The mobster theme at the newly rebranded Savin Bar + Kitchen Restaurant in Savin Hill has certainly struck a nerve. The use of photos of the notorious mobsters and murderers Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi to decorate the Italian décor walls has upset many local residents. In addition to Bulger and Flemmi being child abusing murderers and drug dealers, the Bulger mob traumatized local residents into the 1990s.
UMass Boston (UMB) reports that more in-state freshman enrolled this fall than in at least a decade, with a record number of freshman reporting to the Columbia Point campus mostly in response, officials say, to a new state funding plan, upgrades to the campus, and the quality of the institution’s educational offerings.
Agents of chaos descended en masse on the South End, West Roxbury, and Randolph communities last weekend and prompted an uproar after a Boston Police cruiser was destroyed when it was set ablaze by fireworks.
A rowing club on the Neponset River that was once open only to teens from Milton High School is looking for new crew members from Boston’s neighborhoods to join in its fun, adventure, and fitness activities.
Quinn Carver is a 20-year-old sophomore, born and raised in Dorchester, is a wide receiver for the Bates College Bobcats. He cut his teeth as a youngster playing flag football in the Neponset league that still plays on fall weekends at Garvey Playground.
Boston’s interim Parks Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse was a guest at the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) meeting on Monday night to discuss planned improvements to one Savin Hill park and to discuss safety concerns at another site.
New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple figures show, the “big sort” declared more than twenty years ago is diverging into new patterns, whether in high-income suburbs or in Boston schools.
Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced Wednesday morning that he will run for U.S. Senate next year, arguing that Massachusetts cannot wait another six years to install someone from a younger generation in the Senate.
Neighbors, now is your chance to weigh-in about the future re-use of Carney Hospital. Tom O’Brien and other members of his HYM-led team will no doubt be coming to a civic forum near you over the coming weeks.
The city of Boston has begun a series of meetings aimed at improving amenities for dogs and their owners in Franklin Park.
Congressional Democrats are facing a crisis of identity, with the defeat of the 2024 election sparking debate over how to win back disaffected voters who either stayed home or defected to the Trump camp.
Working at the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration has been challenging for Lilly Simmons, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3428.
Walsh Park re-opened last Friday morning to great fanfare after a $4 million facelift that boasts well-lighted walking paths, a championship-level softball field, refurbished basketball courts, a splash pad, and even a tennis court that supports a new sport for the city-owned playground: pickle ball.
Dorchester legislators have mixed feelings about the new Massachusetts flag and seal design options that have been laid out by a state advisory commission.
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.