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A prosecutor attached to the Dorchester Court briefed the Codman Square Neighborhood Council (CSNC) last week about diversion programs aimed at steering kids and teens away from the criminal justice system. Jose Sanabria, an assistant district attorney (ADA) at the court’s Juvenile session, said the programs target kids 12-17 and only apply to certain non-violent crimes. “Our
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Bloomberg Philanthropies has awarded the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers a $38 million grant, the largest gift in Boston Public School history. The funding reportedly will allow the school to increase its enrollment to 800 students and partner with Mass General Brigham to create new career pathways. The academy began in 1998 as an initiative of the Center for
The Mayor’s Office and the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) are in the early stages of making major changes to how development is planned and executed in and around business districts, with Dorchester’s Codman Square and Fields Corner designated to test the concept. From eliminating parking requirements altogether to streamlining permissible commercial uses to
A Citizens Bank branch that opened last fall on a site at Blue Hill Avenue and Morton Street that once featured a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and then sat vacant for more than a decade was officially welcomed to the neighborhood in a ceremony inside the branch last Friday (Jan. 19). Now fully renovated, the branch, a replacement for the Citizen Bank location that closed