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For award-winning seventh grade math teacher Connell Cloyd of the Henderson Upper School, the secret to reaching a tough age group in a subject like math is to be crazier than they are. The 43-year-old Cloyd, a Memphis native who lives in Dorchester and has taught at the Henderson Upper for 13 years, laughed during a recent interview when he shared that he once jumped up on

Carney Hospital President Stan McLaren spoke in St. Gregory’s gym on Tuesday evening. Bill Forry photo Stan McLaren, the president of Carney Hospital spoke to about 35 members of the Lower Mills Civic Association in St. Gregory’s auditorium on Tuesday evening. It was McLaren’s second appearance of the year in front of the group, which monitors development issues and checks in

There’s a street mural and museum exhibit in Derry, Northern Ireland, that celebrates “Derry Girls,” one of the most popular shows on television over the past four years.

Developers trying to get the city’s approval for transit-oriented housing near Shawmut Station showed off their latest plans last week, scoring points with supporters but making little headway against neighborhood opposition. At an online meeting arranged for Oct. 3 by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), members of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) responded to

While Sandra Cotterell is retiring as the longtime CEO of Codman Square Health Center, there will be no forgetting her in Dorchester – especially now that a Washington Street building will bear her name. The health center’s annual meeting on Oct. 5 in the Great Hall was a celebration of its more than 40 years of existence, a return to in-person meetings, and an opportunity to

The development team behind a 4-story, 34-unit condo building on Aspinwall Road in Codman Square that received the city’s permission to proceed back in 2019 has filed an amended plan that adds 11 additional units and a fifth floor. An attorney representing the project’s proponent, Solmon Chowdury of Shanti Acquisition, filed a “Notice of Project Change” with the Boston

Savin Hill residents are deploying new signage to make their case for a quicker implementation of the Neighborhood Slow Streets program in their section of Dorchester – a part of the neighborhood prone to cut-through traffic and speeding vehicles. Neighbors recently unveiled three prototypes of signs that have been springing up around Savin Hill and along Columbia Road. At the

In the state law that regulates how liquor licenses are distributed in Massachusetts, the words “except for Boston” appear dozens of times. It’s a phrase that critics – including Boston city councillors and state lawmakers who support Mayor Wu’s latest push for 250 new permits over a five-year period for underserved areas like Dorchester and Mattapan – maintain is archaic,

The Nightingale Gardens farmers combined efforts with the Trustees and Dorchester Food Co-Op to stage their annual harvest party last Sunday (Oct. 1) in the garden on Park Street near Codman Square. The garden is decades old and boasts numerous plots for those looking to grow food or to just get their hands dirty. Elnora Thompson, who started gardening there in the 1980s, runs

As a lifelong Dorchester resident, I grew up seeing my neighbors feeling forgotten by our city government. I heard the frustrations from residents struggling to get what they needed, while other neighborhoods seemed to thrive and flourish. Boston’s district council system was formed in 1983 to provide neighborhoods with more support and direct representation. But there have