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A prosecutor attached to the Dorchester Court briefed the Codman Square Neighborhood Council (CSNC) last week about diversion programs aimed at steering kids and teens away from the criminal justice system. Jose Sanabria, an assistant district attorney (ADA) at the court’s Juvenile session, said the programs target kids 12-17 and only apply to certain non-violent crimes. “Our

We’ve put together a guide to Boston Public Library’s 25 open branches with each location’s special features, programming, and more.

Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers a $38 million grant, the largest gift in Boston Public School history. The funding reportedly will allow the school to increase its enrollment to 800 students and partner with Mass General Brigham to create new career pathways. The academy began in 1998 as an initiative of the Center for

The Mayor’s Office and the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) are in the early stages of making major changes to how development is planned and executed in and around business districts, with Dorchester’s Codman Square and Fields Corner designated to test the concept. From eliminating parking requirements altogether to streamlining permissible commercial uses to

A Citizens Bank branch that opened last fall on a site at Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street that once featured a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and then sat vacant for more than a decade was officially welcomed to the neighborhood in a ceremony inside the branch last Friday (Jan. 19). Now fully renovated, the branch, a replacement for the Citizen Bank location that closed

As each church departs for cheaper and more expansive pastures, pieces of history and culture goes with them, community members say.

A new café venture will debut at the Codman Square Winter Farmer’s Market this month, and then pivot to opening a kiosk stand next to Shawmut Station in February. The announcement came during the Codman Square Neighborhood Council meeting on Jan. 3, an in-person and online hybrid meeting that kicked off 2024 for the group. Chair Cynthia Loesch-Johnson announced that the House

A teenage girl has been charged with assault following a Dec. 12 incident on the campus of TechBoston Academy. The juvenile, who has not been named because of her age, is alleged to have a record for crimes committed elsewhere in Boston, according to Boston Police Officer Shawn Harris, the community service officer for Area B-3 who described the incident during the Codman

 Forty years ago, Vijay Selhi, who was born and raised in India, started working at a McDonald’s restaurant in Somerville for $3 an hour. Today, he and his sons Cherag and Anurag own and operate 19 McDonald’s locations in greater Boston, including three in Dorchester. For the Selhis, this accumulation of riches is less about selling tens of millions of Big Macs and French

31 things to do in Mass., one for every day in January, from snow tubing to winter farmers markets to music festivals.