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A proposed five-story, mixed use building at the site of the former Van Shabu hot pot restaurant has received approval from the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The project, at 1154-1156 Dorchester Ave., would expand the existing three-story structure into four floors of condominiums over one floor of commercial, community, and storage space.  The latest

Anyone who says they enjoy Boston winters has never heated their home with fuel oil. Heating oil. The dreaded necessity. In the deep freeze of these January days – some of them accompanied by snow and some just with the cruel kind of cold that only Bostonians can understand - most of my free time is occupied with the 275-gallon oil tank in my basement and the deep path it is

Dorchester Avenue is embarrassing. Though certain sections, like the Lower Mills area adjacent to Milton, are better planned and developed, the northern half is an uneven mess. Dot Ave, as residents refer to it, is supposed to be Dorchester’s prestigious main street for businesses and services, and a thoroughfare for travel to downtown, but it does none of these things well.

Dorchester Avenue is embarrassing. Though certain sections, like the Lower Mills area adjacent to Milton, are better planned and developed, the northern half is an uneven mess. Dot Ave, as residents refer to it, is supposed to be Dorchester’s prestigious main street for businesses and services, and a thoroughfare for travel to downtown, but it does none of these things well.

Bill Forry, Editor On Tuesday, a multi-year campaign to get parts of Fields Corner designated as an official cultural district dubbed “Little Saigon” won final approval from the state-funded Mass Cultural Council. The vote by the council’s governing body was unanimous and followed words of support from the Boston City Council, former Mayor Walsh and current Mayor Kim Janey, along with many supporters from the Vietnamese community here in Dorchester and beyond. The proposal got additional...

By Seth Daniel, Special to the Reporter April 7, 2021 Seth Daniel, Special to the Reporter The Dorchester travelling teddy takes a breather with a sign that urges: “Drop me off at another Dot location. Let’s keep me going!” It was more than a week ago when we first spotted what our family has dubbed “Dorchester’s Travelling Teddy” somewhere on the other side of the neighborhood from our house, if I recall correctly – on the far side of Park Street just before the Clam Point railro...

A rendering supplied by TLee Development shows the look of 1463-1469 Dot Ave. Two Dorchester Avenue housing development projects won approval from the Boston Planning & Development (BPDA) Board of Directors at its final meeting of the year 2020 last Thursday. Along with eight other projects greenlighted by the board last week, the total new developments approved in this calendar year amounts to nearly 16 million square feet in total. The first of the two Dorchester projects to win approval is ...