Mayor Michelle Wu's FY27 budget proposal is under scrutiny from city councillors and advocates who are posing tough questions about priorities and/or making pleas for more funding. Chris Lovett reports...
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New plans floated for 59-unit condo development on Washington Street in Lower Mills. #Dorchester
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A new mural dedicated to Boston educator and civil rights pioneer Ruth Batson was unveiled last week outside the #Dorchester school that now bears her name.
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Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy honored Dorchester's Jim Brett and his wife, Pattie, at its annual spring fundraising event on April 9 at the school’s Columbia Road campus.
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This week's print edition of The Reporter is in circulation across the neighborhoods. You can also read it here:
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Dorchester is on the frontlines of climate change, from its coastline to its housing and infrastructure. In this episode of DotLife, UMass Boston professors Georgia Mavrommati and Katherine Dafforn discuss what climate change means for the neighborhood today.
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A long-dormant plan to build a condo development along a historic stretch of Washington Street in Lower Mills returns for discussion before the Lower Mills Civic Association next week.
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NEW— Rep. Ayanna Pressley's push to extend Haitian TPS for three years clears key House vote. The measure — if successful — would extend TPS protections for Haitians through April 2029.
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NEW— Boston's next fire commissioner will be Rodney Marshall, a Boston College graduate and a "proud son of Dorchester."
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Perhaps one day we might not go through the exercise of “One Boston Day.”
But, while we have it, we should use it. Not as a feel-good slogan, but as a day of action.
A contribution to the Fieldhouse+ in #Dorchester would be a simple way to start.
Today is One Boston Day— the anniversary of the 2013 marathon bombing that killed four- including 8-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester.
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Dorchester's own Taina Mair has been selected by Seattle Storm as #14 pick in WNBA draft.
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WNBA Draft starts tonight at 7 p.m. 👀
New in DotLife podcast:
The top stories from The Reporter, including:
The latest on the Stephenson King-Officer O'Malley case;
Tech Boston Academy's students win Aspen Challenge;
and Dorchester's Taina Mair looks to future and WNBA draft.
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Reception tonight at Milton Public Library
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate will open its doors to the public for a free open house on Thursday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., offering a slate of family-friendly activities during the April school vacation week.
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An oral history project that focuses on stories from a wide range of Dorchester community members from teenagers to elders who left Vietnam in the 1970s has been turned into a 90-minute documentary that producers hope to screen publicly this summer.
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A high-profile civil rights attorney representing Stephenson King Jr.’s family said Thursday that King was in the midst of a mental health crisis when Boston police fatally shot him and that body camera footage from his shooting should be released.
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“The fact that it is possible Dorchester can have two highly competitive teams in this division this season is really exciting for the city and neighborhood. I hope that the competition between squads drives us both to a higher level.”- Dot City FC head coach Robert Alexander
Photo shows Stephenson King, Jr. Photo courtesy Ben Crump
The family of Stephenson King, Jr. (shown here), who was shot to death by a Boston Police officer who was attempting to arrest him while he was driving a car-jacked vehicle on March 11, has hired high-profile attorney Ben Crump.
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MBTA says Red Line signal repairs at Columbia Junction near JFK-UMass were finished ahead of schedule. Regular service resumed on Wednesday.
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Duke wins the 2026 Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Gas South Arena in Duluth, GA. Sunday, March 8th, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Hancock/ACC).
What's next for Dorchester's own Taina Mair, star of the ACC champion Duke Blue Devils?
Might the WNBA come calling during next week's draft?
The Reporter's Cassidy McNeeley talks to the 22-year-old Fields Corner native.
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Congratulations, young man!! 🦅
Shown here: SJC Justices Kimberly Budd and Serge Georges, Jr. during the hearing on White Stadium and Franklin Park this morning.
Should Roxbury's Ruggles station be re-named to honor trailblazing author Phillis Wheatley?
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Boston officials planning a tighter budget for FY27 are pointing to multiple factors, from “economic headwinds” and faltering growth in the tax base to a bulge in healthcare spending, partly due to the cost of medications for weight control.
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When it comes to climate change and flooding, Dorchester’s Port Norfolk is always at the center of the conversation. The seaside village is now the focus of a city pilot program offering free home assessments to about 40 or 50 property owners starting this month.
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Housing activists from across Massachusetts gathered in front of the State House on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to pass rent control legislation.
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Boston Latin School senior Lucy Zhang is hosting an opening reception for her exhibit, “Voices of the Lower Neponset River,” at the Keys Community Room of Milton Public Library on Mon., April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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