ABCD needs you to Volunteer! (Volunteer Tax Preparer Training)
ABCD needs you to Volunteer! We are looking for special people like you to volunteer with the Financial Futures Initiative at ABCD this upcoming tax season to: • Help our Boston residents get free tax...
View ArticlePolice: Bandit may be targeting passengers leaving Red Line
Boston and MBTA Police are stepping up patrols this week and warning the public after a flurry of street robberies targeting women that may be the work of a single, armed bandit. The incidents have all...
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Tom Menino as mayor of Boston: good; probably great; not perfect
By Peter Kadzis, Special to the Reporter News-fix on Neponset Ave. : Mayor Tom Menino gets his weekly dose of the Reporter at the Mud House, Neponset Ave., 2007. Photo courtesy Mayor's...
View ArticleRemarks from President Obama, Gov. Patrick and Mayor Menino at Interfaith...
Reporter Staff The following remarks at the ‘Healing Our City’ interfaith service were delivered at the South End’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The remarks are in the order they were delivered: Mayor...
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Clayton Street to close this weekend as bridge work continues
Reporter Staff Clayton Street — a busy sidestreet between Park and Freeport Streets near Fields Corner— will be closed to traffic this weekend as workers prepare to replace an aging bridge that...
View ArticleAudition for Boston City Singers!
Boston City Singers is holding auditions in June for the 2013-2014 season. All young people ages 4-18 are invited to audition, and no previous singing experience is required.For more information or to...
View Article"Boston's Next Top Model"
Boston’s Next Top Model is a self-esteem and self-care program designed to build confidence and social awareness in girls between the ages of 11-17. Through learning to model, the girls will have the...
View ArticleFamily Variety Fridays
Every Friday evening the Anthony D. Perkins Community Center hosts “Family Variety Fridays”. This is a FREE weekly Friday event open to family, friends of all ages and the community-at-large, all...
View ArticleVolunteer with FriendshipWorks
FriendshipWorks is looking for volunteers who want to help elders living in Boston or Brookline. Our volunteers help make a difference in the lives of elders every day through friendly visiting and/or...
View ArticleMeet The Next Mayor on BNN TV
Boston's Race to City Hall12 candidates, each determined to make it through the primary election on September 24, are what remain after 24 sought to win a nomination on the ballot to fill the seat of...
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Short and sweet: Red Line bridge replaced in 3 days
Will Taylor, Special to the Reporter Clayton St. bridge: After months of preparation, workers swung a new bridge into place above Clayton Street over the Veterans Day weekend. The new span, pictured...
View ArticleVolunteer in the Boston Public Schools
Live, work or play in Dorchester? Consider volunteering there, too. Boston Partners in Education is looking for mentors and tutors for students in Boston Public Schools, specifically in Dorchester...
View ArticleDaisy and Brownie Girl Scout Troop
This is a Daisy/Brownie Girl Scout Troop open to girls K2-Grade 3. Meetings are Fridays, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the First Parish Church in Dorchester. We will be doing lots of fun things, having...
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Fresh coat for Dot's landmark tank
Julian Escondon, a union painter for the John W. Egan Company, worked on the top of the National Grid rainbow gas tank last month. John Doherty photoA team of union painters have just completed a...
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Former Mayor Thomas Menino dies at 71
Gintautas Dumcius, State House News Service Thomas M. Menino: He'll be remembered long after the signs come down.Thomas Menino, a self-described "lunch bucket guy" who rose from his roots in Hyde Park...
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Sunday traffic snafu as Beades Bridge gets stuck
Image courtesy Dorchester Yacht ClubRepairs continue after roadway plate got caught on moveable spanThe drawbridge that carries Morrissey Boulevard over the inlet between Dorchester Bay and Savin Hill...
View ArticleRedistricting could affect sitting city councillors in Districts 7 and 8
Two sitting Boston city councillors may be forced to move from their current homes or give up their seats due to Boston population shifts that could transform the boundaries of their current districts....
View ArticleVoters head to polls to pick District 3 councillor and City Council At-Large
Reporter StaffPolls opened at 7 a.m. across the city, with two races on the ballot in Dorchester's District 3: Two men are vying to succeed retiring City Councillor Maureen Feeney and seven-person...
View ArticleDraft map revamps City Council districts, leaves Jackson in District 7
District 7 City Councillor Tito Jackson would not have to move or give up his seat on the City Council, according to a draft map featuring redrawn political boundaries for the city's 9 district council...
View ArticleDOT DAY: Brown and Warren marching in parade and more
U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren will be making her first appearance in the annual Dorchester Day Parade on Sunday, where she'll be joined by her chief rival Scott Brown.Warren will be marching...
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