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Library staff compiled 75 titles for celebrating Black History Month, ranging from poetry to picture books. Read more on Boston.com.

There’s one thing everyone can expect during the Tet celebrations this weekend in Dorchester and beyond, and that’s a lion sighting – specifically the traditional Vietnamese lion dancers who have become the centerpiece of annual festivities saluting the Lunar New Year within the Chinese custom, but with the Vietnamese version known as Tet that highlights the culture at large –

Rozzie Bound Co-op will host a grand opening by the end of January, while Words as Worlds will open in fall 2023. Read more on Boston.com.

New staffers have joined City Hall’s Office of Neighborhood Services, with a focus on sections of Dorchester and the Cape Verdean and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. “Liaisons play a crucial role in connecting residents to city services, and so I’m thrilled that for the first time we’re adding dedicated staff to specifically partner with the Cape Verdean

​ Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced new liaisons in the Office of Neighborhood Services, Alize Cabral as the first liaison solely for the Cape Verdean

The year in crime and public safety was one of major leadership changes from the US Attorney for Massachusetts to the Boston Police and Fire departments. It was also a year of heartbreak in neighborhoods where murders by gun and assaults took a heavy toll. Following is a look back at it all, beginning in January: •As DA Rachael Rollins prepared to leave her post in January for

Boston Police are looking for a 15-year-old that has been missing since Wednesday. They asked for the public’s help finding Priscilla Monteiro, she was last...

Joel Richards, a Boston Public Schools teacher and pastor who ran for the District 4 City Council seat in 2021, plans to make another run for office next year. But this time he’d be running for the District 3 City Council seat. Councillors redrew the political boundaries of the nine Council districts as part of the process known as redistricting, and Richards now lives in

When the architect Chris Stanley and his family moved to Dorchester nearly 23 years ago, the Red Line was a key factor in their decision. The Ashmont MBTA station was a “pigeon barn,” he quipped, but they didn’t want to own two cars. He recalls that in his first ten years in the neighborhood, he worked with other neighbors, city officials, and state lawmakers on upgrading and

The developer who in 2021 proposed a new six-story building across four parcels of land on Dorchester Avenue has reduced the number of residential units and added ground-floor commercial space. The project, located at 1320 Dorchester Ave., a short walk from the MBTA’s Fields Corner Red Line station, now has 70 units, instead of 80, and 1,790 square feet of commercial space.