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By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff March 4, 2021 Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff Deanna and Sidney Wolk say their generous gift will help make ‘the Memory Center’ available to anybody who needs it.” A Dorchester native and his wife have donated $5 million to help those battling dementia and Alzheimer’s under the auspices of the Hebrew SeniorLife Center in Roslindale. The contribution will help the non-profit assist seniors and their caregivers through the newly renamed Deanna and Sidney Wol...

Florian Hall has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site this week. Harbor Health photo Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood. It was stood-up under the guidance of the medical professi...

When the pandemic hit and the Dorchester Youth Collaborative closed, everything changed for Diamani Nova By Diamani Nova as told to Globe reporter Meghan E. IronsUpdated March 1, 2021, 1:55 p.m. Email to a Friend Erin Roth “Out of a Crisis: The Voices of Our Students” is a series from the Globe’s Great Divide team that publishes student essays, poems, artwork, and videos featuring teenage perspectives on learning and living amid a pandemic. The stories are Everything changed I h...

Reply February 18, 2021 The Executive Order creates a framework to enact race- and gender-conscious procurement goals. The work will be supported with a $2 million investment in the Supplier Diversity Program. Subscribe Building on the City of Bostons commitment to reduce barriers and encourage more minority- and woman-owned businesses in Boston to compete for city contracts and procurements, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the completion of a disparity study and an Executive Order design...

Building on the City of Boston's commitment to reduce barriers and encourage more minority- and woman-owned businesses in Boston to compete for city contracts and procurements, Mayor Martin J.

I first came to Boston in the summer of 1975, a time of firebombs and violence I returned to Detroit shocked and physically bruised, recalls Phillip Martin. But even more shocking to my friends and family was my decision to move to Boston, permanently. By Phillip MartinUpdated February 18, 2021, 11:27 a.m. Email to a Friend Phillip Martin.Meredith Nierman/GBH News In the spring of 1975, while sitting in a classroom at Wayne State University in Detroit, a fellow freshman handed me a flier implo...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 18, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff Over the course of the past year, Boston’s Main Streets network provided vital support to a number of businesses in Dorchester hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond setting up relief funds, several Main Streets organizations pitched in to help stand-up makeshift outdoor dining areas or to facilitate take-out and delivery services. Now, the city’s Office of Economic Development has renewed an initiative to...

Dan Hunt: His first chairmanship State Rep. Dan Hunt will lead a new House committee charged with scrutinizing the allocation of federal stimulus funds and census data, an appointment that marks the Dorchester Democrat’s highest-profile legislative role to date. It’s the first committee chairmanship for Hunt, who was elected in 2014 to replace Mayor Walsh as the representative in the 13th Suffolk district, which includes Neponset, Cedar Grove, Adams Corner, St. Mark’s Area, Clam Point, ...

100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond Globe food writers reveal where to pick up some of the very best meals from local, independent restaurants. By Devra First and Kara Baskin Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 10:02 a.m. Email to a Friend A month ago, The Boston Globe launched Project Takeout, an initiative asking you to do your (delicious) civic duty: Get food to go that you can afford from a local, independent restaurant. Restaurants are in a fi...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 10, 2021 Jaydha Rackard A seventh grader at Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy in Fields Corner is behind a new “Covid self-care” workshop for girls ages 10-14 that will take place next week over February break. Jay’dha Rackard,12, a South End resident, explained to the Reporter that she saw an opportunity to teach her peers some necessary self-care skills and practices. After applying for and winning a $20,000 grant, Rackard set about organizing...