The Codman Square Farmer’s Market welcomed multiple farm stands, a cooking demonstration, and a group of aerialists who performed in Rev. Loesch/Wainwright Park on Saturday morning and afternoon as part of a program sponsored by the organization Dorchester Speak for the Trees.
The co-owners of The Daily Market are on a mission to make 110 Savin Hill the “heartbeat” of the community, and with the opening of The Nightly Test Kitchen last month, James Baker and John McDonough are starting to feel a pulse.
Though the summer is coming to an end, there is still plenty to celebrate in the community, and from 3 to 7 p.m. this coming Sunday afternoon (Aug. 31), the focus will be on musicians and other creatives based at Dorchester’s own The Record Co (TRC).
Irish music is alive, vibrant, and evolving, carrying the heartbeat of tradition while bursting with fresh energy. Step into a pub in Dublin or Galway today, and you’ll find young musicians trading tunes that feel both timeless and thrillingly new. That same spirit will fill Suffolk Downs September 7 and 8
Two Boston-based educators are leading the charge to standardize the Cape Verdean Kriolu by authoring a dictionary that they hope can be used to teach the language more broadly.
By Arielle Gray, WBUR
In 1974, photographer Constantine Manos spent nine months taking thousands of photos of people and neighborhoods across Boston.
The five original members of the R&B super-group New Edition will return “right back where they started from” this weekend for a long-overdue salute from the same city that seems to sometimes forget that the “NE crew” are the original native sons that “blew-up” back in the day
By Eve Zuckoff, WBUR
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and one of Boston’s top immigration officials threatened more funding cuts and stepped-up enforcement in the city following Mayor Wu’s fiery defense of local policies.
By Andrea Permodo-Hernandez, WBUR
As Boston commuters gripe about traffic on the roads and delayed trains underground, another mode of public transportation is gaining more ridership and attention: ferries.
The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (CSNDC) has switched course from plans to renovate its headquarters space at the corner of Southern Avenue and Washington Street with a new filing that proposes a full demolition and reconstruction project and minimal expansion.
Eighteen years ago, Michelle Wu, a Chicago native and recent Harvard graduate with a degree in Economics, was working in the private sector for a consulting firm when a family crisis changed the course of her life, calling her home to Illinois, then back to Boston, this time with a new sense of mission.
For the first time in a while, the former Dorchester Tire shop at 1160 Dorchester Ave. drew a crowd Sunday to its parking lot — and no one had a flat.
According to a review of reports filed by the various campaigns with the state’s Office of Political Campaign Finance (OCPF), Louijeune has — by far—the biggest campaign war chest, with $188,461 cash on hand in early August. That figure comes after she had already spent roughly $98,000 this year.
All of the citywide candidates for Boston City Council support a dramatic change to the way the city governs its school district, according to a survey prepared by The Reporter and the Boston Municipal Research Bureau this month.
The inspection services division and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) are the two city-run agencies most in need of reform, according to nine candidates running to fill four at-large seats on the city council.