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Lucas Lamar Darby entered the business world at age six this summer, opening the very popular Lucas’s Affordable Slushy stand at various locations around Dorchester. He started out on July 16 on Aspinwall Street near Codman Square, then on Sat., Aug. 6, he set up on Greenwood Street to sell his slushes. The stand has grown quickly via assists from his father, Lance Darby, and
Community groups can apply now for the next round of Community Preservation Act (CPA) grants through the city of Boston, which plans to award almost $39 million for projects involving affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space or recreation. Eligibility forms — available at boston.gov/community-preservation —must be completed by Aug. 31. Eligible candidates
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (center) joined state attorney general candidate Andrea Campbell (right) to celebrate the opening of Campbell’s campaign headquarters on Talbot Avenue in Codman Square before setting off on a door-to-door canvass of voters. State Rep. Russell Holmes (left) joined them for July 30 event. All three are on the ballot this fall. Campbell launched her
A 15-year-old boy was shot to death outside 28 Ellington St. in Dorchester on Wed., July 27. Boston Police responded to the scene around 7:25 p.m. The victim— Curtis Ashford, Jr.— was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had recently graduated from grammar school. No arrests have been reported in the incident. ••• A man was shot to death outside a
A Dorchester man was arrested Monday on charges he and some pals were using a Norfolk Street auto-body garage to sell cocaine and counterfeit Percocet pills made out of fentanyl - which authorities say may have helped cause a fatal overdose last year in a local man man struggling with addiction. Rodolfo Peralta Salcedo, 38, was arrested today on a federal charge of conspiracy