On Centre Street, a ‘celebratory’ return for ... - Dorchester
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Neighborhood House Charter School welcomed students back to their Centre Street campus on Thursday with warm greetings and big hopes that this academic year will be more peaceful and less menacing than last year, when the end of the term was interrupted by threats and a shooting incident near Shawmut station that police said targeted a student.
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WEBOver the past few weeks three boxers, each at a different point in his professional career, have made some noise in the ring. While they vary in age and weight class, their deep Dorchester roots have tied them together...
Ward 14 Dems back Cartwright for SJC Clerk - Dorchester
WEBAug 26, 2024 · A Dorchester ward committee has endorsed Allison Cartwright in her campaign for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. The Ward 14 Democratic Committee announced their endorsement on Monday. “On behalf of the Ward 14 Democratic Committee, I’m excited to endorse a leader who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the legal system to this important
Feds charge Dot sober home operator | Dorchester Reporter
WEBAug 19, 2021 · Federal prosecutors have charged a Dorchester man who operates residential sober homes with sexually harassing female tenants. Peter McCarthy, 49, runs sober homes through Steps to Solutions Inc.
‘Simply unsafe’ – Pols, advocates mount urgent push to save …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · For a few minutes on Aug. 7, the entrance to the offices of Boston’s city councillors looked like a scene at a hospital. Lining up at the reception desk were about a dozen people seeking a kind of late-stage emergency response. They were nurses, some dressed in scrubs, who wanted to keep the Carney Hospital in Dorchester open beyond the expected closing date of August 31—a
Politics | Dorchester Reporter
WEBA unified group of elected officials of color, union advocates, and civil rights attorneys rallied beside Councillor Julia Mejia on Wednesday morning in calling for an audit of the city’s hiring, firing, discipline, and promotional processes – noting that...
Boston Lights display returns to Franklin Park Zoo
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Boston Lights re-opened this month at Franklin Park Zoo in a bigger and better format than ever before – with additional areas of the zoo now open for a longer tour of even more amazing, illuminated creatures. This year, a larger-than-life butterfly is situated in a corner of the Zoo rarely seen behind the bird sanctuary. Meanwhile, prepare to be dazzled as you are surrounded
A grand reopening at IBEW’s Dot campus | Dorchester Reporter
WEBDec 27, 2023 · A much improved $10 million Joint Apprentice Training Center (JATC) is now open on the Dorchester campus of the IBEW Local 103, where some 2,000 apprentice electricians are learning state-of-the-art technology in expanded classrooms and collaborative spaces. Union officials gathered on Dec. 7 to celebrate the re-opening of the space at 194 Freeport St. that it shares with the
Lynch is ‘off and running’ for 12th term in Congress
WEBMar 16, 2022 · US Congressman Stephen Lynch, a South Boston Democrat in office since 2001, is making a bid for another two-year term. “I’ve already got two opponents,” Lynch said this week while leaving an event announcing the designation of the Lower Neponset River as a Superfund site, unlocking money and resources for a cleanup of contaminants. “We’re off and running again.”
Petitioners seek to blunt idea of a Columbia Rd. bus lane
WEBAug 28, 2024 · A group of residents and merchants who oppose the idea of a dedicated center bus lane on Columbia Road have been gathering signatures this summer from like-minded people as they seek to pre-empt any official effort to add bus lanes to the 2.5 mile Dorchester-South Boston artery. The city of Boston launched its Columbia Road Transportation Action Plan earlier this year and