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WEBAt a hearing on Sept. 12, four days after an article in The Economist hailed Boston as the “safest big city in America,” District 4 (Dorchester/Mattapan) City Councillor Brian Worrell was focused on the state of a smaller...
Engineers work on K-Circle re-design | Dorchester Reporter
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Engineers work on K-Circle re-design. Three alternative plans are being eyed for the potential reconfiguration of Kosciuszko Circle — the notoriously-clogged traffic rotary near Columbia Point. Often referred to as “K-Circle,” the rotary is currently being studied by a team of engineers, according to a spokesperson for MassDOT. The study ...
Teams from Dot dominate in ‘Crew Love’ basketball play
WEBAug 21, 2024 · In the battle of neighborhood hoop squads, Dorchester came out on top in the highly anticipated Crew Love basketball tournament in Harambee Park the weekend of Aug. 10-11. The showcase games of hoops talent, now in its 12th year, brings with it neighborhood braggin’ rights – and both the men and women teams took the trophy over their Roxbury rivals.
New apartment complex approved on Boston Street
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a local developer's plans for a 90-unit apartment building at 115-121 Boston St. in Dorchester.. The units in Adam Burns's new complex - with one wing five stories, the other six - will be smaller in size than normally allowed, under the city's "compact living" pilot - of between 450 square feet for studios up to 950 square feet for three-bedroom ...
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WEBScobie’s Café & Bar, Boston’s newest Irish pub and restaurant, opened its doors and pulled its first pints for the public on Sept. 6. Husband-and-wife owners John and Anne Lydon have created a space that seeks to ...
Lit Drop | A changing of the guard, and a name with deep roots in ...
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · In 1976, South Boston’s Michael Joseph Donovan won a nine-way Democratic primary for the down-ballot job of Suffolk Superior Court Clerk for Civil Business. He was the youngest person ever elected to the position, and over the next forty-six years and eight elections, he faced few opponents. But Donovan has quietly retired from the job, which paid $164,000 in 2022, and since
Pizzeria plan fires up controversy in Fields Corner biz district
WEBAugust 21, 2024. A view of the 1500-block of Dorchester Avenue, where a proposal for a Papa John’s pizza storefront, at left, is now at issue. Cassidy McNeeley photo. The proposed opening of national pizza chain Papa John’s in a now-vacant Dorchester Avenue storefront continues to cook-up controversy in Fields Corner this week.
J’ouvert route changed for Saturday’s Caribbean Carnival
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The early-morning J’ouvert parade that kicks off the annual Boston Caribbean Carnival will take place in a new location this weekend as city leaders and event organizers seek to pre-empt any violence that has disrupted past events. Eight people were shot at last summer’s “daybreak” event on Talbot Avenue next to Franklin Field. All of the victims survived and two men were
A bookstore blooms in Fields Corner | Dorchester Reporter
WEBAug 21, 2024 · What ends up as a bookstore begins with something else, even if the idea for one bookstore in Dorchester can be sparked by another. Before moving ahead with plans for a bookstore opening later this year in Fields Corner, Bing Broderick and Porsha Olayiwola had worked together on poetry slams at the Haley House Bakery Café near Nubian Square in Roxbury, starting in 2014.
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WEBPage 2 THE REPORTER April 25, 2024 dotnews.com A Massachusetts dele-gation led by Gov. Healey , Mayor Wu, and UMa-ss Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco