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With six adult-use, recreational cannabis stores now open in Dorchester and Mattapan, and several more expected to come online in 2024, local retailers are getting a better feel for the day-to-day challenges of the evolving industry and its real-world issues – tax reform, pricing, and oversaturation. Retail locations are now open on Bowdoin Street, Freeport Street, Washington

On Thurs., Dec. 14, about 100 people filled the seats of The Great Hall at Codman Square to talk about the health status of both the city at large and the Dorchester population specifically and hear from four experts, including Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, the executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC).  Ojikutu shared citywide data from 2017-2021 about life

The Codman Square Holiday event took place on Dec. 3 in conjunction with the Enchanted Trolley tour stop there. Despite inclement weather, more than 150 people showed up and 150 toys were given away. The Codman Square Neighborhood Council and the BOLD Teens helped to give away toys and several other partners pitched in to make the afternoon festive. Photos courtesy of the

New street sign on Woodrow Ave. honors his legacy Of all places, a military posting on the outskirts of London during the late 1950s was where the late Bishop Hurshel Langham found his calling to preach the gospel and live out a life in the ministry. That turn of life eventually led him to Dorchester’s Woodrow Avenue, where he would lead the Faithful Church of Christ family

The Boston Police Department is giving residents an opportunity to safely and anonymously dispose of handguns, whether possessed legally or illegally, in exchange for gift<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/boston-police-guns-for-gift-cards-buyback-program-saturday/">Read More</a>

Student loan repayments are serving Scrooge this holiday season. So we asked a few experts how to gift when money’s running low.

The best things to do in each Boston neighborhood for Winter 2023, including Allston, Brighton, Downtown, Fenway, North End, and Seaport.

When the Reggie Lewis Center was built officials said there was an understanding that it would benefit the community of Boston first. But practice times for BPS student athletes has evaporated as demand for meet times by suburban schools has increased as participation in track has tripled with no accompanying growth in facilities statewide.

Dorchester’s TechBoston Academy indoor track team began rigorous practices last week, but the athletes won’t set foot on a real track until their first winter meet, this despite the existence of a world-class indoor track in the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury that is supposed to have practice periods set aside for Boston Public School (BPS) student-athletes that are not

Residents may have only a handful of grocery store options but progress is slowly being made to address food insecurity in Dorchester.