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Hundreds of goblins, werewolves and superheroes populated Pope John Paul II Park on Thursday night, Oct. 17 for the annual Pumpkin Parade, which has been ongoing for many years (previously it was the Pumpkin Float). Coordinators Maria and Julia Lyons joined the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the Neponset River Greenway Council and the Neponset River Watershed
Between scenic shots of the High Speed Trolley clicking through the falling snow, of water rushing along the lush banks of the Neponset, and of the Blue Hill Avenue streetscape, teen film director Moses Sibley of the Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) located the pulse of the people of Mattapan and put it on film in “Mattapan The Documentary,” which has become the talk of the
The typical site visit for higher-ups at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) include muddy boots, rolling fields of wheat in the Midwest, or fruit-filled orchards in California, but this week the USDA came to Dorchester to promote the agency’s interest in an urban agriculture model underway at two sites in our neighborhood.
On Oct. 1, Mayor Michelle Wu and community gardening and farm activists from around the city gathered at the Boston Housing Authority’s Franklin Field Elderly development on Ames Street in Dorchester to celebrate the announcement of the GrowBoston: Office of Urban Agriculture’s Advisory Board. The mayor used the occasion to also announce $600,000 in Grassroots Program funding
The artwork, by Corita Kent, is getting a touch-up.