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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

By Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent May 6, 2021 Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent "I'd like to be able to step away and have Dorchester Bay City in a good spot." - Frank Baker City Councillor Frank Baker of Savin Hill, who after what he called “a difficult decision,” has decided to run for re-election to the District 3 seat he has held since 2011, says he was nearly ready to step away from public life until the pandemic upended his plans. “If Covid didn’t hit, I would have felt like my job got wrapped up… and it was okay to go,” Baker told the Reporter this week. �...

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development By Tim Logan and Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated April 28, 2021, 10:51 a.m. Email to a Friend The SUPPORTED BY For years, residents have come to know Dorchester’s Fields Corner as a place where newcomers can find a home. From Vietnamese to Haitian Creole to Spanish to Portuguese, signs in the store windows and chatter on the street reflect a kaleidoscopic neighborhood like few others in Boston. Yet a few years ago, when the Boston Planning & Development Agency launched a process that could reshape this part of ...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff April 22, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff The UMass Boston Coalition Against Gentrification – a group composed of campus union and student organization members – hosted a virtual campus community “Teach-In” last Thursday afternoon in protest of the negative economic, racial, and environmental impacts they say the current Dorchester Bay City (DBC) development proposal would have on neighboring communities.  During the virtual meeting, representatives of Undergraduate Student Government, faculty from the UMB Urban Planning and Community Development...