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The development team behind a 4-story, 34-unit condo building on Aspinwall Road in Codman Square that received the city’s permission to proceed back in 2019 has filed an amended plan that adds 11 additional units and a fifth floor. An attorney representing the project’s proponent, Solmon Chowdury of Shanti Acquisition, filed a “Notice of Project Change” with the Boston
Savin Hill residents are deploying new signage to make their case for a quicker implementation of the Neighborhood Slow Streets program in their section of Dorchester – a part of the neighborhood prone to cut-through traffic and speeding vehicles. Neighbors recently unveiled three prototypes of signs that have been springing up around Savin Hill and along Columbia Road. At the
In the state law that regulates how liquor licenses are distributed in Massachusetts, the words “except for Boston” appear dozens of times. It’s a phrase that critics – including Boston city councillors and state lawmakers who support Mayor Wu’s latest push for 250 new permits over a five-year period for underserved areas like Dorchester and Mattapan – maintain is archaic,
The Nightingale Gardens farmers combined efforts with the Trustees and Dorchester Food Co-Op to stage their annual harvest party last Sunday (Oct. 1) in the garden on Park Street near Codman Square. The garden is decades old and boasts numerous plots for those looking to grow food or to just get their hands dirty. Elnora Thompson, who started gardening there in the 1980s, runs
As a lifelong Dorchester resident, I grew up seeing my neighbors feeling forgotten by our city government. I heard the frustrations from residents struggling to get what they needed, while other neighborhoods seemed to thrive and flourish. Boston’s district council system was formed in 1983 to provide neighborhoods with more support and direct representation. But there have