Karen and Rob Hale
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The state Ethics Commission last week fined Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden $5,000 for the way his press office released material about his opponent during the 2022 campaign cycle.
In a “disposition ... Read more.
The Boston Landmarks Commission took a step last week that was years in the making by approving an affirming study report on the Calf Pasture Pumping Station on Columbia Point. All that remains is a vote to officially ... Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, to 92 months in federal prison for trying to hire somebody to kill his wife after she kicked him out of their house and took up with another man - whom he also ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester last Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared information about some of ... Read more.
Have softball bat, will travel. That’s the plan from Dorchester’s girls softball ranks this summer as coaches Katie Nolan and Charlie Connors look to grow the girls travel league in its second year.
Last year, ... Read more.
A controversial Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) effort to reimagine zoning and planning in select business districts is on hold, for the moment, in Codman Square as officials seek to expand the pilot project ... Read more.
Federal authorities, exasperated with a man they say has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph, and Brockton for nearly two decades, want to fine him $597,775 in an attempt to get ... Read more.
Here’s an idea to give a boost to your neighborhood: Hold a community cleanup.
A week ago last Saturday, three sites in Savin Hill saw some community love when 40 residents picked up rakes, shovels, and other ... Read more.
To the Editor:
Major changes are coming from multiple directions upon the residents of Dorchester in this time of increasing demands for our attention and decreasing individual free time for reflection and ... Read more.
To the Editor:
It was a glitzy occasion in May of 2012 when handsome Dr. Ralph de la Torre looked out over the expanse of white-clothed dining tables at the elegant Quincy Links Restaurant and promised the ... Read more.
Bill Walczak’s April 16 column, “Change moves at the speed of trust,” takes issue with Mayor Wu’s administration’s approach to planning and zoning reform. In particular, the piece decries advancing the Boston Planning and ... Read more.
The long-awaited re-opening of the renovated Mattahunt community center and pool drew an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors and officials, including Mayor Wu, to the city-owned facility off of Cummins Highway last Thursday ( ... Read more.
A federal judge last week sentenced Mohammed Chowdhury, 47, to 92 months in federal prison for trying to hire somebody to kill his wife after she kicked him out of their house and took up with another man - whom he also ... Read more.
The FCC says it's grown tired of a man it says has been running an illegal radio station via transmitters in Mattapan, Randolph and Brockton for nearly two decades, so it's now proposing to fine him $597,775 in an attempt ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Fremont Street around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday.
The man was taken to a local hospital ... Read more.
About 75 people attended a union-organized community forum about the ongoing crisis involving Steward Health Care and Carney Hospital on Thursday evening at St. Gregory’s parish auditorium in Lower Mills. Nurses and other ... Read more.
The state's top health care official assured lawmakers Wednesday that the state is prepared to respond to the next turn in the Steward Health Care crisis, mentioning the potential for a bankruptcy filing, acknowledging ... Read more.
Officials in charge of a city-led project aimed at protecting Dorchester and South Boston from flood waters associated with rising sea levels will host a pair of public meetings, including an in-person tour, over the next ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley and 5th Suffolk District state Rep. Chris Worrell hosted a “Coffee with the Congresswoman” event at First Parish Dorchester on Tuesday (April 23) where Pressley shared some of the projects she had ... Read more.
Traditional Vietnamese music filled a dimly lit room at Dorchester’s VietAID Community Center last Saturday as hundreds of people entered the space. Blue waves were cast onto the ceiling while candles flickered at every ... Read more.
Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition is planning standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital ... Read more.
The Dorchester Pee Wee Division (11–12-year-olds) put together a Street Hockey team during vacation week and then went out and won the Mayor’s Cup. The team was put together by Nate Robbins and coached by teenager James ... Read more.
More than 100,000 people in the United States are currently on the national organ transplant waitlist. Patients anxiously await the phone call to inform them that a stranger made a decision to donate and will save their ... Read more.
To the Editor:
The state has queued up planning on two separate but connected projects in Dorchester: Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle. Both require imaginative solutions. Let’s talk about K Circle and the ... Read more.
The recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that ruled frozen embryos to be children is shocking. The decision has shut down or jeopardized in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for Alabama women and brought back vivid ... Read more.
