Boston Police command staff led by Commissioner Michael Cox met with neighbors in the basement of the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church last Thursday night for a briefing on crime trends in the Area C-11 district, which includes much of Dorchester eest of Washington Street. The meeting, billed as a “Community Compstat,” drew about 50 people, along with a group of 20 uniformed officers.
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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.
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The city’s Zoning Commission will hold a virtual public meeting on Wed., Sept.10, to review a development team’s plan to build a pair of 18-story residential towers on the site of the former Channel 56 television studio at 75 Morrissey Blvd.
A man was shot in the stomach during an apparent “attempted carjacking” on a normally peaceful street in Savin Hill last Friday, Aug. 22.
Boston City Councillor John FitzGerald aired-out his frustration with the Wu administration today for what he says is a pattern of cancellations of City Council-ordered hearings on matters ranging from the Mass & Cass crisis to modernizing the city’s emergency services phone system.
The new Dot Tire Studios, home of the forthcoming Lêgacy Càphê Roasters, has spruced up the old Dorchester Tire location at 1160 Dorchester Ave. just in time to host the first event on the site – a Food and Friends Dorchester community block party this Sunday
St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry at St. Brendan Church and the Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry at St. Teresa of Calcutta Church are making a difference in Dorchester, but to continue to do so, they need the community’s help.
By Alison Kuznitz
Larger households receiving publicly funded food benefits will get extra support to buy fresh fruits and vegetables starting next month, as state officials gird for federal cuts that could escalate food insecurity.
By Sunday, as talks percolated in Washington about a potential deal to reopen the federal government, both Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Gov. Maura Healey were promising more SNAP litigation
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