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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Eight candidates for the Boston City Council’s four at-large seats explained their positions on a range of policies in responses to a questionnaire prepared by The Reporter in partnership with the Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB) last week.
When Luis Perez Demorizi reports to his new job on Sept. 15, he’ll walk into his 527-acre office as Franklin Park’s first executive director.
By Chris Lisinski.
Nine years after pulling the plug on a prior weekend late-night service program, the MBTA this month will begin running all subways and several popular bus routes about an hour longer into the night.
The Salvation Army calls the camp “The Happy Summer Place.”
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department has been without a full-time leader since Dorchester’s Ryan Woods left the post last year, and while the search for a permanent chief continues, a familiar face has stepped up to fill the interim role.
The Dorchester Community Fridge, a volunteer effort to help out neighbors experiencing food insecurity, has opened in a new location at ABCD’s Dorchester service center at 110 Claybourne St. in the Four Corners area.
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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