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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A plan to replace a Dorchester Avenue funeral home’s parking lot with a 4-story, 22-unit building at the corner of Belfort Street in Savin Hill was the subject under review at a virtual public meeting organized by the city’s Planning Department on July 15
The head of the MBTA is “very confident” the Chinese manufacturer building new Red and Orange Line trains will be able to fulfill federal requests for information that have reportedly delayed delivery of new cars to the United States.
Bar advocates said Monday they have not been involved in any conversations with legislative leadership about a resolution to the labor crisis that has resulted in more than 100 court cases being dismissed.
“Live Long and Well,” a city-led campaign to confront long-standing disparities in health outcomes and lifespans in Boston neighborhoods, will spend $5 million in the coming months to fund outreach to targeted populations, with a heavy focus on Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury.
The 15th annual Mattapan on Wheels bicycle rally celebrated a milestone on Saturday morning (July 26) before excited riders set out to usher in the use of the Neponset Greenway Extension for their roughly 20-mile ride from Mattapan to Castle Island.
Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday called for striking attorneys to get back to work while they continue to push for greater pay, and did not take a stance on whether their pay should be raised.
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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