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...
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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.
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.
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.
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission on Monday unveiled a fleet of 37 environmentally friendly electric vehicles and a state-of-the-art sewer system cleaner at an Earth Day-themed event at their headquarters in Roxbury ... Read more.
City of Boston and DCR host a site walk from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday (April 27) at Moakley ... Read more.
Taking on the title of Franklin Park “Defenders,” 20 citizens and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) announced Tuesday they plan to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging the re-development of White Stadium in Franklin ... Read more.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Omara Shears, 46, of first-degree murder for the death of Javare Sommerville-Adams, 17, as the teen was standing at Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road enjoying the ... Read more.
On March 28, a crowd of enthusiastic supporters gathered at the Boston headquarters of Central Boston Elder Services to celebrate this vital institution’s golden anniversary. For 50 years, CBES has been a pillar of the ... Read more.
A Massachusetts delegation led by Gov. Healey, Mayor Wu, and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco will travel to the Vatican next month to attend an international climate summit assembled by Pope Francis.
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Leaders of a new Dorchester-based organization hopes to unite Caribbean-connected communities that have existed on islands – literally and figuratively – with a focus on keeping its constituencies engaged year-round in ... Read more.
The 1975 Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative is hosting an "Intergenerational Cultural Commemoration Event" in Fields Corner on Saturday, April 20.
This event, titled "Chương Trình Tưởng Niệm, Liên Thế ... Read more.
While Boston made history in 2021 by electing the first women and first person of color as mayor of Boston with a thumping majority, an even greater majority of voters supported a binding ballot question that greatly ... Read more.
Recently the Healey administration’s Department of Public Health (DPH) announced it was hosting five invitation-only virtual meetings with hospitals, community health centers, and others in communities where Steward ... Read more.
The Boston School Committee voted unanimously on April 10 to change the name of the merged BCLA/McCormack 7-12 school on Columbia Point to the Ruth Batson Academy in honor of the Roxbury woman who fought for equitable ... Read more.
City officials are pointing to a worrying trend of more and more illegal parties and nightclubs that pose a number of health and safety concerns to patrons and neighborhood residents.
According to the Inspectional ... Read more.
A pizza chain’s plans to open up shop in a vacant Dot Ave storefront is getting a cold reception from others in the Fields Corner business district, including the Main Streets organization that is charged with helping ... Read more.
The Ventura softball field at Lower Mills VFW Post Park will be closed until the end of June for playing field renovations. “DCR is committed to providing access to safe outdoor recreational opportunities for all,” said ... Read more.
The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has announced the beneficiaries of the Spring 2024 edition of the BAA Gives Back Grant Program. Thirteen nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will receive ... Read more.
Can music class help curb absenteeism in city schools? The answer, according to a recent study and anecdotal evidence from one public charter school in Dorchester, is “yes.”
The survey, conducted by EdVestors, an ... Read more.
Tairih King’s neighbors thought something was amiss last Thursday afternoon when a massive but suspicious motorcade pulled up to the family’s Dorchester home, but what was happening before their eyes was simply the ... Read more.
Boston Collegiate Charter School in the Polish Triangle held a Career Fair last month for 10th graders in the school to begin to be exposed to career opportunities from professionals in the area like Congressman Stephen ... Read more.
YouthBuild Boston recently announced the appointment of Danyson Tavares — designer, educator, and community changemaker — as its new executive director.
Tavares, a Dorchester native who grew up on Holden Street, ... Read more.
City Ballet of Boston, under the artistic direction of Tony Williams, is presenting “Ballet Banquet,” a celebration of dance, including stage premieres by choreographers Gianni Di Marco and Morgan Brown Sanborn at the ... Read more.
Three Boston city councillors are backing a new effort to create a local Office of the Inspector General, following an unsuccessful attempt in 2019.
The measure’s lead sponsor, Councillor At-Large Julia Mejia, said ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley already launched her re-election campaign on April 3, but that didn’t prevent her from throwing what she called a “campaign rally and celebration” last Saturday at the headquarters of IBEW Local ... Read more.
