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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

As the 13-member City Council is grappling with redrawing the boundaries of the nine council districts, a process that plays out every ten years, Hyde Park Councillor Ricardo Arroyo has proposed a map that would put parts of Dorchester and the South End in a single Council district while uniting the Vietnamese community under one councillor. The panel faces a tight timeline,

The HBO series focused on Julia Child, the famous chef, is back again with film crews in Dorchester this week. Parking restrictions go into effect from Wednesday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Sept. 30 as the show films part of its second season in Adams Village. Last year, the show filmed inside the Adams Corner Cafe and Butcher Shop. It has previously filmed in Fields Corner, on Adams

An interactive arts exhibition, focused on local Southeast Asian people who have faced deportation from the U.S., will be on display in Fields Corner’s Town Field Park on Saturday. The free event takes place the same day as “Open Streets Dorchester,” which shuts down Dorchester Avenue between Freeport Street and Gallivan Boulevard, allowing people to enjoy games, artists and

Dorchester Avenue will be on Saturday the location of the city’s third “Open Streets” day this year, with the weather forecasted to be 67 and sunny. Stretching for 2.1 miles, between Freeport Street and Gallivan Boulevard, the avenue is closing to vehicles and opening up to people. The closure will span three MBTA stations, including Fields Corner, Shawmut and Ashmont. Bus

On a recent hot summer day, a steady beat sounded throughout Dorchester’s Savin Hill Park, as several dozen Black seniors gathered to learn how to play Japanese drums called taiko. It looked like a fairly simple set-up — chairs, drums, an instructor, microphones and loudspeakers — but organizers put a lot of effort in to make the event feel inclusive. The event was funded by a

To the Editor: I live in the Fields Corner area of Dorchester and have worked at UMass Boston for 29 years. I live close to a very well-managed recovery home, Interim House. We have had no problems at all with our neighbors in recovery. Ever. They are simply neighbors whose presence on the street has not increased crime, noise, trash, parking, or traffic. In fact, the men

Chris Worrell prevailed in the 5th Suffolk state representative race on Tuesday night over Danielson ‘Donnie’ Tavares to become the Democratic nominee for the seat, which is being vacated by Rep. Liz Miranda, who was nominated to be the state senator in the 2nd Suffolk district yesterday. According to preliminary numbers from the City of Boston, Worrell received 1,658 votes to

A coalition of groups called Olmsted Now is distributing grants to projects that change the way people perceive who’s welcome in parks. The effort is in honor of the 200th birthday of Frederick Olmsted, who designed Boston’s 7-mile-long Emerald Necklace and thought high quality parks should be open and available to all.

In September 2021, the photographer Mike Ritter spent his afternoons in Dorchester Park on yet another activity that the pandemic had made more difficult: taking photographs in a public space to, in this case, study relationships, whether familial, romantic, or friendly, as part of a project he called “Get Close.” Ritter, a Dorchester resident, originally envisioned the