Codman Square Library News Today

At midday on July 29, 1968, 18-year-old Mike Cunningham, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, a rifleman with the US Army’s Americal Division, was cleaning up an old foxhole below the rim of a hill in Tien Phuoc Province in central Vietnam when he was told that a helicopter carrying hot food was headed to his company’s position.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation will host a public meeting to discuss the Ryan Park and Playground 25% Design on Thurs., Feb. 1, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. After the meeting, the presentation will be available for viewing at mass.gov/dcr/past-public-meetings. DCR encourages the public to share additional feedback, with a deadline for receipt of comments by DCR

Historically redlined Black and Brown communities have less tree cover and higher temperatures today.

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) hopes to add four floors of housing above its existing one-story headquarters at the intersection of Southern Avenue and Washington Street. The proposal was made public during a July 5 meeting of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council. The NDC envisions 45 new units of housing on top of the existing building, which

Rosa Perez was last seen near 27 Maxwell St. wearing a maroon jacket, light blue ripped jeans, and a black wig.

Two businesses are vying to gain the blessing of neighbors to locate in the former Citizens Bank building in Codman Square. A Domino’s Pizza franchisee last week appeared before the Codman Square Neighborhood Council (CSNC) to detail a plan to move his restaurant from Fields Corner to a portion of the bank building taking up about 1,500 square feet of the 5,000-square-foot

This summer, the BOLD Teens of Dorchester have been researching what businesses exist in Codman Square and what residents in the community would like to see more of.  According to the Boston Public Health Commission, families in this predominantly Black neighborhood suffer from asthma, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and heart and lung disease at a higher rate than the rest

Dorchester’s Jane Taylor can’t recall when she started volunteering at the various Fair Foods stops around the neighborhood, but she does know that it has become community for her, and something the 79-year-old looks forward to doing at least three times a week.

Brian Worrell won 62 percent of the vote on Tuesday to claim the District 4 city council seat that will be vacated by Andrea Campbell in January. The 38-year-old first-time candidate defeated former state Rep. Evandro Carvalho by winning all but two of the 32 precincts that make up the Dorchester-Mattapan district. Watching the results from his family home on Hewins Street a