In Boston, street sweeping resumed on March 27th. If you own a car, that means you’ll have to move it on designated days and times for the street sweepers to do their jobs. If not, then your car gets ticketed…
The Dorchester Day Senior Luncheon will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018. There is limited seating so it is wise to register before the May 1st registration deadline. For more information and to register, download the event and registration…
Boston Councilor Frank Baker posted the alert below on his Facebook page about park, beach, and road closures given the approaching storm: “Starting tonight, March 1, 2018, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close all coastal beach reservations,…
Work proceeds on the massive Dot Block project. For the latest information, I contacted Catherine O’Neill, a spokesperson for the project, who provided project updates previously. She informed me via e-mail (links added): “The new temporary fence is almost completed…
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a “Community Conversation” meeting on January 10th about the Glover’s Corner development project. During the meeting, the BPDA distributed an updated Glover’s Corner Plan document (Adobe PDF) or data packet, for everyone…
The Boston Globe reported: “UMass Boston students and staff can expect to pay more to park on campus, as some rates will increase by at least 50 percent at the end of the current semester, the university announced Friday. Currently,…
Some area residents have received letters via postal mail from the Walgreens store chain about changes at a local store: “… We’d like to inform you that your neighborhood Rite Aid store at 1100 Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester is now…
Last month, a news report by WBZ-TV, the local CBS affiliate in Boston, highlighted the civic engagement of many Dorchester residents. Civic engagement occurs in several ways, such as neighborhood associations. A partial list: Annapolis Neighborhood Association Ashmont Adams Neighborhood…
The University of Massachusetts has hired a real estate broker to sell the former Bayside Expo site. According to the Dorchester Reporter: “The University of Massachusetts will offer a select group of developers the chance to buy the former grounds…