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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
The horrific murder of an 11-year-old girl four decades ago in Dorchester’s Ronan Park is again stirring emotions as a proposal to re-name a playground inside the park as a memorial to the victim is under consideration by city officials. Maryann Hanley was found murdered and raped in the park on Aug. 1, 1983. The then-boyfriend, Val Mayfield, of one of her sisters, was
Outside groups, also known as super PACs, laid out six figures in the preliminary election earlier this month, focusing their efforts on District 3, which is anchored in Dorchester, and District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Roslindale. In District 3, the super PAC primarily funded by New Balance chairman Jim Davis funneled $9,000 to the head of the Cape Verdean
The second Dorchester Avenue Open Streets event put on by the City of Boston and neighborhood partners took place on a gorgeous afternoon last Sunday. The thoroughfare was blocked off from Freeport Street to Ashmont Station until 3:30 p.m. for the event, and hundreds of families, friends, pets, and neighbors took advantage of the closure for a nice Sunday stroll. Various
Much of the fallout from last week’s City Council election has been focused on the defeats of two incumbent district city councillors – Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara – and rightfully so. Never before had any incumbents been bounced by voters in the first round. It was an unprecedented rebuke of two sitting elected members in the modern era of the council. Beyond that, the