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Officials at the Fields Corner nonprofit VietAID are shopping around a proposal for 13 units of affordable housing in a new building on an underutilized community garden at 35 Faulkner St. next to the Red Line station. Executive Director George Huynh and real estate manager Eric Fellinger have already held one meeting with the community, and plan to have another to present the

Seven candidates are running for an open City Council seat representing Dorchester-based District 3, where incumbent Frank Baker is not seeking reelection.

Joel Richards, the teacher running for the District 3 Council seat, has a platform that consists of working to improve the public schools and provide affordable housing as well as safe and reliable public transportation. There is a personal element to his campaign, which the Fields Corner resident kicked off last December. His oldest child, JC, doesn’t have a gym at school

As a public employee, John FitzGerald is limited in what he can do to raise money for his District 3 City Council campaign. The longtime Boston Planning and Redevelopment Authority official can’t make fundraising phone calls and he can’t personally accept money for the campaign, among other restrictions. But that didn’t stop his campaign from pulling in a massive sum in just

The Dutch Maid Bakery at the Alsen Mapes Industrial Park— tucked between the Fields Corner and Clam Point sections of Dorchester— changed hands for $26.78 million last month. A Chicago investment company sold it to a large industrial and commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) firm based in Dallas. The sale went through in early July and included parcels at 40-42

This cohort of creatives is shaping Boston's arts landscape in daring and refreshing ways.

The Wu administration is doling out funds to help 24 companies open up in vacant street-level spaces.

John FitzGerald, a longtime City Hall employee running to fill the open District 3 Council seat, has picked up support from the Massachusetts Nurses Association and the Greater Boston Labor Council. FitzGerald is one of seven candidates running for District 3. The Dorchester-based seat opened up after Frank Baker, who was first elected in 2011, said he would not be running for

Between breakaway dunks, stifling defense, and colorful play-by-play narration, there is a grass-roots effort underway this summer at Ronan Park by key adults and organizations to “take the park back.” When they say “back,” leaders said they don’t just mean to take ownership back, but also to take it back to its heyday, when hundreds of high school aged boys and girls gathered

When Jeremy Colon and Kathy Le started Revamp Training studio in the St. Mark’s area in 2020, they were grateful for their 600-square-foot gym. But gradually they have outgrown the space and routinely found it hard to get people – whether landlords or financiers –to take their expansion plans seriously. That all changed this week for Revamp and six other Dorchester and