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The Trung Thu Together event from @BosLittleSaigon has been moved to Oct. 3, 3-8pm on Town Field.
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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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My recent @BostonIrishRptr piece on the 3 Gillen brothers of #Charlestown is worth a read. From modest beginnings in St. Mary's Parish Solely St to doing noteworthy things. A great #IrishAmerican city story.
@bostoncatholic @USSConstitution @USNavy @Charlestown_MA @lionsclubs
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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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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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This week's print edition of The Reporter is now in circulation around the neighborhoods. You can also read it here: dotnews.com/2026/09/17/sept-…
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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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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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The #CaboVerde community in #Dorchester came together last night on Bowdoin St to remember the 25 lost in a school bus accident this month on Fogo island. Many here lost family members, friends.
@CaboVerde_Gov @cvaboston @DotNews @CGCVBoston
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Cancelled due to rain.
The annual Dorchester Park Classic Car Show brings antique autos, music, horse-drawn rides, and family activities to the ballfield known by locals as the Adams Street “bowl” on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Philip Eng, head of the state transportation and MBTA, on planned Blue Hill Avenue plans: "This project as it stands today does not preclude future discussions of rail. In fact, improved bus service would complement discussions on rail in the future.” dotnews.com/2026/09/11/blue-…
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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Thursday, reflecting on the late senator’s response to the tragedy and his efforts to support those who lost loved ones. dotnews.com/2026/09/12/edwar…
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A look back at The Reporter archives from Sept. 11, 2001.
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Was thinking today about covering Sept. 11, 2001 #911Remembrance today & it still hits hard. Also about Marianne MacFarlane, a flight attendant on United 175 headed on vacation. Imagine? No one knew what would happen next that week; children were scared.
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Protests are going strong on Blue Hill Ave ahead of the planned meeting w/city officials at 6p on new designs for the corridor that include a center running bus lane.
Meeting: Morningstar Baptist, 1257 BHA. 6pm
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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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