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The United States Postal Service says it is looking at all options— including a re-location— if the lease for the 02122 retail postal branch in Fields Corner is not renewed next month.#Dorchester
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Dorchester's Arlene Baldwin used her experience with alopecia to create Lace Layer, a company that helps other Black women dealing with medical hair loss. She hosted an event last week at City Hall to spread the word and build community.
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On Monday afternoon, the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee and members of the UMass Boston facilities team observed the 40th anniversary of its installation on a plot of waterfront land owned by UMass Boston along Morrissey Boulevard.
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For the third year in a row, Boston Police have acquired and deployed social media surveillance technology without obtaining approval from the Boston City Council in apparent defiance of a 2021 ordinance requiring them to do so.
Story via @YawuMiller:
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🚨Politicians can play favorites with reporters and friendly news orgs, offer exclusives, etc. That's fine. This is NOT ok. It's the equivalent of Mayor Wu or Gov. Healey banning a news org from entering City Hall or the State House. It's a full-on assault on the 1st Amendment
Breaking News: CNN and MS NOW journalists were denied access to the White House after President Trump announced a ban on three news outlets because of reporting he disliked. nyti.ms/4xT8FYd
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“‘Leading out to the Sun’ Poet Connie Veenendaal turns 102” September 17, 2026
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The new autumn/fall edition of Boston Irish magazine has landed. Another enjoyable read. I’m writing about our amazing summer, politics, a great Kennedy Summer School and more on pages 5 and 6. bostonirish.com/sites/defaul…
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Bill Walczak catches up with the poet and professor Connie Veenendaal, 102, who still leads a writing group of Dorchester women poets. She has a remarkable memory of a very full life, writes Walczak.
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Dorchester amateur boxer Dawn Morris is hosting a KO Cancer Fundraiser at Dorchester Brewing Co. this Thursday evening (Sept. 17), just a little over a month before Haymakers for Hope’s Belles of the Brawl at MGM Music Hall.
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NEW— The Wu administration is dangling roughly $31.5 million in property tax abatements to four already-approved housing developments in three Boston neighborhoods in an effort to jump-start the production of new units next year.
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Fresh Mediterranean flavors arrived in #Dorchester last month when Thelo Mediterranean opened for diners at 860 Dot Ave, replacing Taqueria Casa Real’s tacos and burritos with gyros and souvlaki.
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Only two new market-rate housing projects with more than 100 units were built in 2025 —and none of that size has moved forward at all so far in 2026.
This new tax initiative is aimed at interrupting that trend.
NEW— The Wu administration is dangling roughly $31.5 million in property tax abatements to four already-approved housing developments in three Boston neighborhoods in an effort to jump-start the production of new units next year.
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"... it is said that as long as a person’s name is called out, they are not gone. People need to know their stories, and we need to right the wrong. Not just say their names, but fill out their stories and then tell them.” - Rev. Mariama White-Hammond
Memorial event lifts up names of once-forgotten Black women buried in Dorchester's Cedar Grove Cemetery dotnews.com/2026/09/09/memor…
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The Reporter's Chris Lovett takes a closer look at the unofficial results of last Tuesday's state primary election in city neighborhoods, with a particular focus on the contest for First Suffolk Senator, which was very competitive at the precinct level.
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A frantic search for Milly, a 17-year-old blind and deaf dog who had wandered away from her fenced-in yard on Monday, ended happily thanks to helpful hneighbors and Boston firefighters, who fed her steak they'd just cooked up for Labor Day.
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NEW— City and MBTA officials have a substantially revised the plan for the $163 million reconstruction of Blue Hill Avenue to show the public in a series of four meetings that start next week.
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"I’m all about having fun in the summer but there’s a line crossed here for being a good neighbor and causing destruction…Having an un-permitted party like these deserves a fine. We’re trying to make sure our residents can have a good night’s sleep.” - Councillor Brian Worrell
Boston city councillor wants to examine using new technology that cracks down and fines noise scofflaws causing disruptions in the neighborhoods.
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Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden won a decisive victory on Tuesday as he fended off challenges from former staffer Linda Champion and Rachael Rollins, his predecessor.
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State Senator Nick Collins defeated challenger Latoya Gayle by 11 points yesterday to win the Democratic nomination in the First Suffolk Senate.
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