Mayor Michelle Wu took a bold step lasts week, leaning into her commitment to drive improvement in Boston Public Schools (BPS) on a very public stage. As part of her inaugural State of the Schools address, the mayor announced the launch of Wicked Math, a major expansion of advanced math opportunities for BPS students.
A privately owned vacant lot behind the Engine 18 firehouse in Peabody Square would be acquired by the city of Boston for $1.3 million to allow for the facility to expand on the site in the future.
Rev. Miniard Culpepper won the District 7 seat left vacant by Tania Fernandes Anderson. The city’s unofficial election results showed Culpepper with 3,874 votes to Said Ahmed’s 3,275.
The operator of a convenience store at 533 Columbia Rd. in the heart of Uphams Corner rebutted stiff resistance from abutters last Wednesday night over his bid to add a package store liquor license to his grocery market.
A huge mug shot of Whitey Bulger is no longer the first thing customers see when they walk through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen.
“City Councillor Henry Santana was overwhelmingly re-elected in a landslide,” Mayor Wu told a crowd gathered at the Seaport’s Grace by Nia, where Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune joined Wu and Santana to celebrate her own re-election.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley made a visit to Bowdoin Street on Monday afternoon to highlight businesses impacted by the SNAP food benefit funding pause caused by the federal government shutdown.
Erin Caldwell and Bill Forry from the Dorchester Reporter analyze the week’s news, including final election updates; Murl’s Kitchen’s expansion plans; new condos on Granite Ave; and The Dorchester Historical Society Preservation Award.
Lake Morrissey alert! High tides and “minor” coastal flooding forecast tomorrow morning (Tuesday, Nov. 4) through Sunday, Nov. 9 are expected to cause disruptions on Morrissey Boulevard this week. Anticipated high tide times are as follows:Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 9:25
More than 300 guests filled the the Artist for Humanity’s Epicenter in South Boston last Friday (Oct.24) for the 15th annual Boston Irish Honors luncheon as three outstanding leaders of Irish descent —former US Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin, UMass President Marty Meehan, and Dr. James O’Connell of Boston’s Health Care for the Homeless —were inducted into the Boston Irish Hall of Honors.
Legislation targeting what advocates call a “humanitarian crisis” in Massachusetts prisons would enhance educational opportunities, mental health services, and other standards across the system, advocates say.
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.
The Central Boston Elder Services’ Care Unites Us Gala at the Westin Copley Place celebrated caregivers, the people who make aging at home possible.
Four Boston city councillors last Wednesday endorsed a rent control measure that supporters hope to get on the 2026 Massachusetts ballot.
Dorchester’s Mather School was buzzing with excitement on Fri., Oct. 10, as students gazed up to the sky to watch the Boston Fire Aerial Team display death-defying stunts one after the other on Meetinghouse Hill.