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Heather Pierce of Dorchester grew up playing youth hockey in the neighborhood and went on to become a Division 1 defenseman at Northeastern University. Now that she’s “done with hockey,” the 29-year-old new mother has traded in her skates for sneakers as she prepares to compete in April’s 128th Boston Marathon in a special capacity: as a running guide for Hannah DeFelice, who

A proposal that would place a four-story building with 24 condominium units on Coffey Street has received approval from the board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The development team includes Mildot LLC and James Christopher of 686 Architects. The project at 26-28 Coffey St., which was approved at the BPDA board meeting on Jan. 19, is expected to create

Hundreds of families, friends, and teammates of Thomas Lucas, 12, came out last Wednesday night at the Devine Rink for a fundraiser to support him and the Lucas family as the young man battles through treatments for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Thomas’s parents, Tommy and Lori Lucas, indicated that his prognosis was very positive and said Thomas is doing well with his treatments.

The last of four public meetings to discuss the possibility of building new stand-alone community centers in Dorchester was held virtually last Thursday (April 14). There is no stand-alone, city-run facility in all of Dorchester – the largest neighborhood in the city. The city community centers that do exist are all attached to school buildings, which limits usable hours. “We

Life often has a way of throwing up roadblocks in the strangest places and at the most unexpected times. It’s something that 13-year-old Conor Olsen and his parents, Deb and Phil, experienced in late February. For the past two years, they have traveled from Dorchester to Foxborough weekly for goalie skills practice, but this time was different. “We were on our way to hockey,

The Boston Centers for Youth and Families (BCYF) identified five potential city-owned or state-owned sites in Dorchester where a potential stand-alone community center could one day be located. On Monday night, the BCYF hosted its third meeting in a series that began last fall and discussed five locations where they had “test fit” a stand-alone center using the programming

Former NHL star Jimmy Hayess cause of death has been ruled an accidental overdose, with a medical examiner finding fentanyl and cocaine in his system.

By Reporter Staff Reporter Staff Members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester enjoyed an open skate night at Devine Rink in Neponset last week. BGCD photo The Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD) increased its programming capacity this month to 40 percent in time for last week’s February vacation and welcomed back its celebrated Marr-lin swim team for practice for the first time in nearly a year. “The young people are the ones who breathe life into our buildings. We are so excited t...