It’s an out with the old and in with the new situation along a prominent stretch of Dorchester Avenue south of Savin Hill as Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) officials confirmed this week that its laboriously developed PLAN: Glover’s Corner will not move forward and instead will be tucked into the new Squares + Streets process in nearby Fields Corner.
Jennifer Johnson, who has served as president of the Meetinghouse Hill Civic Association and on the board of Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets, plans to run for the City Council’s Dorchester-based District 3 seat. Incumbent Frank Baker has not formally said whether he’s running for another two-year term as a member of the 13-person body. He has held the job since 2012, succeeding
In one corner of the room sits a large pile of laundry waiting for a wash while in another corner there’s the home office and a big work project with a looming deadline. In yet another other room, a couch beckons with the temptation of a morning nap and a Netflix binge session. This is the common 24-hour friction between home and work life that has remote workers looking for
A 2.1 mile stretch of Dorchester Avenue was “open to people” but not cars on Saturday morning as thousands turned out for the last in a series of Open Street Boston events organized by the city of Boston this year. The pedestrian zone between Freeport Street and Gallivan Boulevard is an expansion of a similar effort that shuts down Back Bay’s Newbury Street, first piloted in
50Kitchen, the Fields Corner eatery that featured a fusion of Southern American and East Asian cuisine, plans to permanently close its doors in February, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to pummel the restaurant industry. According to its Facebook page, 50Kitchen has been closed except for takeout and delivery since Dec.