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On a recent hot summer day, a steady beat sounded throughout Dorchester’s Savin Hill Park, as several dozen Black seniors gathered to learn how to play Japanese drums called taiko. It looked like a fairly simple set-up — chairs, drums, an instructor, microphones and loudspeakers — but organizers put a lot of effort in to make the event feel inclusive. The event was funded by a
To the Editor: I live in the Fields Corner area of Dorchester and have worked at UMass Boston for 29 years. I live close to a very well-managed recovery home, Interim House. We have had no problems at all with our neighbors in recovery. Ever. They are simply neighbors whose presence on the street has not increased crime, noise, trash, parking, or traffic. In fact, the men
Chris Worrell prevailed in the 5th Suffolk state representative race on Tuesday night over Danielson ‘Donnie’ Tavares to become the Democratic nominee for the seat, which is being vacated by Rep. Liz Miranda, who was nominated to be the state senator in the 2nd Suffolk district yesterday. According to preliminary numbers from the City of Boston, Worrell received 1,658 votes to
A coalition of groups called Olmsted Now is distributing grants to projects that change the way people perceive who’s welcome in parks. The effort is in honor of the 200th birthday of Frederick Olmsted, who designed Boston’s 7-mile-long Emerald Necklace and thought high quality parks should be open and available to all.
In September 2021, the photographer Mike Ritter spent his afternoons in Dorchester Park on yet another activity that the pandemic had made more difficult: taking photographs in a public space to, in this case, study relationships, whether familial, romantic, or friendly, as part of a project he called “Get Close.” Ritter, a Dorchester resident, originally envisioned the