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After a few misfires, difficulties, and lots of planning, the long-awaited Four Corners Plaza development is about ready for construction to begin, with shovels in the ground perhaps has soon as October. The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) and Bald Hill Builders announced late last week they are ready to close on financing and get started on the $25.5

When gunshots ring out on a Boston street, the intensity of the scene, with its police lights, crime tape, and news helicopters, drives a highly emotional reaction that can take over life for those involved in the incident and those watching from a window or a front porch. It can be a lot to process in the moment, but after the police and evidence collectors disperse, the

Is there something in the water in Ward 17, perhaps the Neponset River that flows by it? The district, which includes Lower Mills, and parts of Codman Square and Mattapan, has been home to mayors (2), attorney generals (3), and a speaker of the Massachusetts House, among other elected officials. Mayor John B. Hynes, who served through the 1950s, lived on Druid Street off

It was the weekend before primary election day, and one of the Democratic candidates for Suffolk County district attorney, City Councillor Ricardo Arroyo, was caught in a rip tide of retracted endorsements. For voters already tipped off by damaging news reports about alleged sexual misconduct in his teen years, the impression was only reinforced when the faces of erstwhile

In September 2021, the photographer Mike Ritter spent his afternoons in Dorchester Park on yet another activity that the pandemic had made more difficult: taking photographs in a public space to, in this case, study relationships, whether familial, romantic, or friendly, as part of a project he called “Get Close.” Ritter, a Dorchester resident, originally envisioned the

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

A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Wednesday convicted Shawn McClinton for raping and beating a woman in the men's room of the Codman Square McDonald's in 2018, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. McClinton, who faces a possible life sentence at his Aug. 31 sentence, is still awaiting trial for another rape he allegedly committed after the Massachusetts Bail

Vaccine doses are limited, but available to eligible individuals. The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is reminding residents of prevention strategies

Twenty-five grassroots organizations across Boston, including nine in Dorchester, have received a total of $100,000 in grants from the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Advancement (BMA), which was launched by Mayor Michelle Wu earlier this year with the aim of improving outcomes and diminishing systemic barriers for Black men in the city of Boston. “Our office is just stepping

After a long and contentious history with Popeye’s Chicken and its lease on a potential location in Codman Square, the property owner and community are turning the page on the saga: Antoinette Rodney, and her broker, James Harrison, of Boston Bayside Properties, have indicated they will not renew the lease with Popeye’s and are looking to lease to a new tenant.