The Boston Teachers Union (BTU) welcomed thousands of Boston families to its 12th Annual Back to School Fair at its headquarters in Dorchester on Sat., Sept. 27.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who visited Dorchester’s Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Wednesday afternoon for a discussion focused on “civility” in the nation’s political discourse, denounced violence and extremism on both sides of the American divide …
The “Yes in My Backyard” (YIMBY) movement is backing a legislative proposal that would amend local zoning laws statewide – except for Boston – and allow for a broader range of housing options, including streamlined approval for small lot subdivisions, the abolition of minimum parking lot requirements and the lifting of limits on accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
When Jordy’s Men’s Store in Codman Square shut down operations about a month ago, the move marked the end of a family legacy that stretched back over several generations of a Jewish-American family led by the late Morris Silverstein.
When state Sen. Liz Miranda told a gathering of constituents last week that Boston is under fire from ICE, she wasn’t exaggerating. “The federal government has a target on us,” she said, speaking to 70-or-so people who crowded into her Blue Hill Avenue district office on Sept. 22 for training on how to react to ICE raids.
In early September, the Department of Homeland Security launched Patriot 2.0, a mass enforcement initiative that has already escalated arrests of immigrants across Boston and Massachusetts.
In our neighborhoods, families have been torn apart, workers have been detained at their workplaces, and entire communities are living in fear. These are deliberate acts of state violence, designed to displace immigrant families from their homes, neighborhoods, and livelihoods.
The senior advisor to Mayor Wu who has been overseeing high priority construction projects at White Stadium and Long Island has left City Hall for a new job as deputy chief of special projects at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission.
There’s no shortage of foot traffic in Codman Square’s business district, but destinations have dwindled for shoppers as commercial vacancies have accelerated at a pace that has community stakeholders concerned.
How many weeks has it been since the US president was bamboozled in front of the world by Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the grounds of an Alaskan airbase? Weren’t there supposed to be “severe consequences” to follow if Putin didn’t halt his wanton bombing campaign in Ukraine?
US Rep. Stephen Lynch this week called for a Congressional probe into allegations that Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” accepted a $50,000 cash bribe as part of a FBI sting operation into public corruption last year.
Members of the City Council questioned Boston Public Schools officials at a hearing on Monday over proposed changes to exam school admissions that would likely reverse gains in admissions of Black, Latino, and Asian students and learners from low-income families. BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper told councillors that “we are committed to creating an equitable, transparent policy that ensures all students have an opportunity for a seat at one of our city’s three exam schools.”
UMass Boston’s updated master plan includes five construction projects, including a 5-story, 285,500-square-foot building to house its popular nursing school, which currently has classes and facilities in scattered locations across the campus in Dorchester.
A large Boston Fire Dept. response is ongoing at this hour at 2 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, part of a Santander Bank complex. A reporter on the scene for the Dorchester Reporter says firefighters are investigating a fire in a
The city of Boston launched free vaccine clinics at locations around the city today as part of a stepped-up effort to combat misinformation and confusion caused by federal health officials.
Mattapan’s Canterbury Brook might as well be the Loch Ness Monster. Few have actually seen it, no one is quite sure if it’s real, and it disappears right after it appears.