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The MBTA has scheduled an online meeting next Tuesday (Oct. 18) at 6:30 p.m. – the first since last April, when the agency sought feedback on its plans for its Mattapan Line – to provide an update on the future of the trolleys that roll through Dorchester, Mattapan, and Milton. Officials are expected to discuss the refurbishment of the aging vehicles as well as its plans to
Unhappy with his city council colleagues’ efforts to redraw the political boundaries of the nine City Council district seats, Dorchester Councillor Frank Baker said he plans to file his own map. The councillors and their four at-large colleagues are facing a Nov. 7 deadline to get a map in place a year before the 2023 municipal election. Three maps have already been proposed –
Athens Kiwanians passed the gavel to the new president Tuesday, and honored the club member of the year. Monty Ingram takes the reins for 2022-2023, after a year with Wade
An uptick in reports of open-air drug use in and around a state-owned park in Neponset has prompted increased State Police patrols at the site, according to state Rep. Dan Hunt. The park, which includes McMorrow Playground, is located across the street from the Armory on Victory Road and adjacent to the Richard J. Murphy School and Leahy-Holloran Community Center. “The
As the 13-member City Council is grappling with redrawing the boundaries of the nine council districts, a process that plays out every ten years, Hyde Park Councillor Ricardo Arroyo has proposed a map that would put parts of Dorchester and the South End in a single Council district while uniting the Vietnamese community under one councillor. The panel faces a tight timeline,