About Mayor Wu’s schools presentation: Words aren’t enough to fix the problems

To the Editor:

On Oct. 28, Mayor Michelle Wu delivered the city’s first-ever State of the Schools address with optimism, polish, and a long list of initiatives meant to showcase progress. She spoke of innovation, equity, and modern classrooms. But words alone won’t fix overcrowded schools, teacher shortages, or decades of educational inequity— all problems we see daily in Dorchester and across Boston.

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Caregivers are the quiet heroes among us

The Central Boston Elder Services’ Care Unites Us Gala at the Westin Copley Place celebrated caregivers, the people who make aging at home possible.

Introducing the new DotNews.com

On Sunday morning, we “soft-launched” out a new-look DotNews website on a new platform, WordPress. It’s the first major update to the look and functions of the website since 2009.

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Two ’26 ballot questions could upend state revenue plans

Massachusetts residents entering voting booths on Nov. 3 next year will see the names of candidates for state representative, state senate, and members of Congress, in particular, US Sen. Ed Markey and his challengers.

But those elected state and federal offices on the ballot will likely be joined by more than a dozen ballot questions as outside supermarkets across the Commonwealth this fall solicitors have been gathering signatures on behalf of as many as 47 ballot initiatives on topics ranging from promoting transparency in the Legislature, instituting a statewide rent control law, and rolling back the state’s legalization of marijuana.

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Introducing the new DotNews.com

On Sunday morning, we “soft-launched” out a new-look DotNews website on a new platform, WordPress. It’s the first major update to the look and functions of the website since 2009.

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