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Leaders from 16 non-profit organizations that will split more than $352,000 in funds contributed by the owners of the Dot Block development gathered last week to highlight the grants, which were awarded through a process administered by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The meeting at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s Paul R. McLaughlin Center included

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year at Dot House Health. The health center just received the largest single donation in its 150-year history from Yield Giving, the charitable fund established by MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The actual sum has not been disclosed, but it’s safe to assume that it’s a seven-figure number. It’s one of two

It started back in 1996 as one mother’s defiant response to the senseless gun violence that robbed her of her 15-year-old son Louis, who was killed in the crossfire of gang gunplay on Geneva Avenue in December 1993. This Sunday, more than a quarter-century after Tina Chéry and a few hundred participants stepped off for a 3.5 mile stroll through the neighborhood, the Mother’s