Dot Ave News Today

Five days into a sixteen-day shut-down of train service along the Ashmont branch of the Red Line, city and state officials continue to adjust their plans to help Bostonians and commuters move around the city as workers scramble to finish accelerated track improvements that prompted the diversion. The object is to replace aging ties, rails, and ballast with new equipment along

Do you have a plan for dealing with the upcoming 16-day shutdown of the Ashmont branch of the Red Line? If not, you should. Even if you aren’t a frequent MBTA rider, the suspension of service on the rail line— including the Mattapan trolley— is almost certainly going to impact everyone who needs to move around this part of the city. The 16-day, round-the-clock “surge” is

Watching John Dunlap, Jr. conduct business at his Dorchester Used Bicycle and Thrift Shop these days is seeing poetry in motion. While anything can happen on any given day at his Dot Ave storefront – conversations about his endless ideas for inventions and patents, sales of his vintage items, from movie posters to dolls to saltshakers, a showing of his classic 1989 Oldsmobile

September 1983. Ronald Reagan was in his first term as president and the denizens of the Eire Pub already had a portrait of the Gipper – who popped in for a beer in ’82 – framed on their Adams Street wall. The USSR shot down a civilian Korean 747 over Siberia and the US House of Representatives voted unanimously to condemn the Russian atrocity. The Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams”

On Monday afternoon, the Legislature approved yet another handout for the illegals swarming into Massachusetts for a free ride forever – in-state tuition at public colleges, which after all the scams will in fact amount to free tuition.

Boston-based Core Investments submitted a proposed plan for a major 11-building development on 21 acres along Dorchester Avenue

This beginner’s guide to the Dot Day Parade was originally published in June 2015. Can you feel it? The sense of anticipation, joy, and wonder, reverberating up and down Dot Ave? The parade brings together all the different ethnic groups that make up Boston’s biggest and best neighborhood. You could spend a year going to all the different ethnic fests across Boston. Or just

Next weekend promises to be a busy and fun-packed one in the neighborhood. Our June 1 edition will have a full rundown on all of the activities, including a preview of the annual Dot Day Parade, which starts at 1 p.m. on Sun., June 4. The parade has its roots in celebrations that go back to the turn of the 20th century and it has always been the highlight of what we consider

Dorchester resident Anne Sullivan celebrated her 100th birthday on March 23. One of three children born to Irish immigrants from Co. Mayo, Ireland, she was raised in Beacon Hill and Hamilton, Mass. where her father worked as a chauffeur. She attended Girls’ High School in Boston’s South End and later volunteered to care for servicemen at the Chelsea Naval Hospital during the

A joyous celebration of the self (and mimosas), it spotlights an art form increasingly targeted by conservatives.