset's Dorset Hall to be reborn with new owners, name, interior

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:53:06 +0000

Reporter Staff

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved plans by a downtown restaurant and bar group to branch out and buy the closed Dorset Hall, 367-271 Neponset Ave. in Dorchester, and re-open it as an Irish pub called McGonagle’s.

After putting $500,000 into interior renovations, the East Coast Tavern Group will open McGonagle's in late September or early October, its attorney, Andrew Upton, told the licensing board at a hearing on Wednesday.

Upton promised "the same atmosphere (as Dorset Hall) but with elevated food."

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City’s ‘Legacy’ awards highlight small businesses in Dot, Mattapan

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:34:47 +0000

Harriet Gaye, Special to the Reporter

Last Tuesday (June 4), 30 Boston businesses were honored at the second annual Legacy Business Awards, a program intended to promote and enhance family-owned enterprises across the neighborhoods.

After a selection process by the Wu administration and the City Council, seven of the businesses recognized were Dorchester- and Mattapan-based, shining a spotlight on the community including: Restaurant Cesaria, Rosa’s Liquors, Vaughn’s Fish and Chips, the Dorchester Reporter, Family Hardware Corp., Walnut Deluxe Cleaners and Tailors, and William Browne & Sons.

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AG’s office will seek 'accountability' on hospitals crisis, Campbell says

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:40:29 +0000

Bill Forry, Executive Editor

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said on Monday that her office intends to “hold folks accountable” for the financial crisis at Steward Health Care that threatens the stability of the state’s public health system. The Mattapan Democrat, who lives just blocks from the Steward-owned Carney Hospital, discussed the matter with the Reporter during a wide-ranging interview held on Monday in Lower Mills.

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Nominees sought for city’s Legacy Business awards; deadline is Friday

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:49:31 +0000

Taylor Brokesh, Special to the Reporter

The deadline to nominate a local small business for the city’s Legacy Business Program has been extended to this Friday (Feb. 23). This is the second year that the mayor’s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI)is hosting the program, which is intended to highlight enterprises with deep roots in the communities they serve.

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Healey: 'Time has come' for Steward to transfer its hospitals

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:26:10 +0000

Chris Lisinski, State House News Service

Escalating her administration's response to a potential health care crisis, Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday suggested Steward Health Care transfer its Massachusetts hospitals— including Dorchester's Carney Hospital— to new operators "as soon as possible" and demanded long-sought financial information about the for-profit system in the next few days.

Healey penned a three-page letter to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, which her office publicized, alleging that his team has "not been forthcoming, truthful or responsive" about the apparent financial distress the hospitals are facing.

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St. Mary's Center for Women and Children wins approval for Jones Hill expansion

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:21:05 +0000

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A proposal by St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children to expand their footprint on Jones Hill and offer new housing for low-income families won approval from the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) on Thursday. The project will include renovations to the facility's existing building, housed in the former St. Margaret's Hospital, which provides shelter and services to young parents and their children.

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Morrissey Commission meeting focused on climate resiliency

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:54:36 +0000

Taylor Brokesh, Special to the Reporter

About 30 people attended meeting held at UMass Boston

Members of the state-run Morrissey Boulevard Commission discussed climate resiliency options for the boulevard’s re-design during its second public meeting on Tuesday evening at UMass Boston. The session was one of four the Commission has planned to discuss reworking Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle to make them safer, more climate resilient and easier to navigate for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Gov. Healey monitors 'evolving situation' at Steward

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:19:26 +0000

Michael P. Norton, State House News Service

Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday she's focused on the "evolving situation" at fiscally challenged Steward Health Care, the company that runs nine hospitals in Massachusetts, with the goal of ensuring stability in the Massachusetts health care system.

Carney Hospital in Dorchester is one of the nine hospitals.

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Investors are driving city’s housing costs, planning report finds

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:19:44 +0000

Chris Lovett, Reporter Correspondent

The housing market pendulum that swung low in Boston’s poorest neighborhoods during the Great Recession has swung back and held steady, with a new wave of investors chasing profits and capitalizing on a tight regional supply, according to a new report by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

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Lower Mills shop has the goods for Dot-themed gifts

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:51:45 +0000

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter Correspondent

Still looking for that perfect gift for your Dot-obsessed friend or family member?

Triple Decker Candle Co. might have material that will make your day.

The shop at 2258 Dorchester Ave., which is owned and operated by Dot native Johanna Keough, sells a wide assortment of neighborhood-themed products – pillows, ornaments, and, of course, candles – made here in Boston from 100 percent soy wax.

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Next up for Adams Village: A cozy new Irish pub

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:46:49 +0000

Bill Forry, Executive Editor

John and Anne Lydon intend to bring a touch of Ireland’s West Coast to Dorchester’s most identifiably Irish business district by early next year. The couple, who own and manage the gateway commercial building at 512 Gallivan Blvd., are busy supervising the construction of a restaurant and pub inside a first-floor space.

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Artist-focused affordable condos proposed for Uphams Corner

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:39:56 +0000

Reporter Staff

A developer that that helped preserve artist studios in an old industrial building on Humphreys Street filed plans Friday to build a 21-unit condo building nearby in which all the units would be sold to people making no more than 80% to 100% of the Boston area median income - with 18 of them marketed to artists.

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Two Dunkin’ stores in Dot are under renovation; one will open on Wednesday

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:41:25 +0000

A couple of Dunkin Donuts stores in Dorchester are getting substantial facelifts this month as the franchise owner seeks to modernize and improve his stores in the neighborhood.

Clayton Turnbull, CEO of Dorchester-based Waldwin Group, said his company acquired several existing Dunkin’ locations in 2021, including the stores at 875 Morrissey Blvd. and 1931 Dorchester Ave., both of which have been closed in recent weeks.

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Neponset's Dorset Hall to be reborn with new owners, name, interior

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