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“I want to say something beautiful about Dorchester with your portraits.” That’s the simple, but lovely sentiment behind Mike Ritter’s ‘Beautiful Dot’ photo project, which he staged at six Boston Public Library branches in the neighborhood throughout the fall. Ritter, 42, lives in the St. Mark’s Area of Dorchester with his wife and children and has been a freelance

City Councillor Frank Baker recently raised the specter of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland as he objected to a new map of Boston City Council districts that was proposed by City Councilor Liz Breadon of Brighton. Particularly insidious were Baker’s comments that Breadon’s map was an “all-out assault on Catholic life in Boston” led by “a

Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday formally ended a raucous political brouhaha on Monday when she signed off on a map that redraws the boundaries of the nine City Council districts a year before voters go to the polls for the next municipal election. The once-a-decade process known as redistricting typically heightens tensions inside City Hall, as councillors are forced to grapple

Boston Police are asking for the public's help to identify a young woman who was found dead in a historic cemetery near Codman Square on Monday night. Police say the woman's pronounced dead at the scene after her body was spotted in the Codman Burying Ground on Norfolk Street just after 6 p.m. on Halloween evening. They've so far been unable to identify her. "On arrival,

It’s been a Dorchester tradition for a quarter-of-a-century now and last week marked its triumphant return: Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health, the largest fundraiser of the year to benefit Codman Square Health Center— after a two-year hiatus due to pandemic concerns— once again drew hundreds of people to eat, drink, dance, and network. Unlike most big “gala” events in

The typical site visit for higher-ups at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) include muddy boots, rolling fields of wheat in the Midwest, or fruit-filled orchards in California, but this week the USDA came to Dorchester to promote the agency’s interest in an urban agriculture model underway at two sites in our neighborhood.

At 45 Norfolk St in Codman Square, there’s a spit of land carrying a big dream. The 4,855-square-foot triangular space is sited next to what was originally a curving pathway used by indigenous tribes connecting the upper falls of the Neponset River to the harbor waterfront. Its odd shape and small size preclude residential or commercial development, so the lot was placed on

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp is a non-profit, state-certified community development corp (CDC) based in and serving Dorchester and portions of Mattapan. For over 40 years, we’ve strived to build equity, wealth and homeownership in Dorchester by providing a range of services. That includes development of over 1,200 units of affordable housing, both rental and

$600,000 in Grassroots funding will renovate and create urban farms, community gardens, and open spaces in Boston On Saturday, Oct. 1, Mayor Michelle Wu joined

"Beautiful Dot" participants get free, edited portraits from Dorchester photographer Mike Ritter. He's holding more sessions at Boston Public Library locations in the neighborhood through early November.