Veteran Boston journalist and election expert Chris Lovett joined Bill Forry from the Dorchester Reporter and DotLife host Erin Caldwell to highlight the week’s news, including election results, Mayor Wu’s State of the Schools address, Savin Bar + Kitchen takes down its Whitey/Flemmi decor, and what’s next for Morrissey Boulevard.
More than 45,000 people have been buried at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Dorchester since 1870, but not all of them have been memorialized in the same way when it comes to gravesites. In 2021, while walking her dog during the Covid lockdown, Joyce Linehan, whose back porch overlooks the cemetery, noticed the discrepancies.
A recent visit to Dorchester, UK doesn’t- at first blush— reveal many commonalities between Dorchester, Mass. and its namesake. One is a bustling, modern neighborhood in a former British colony; the other is a pastoral market town and the county seat of Dorset, just seven miles from the English Channel.
Laughter, hip-hop, and the smells of soul food filled the air behind Epiphany School on Sunday as more than 200 people gathered to celebrate the unveiling of a mural celebrating Black joy and youth. The mural, “Breathe Life: 8piphany” by Boston artist Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs, stretches across the school’s rear façade.
Lanterns and lions – and a few thousand people – celebrated on Town Field last Saturday for the annual Mid-Autumn Festival – a traditional Vietnamese event marking the harvest, performances, family, and the full moon.
While on a family vacation some five years ago, Alafia Young, then a mechanical engineer and event planner, took her two young daughters to a nail salon, hoping to share with them the rest and relaxation she and other adults enjoy on their visits.
