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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Election chief: ‘Poll pads’ will be used to check-in voters for the first time at all precincts The city of Boston’s board of Election commissioners has approved the sites for early voting in the city’s preliminary election, which will begin
A development team has purchased a former car wash on Hancock Street and is preparing to start construction on a residential building that will be a companion to The Meetinghouse project next door that it completed in 2020.
State Sen. Liz Miranda has added to the new energy on Blue Hill Avenue by opening a district office in Grove Hall. The storefront at 350 Blue Hill Ave. is not a campaign headquarters; it is meant to serve Second Suffolk constituents when they have official business to conduct.
To our subscribers and readers: This week’s (July 31, 2025) print edition of the Dorchester Reporter was delayed due to a power problem at the printing facility where the newspaper is printed each week. As of Thursday, July 31 at
A committee of Democratic activists in Ward 15 voted to endorse Mayor Wu for re-election during a meeting on July 19, according to a statement released by the group on July 30.
Lawmakers on Wednesday announced a deal to increase pay for attorneys who represent indigent defendants, but at a lower level than bar advocates have been demanding since they stopped taking new cases two months ago.
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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