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Developers of a proposal to bring 230 new residential units to an increasingly busy stretch of Morrissey Boulevard in Neponset pitched their updated version of the project to neighbors during a public meeting last week. Reaction was mixed, with comments largely focused on concerns about access to the site, which now houses a Ramada Inn hotel, and the future of the surrounding

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

The Herb Chambers Honda dealership upgrading project on Morrissey Boulevard received approval from the Boston Planning and Development (BPDA) board at its monthly meeting last week. Featuring a contemporary style dealership space, the parcel would include 222 parking spaces inside and 171 surface spaces. Project representative Paul Losordo told the board that the one-story

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Residents and coastal resiliency advocates weighed in on plans for the sprawling Dorchester Bay City development at a public meeting last Thursday (Feb. 17) focused on urban design, open space, and sustainability. The Boston Planning and Development Agency has extended the public comment period for this stage of the project to March 25 to allow more time for the community to

City planning officials last week signed off on a 3.6-acre development that will add three buildings to the tip of Dorchester’s Port Norfolk peninsula, a once busy industrial and commercial site that is now home to a distillery and a restaurant. The board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) approved the project, known as Neponset Wharf or 24 Ericsson, last

To the Editor: I am writing this letter to encourage Dorchester residents to strongly oppose the request by Bay Colony Associates, Boston Bowl, for two digital billboards on a winged monopole at 820 Morrissey Blvd. The location is next to Interstate 93, directly across from the Neponset River Area of Critical Environmental Concern and highly visible from Tenean Beach, Victory Road Park, Squantum Point Park, the Neponset Greenway, the Dorchester Harborwalk, and large parts of Port Norfolk and Ne...

By Katie Pedersen, Reporter Correspondent April 7, 2021 Katie Pedersen, Reporter Correspondent One view of what a new building at 24 Ericsson St. site may look like as shown during a BPDA-sponsored public meeting held online last week. Image courtesy RODE Architects Nearly four years after a development team first submitted a letter of intent to construct a complex of buildings on the Port Norfolk waterfront, they may finally be moving ahead with community approval. On March 30, the BPDA host...

One year later: The last photos you took on your phone before COVID changed everything Steve Annear © From top left: @shaleentitle, @sarahmattero, @ArtieB, @EAlmquist  @davidmanzo, @captivedriver Twitter users shared photos they took in the days before a state of emergency was declared last year. One year ago today, it became alarmingly clear that life as we knew it was about to change drastically. On March 10, 2020, as the number of coronavirus cases crept toward 100, a...