Category: Dorchester Reporter
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No walls, no limits: LGBTQ+ museum plans to go statewide
Portraits of Pride exhibition on display at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, 100 Atlantic Ave,, Boston. Photo by Wen Qi The Boston LGBTQ+ Museum of Art, History & Culture had a big idea: bring the museum to the people. Jean Dolin,…
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Two Mattapan businesses savor their Legacy Awards
Nazir Ali, the founder of Ali’s Roti, inside his Blue Hill Avenue restaurant. A native of Trinidad and Tobago. He married into a Dot family and “followed love” to his current home. Sarah Khafif photo Ali’s Roti Restaurant has been…
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In council forum, topics run the gamut from affordable housing to immigration, rent control, bike and bus lanes
Part of the at-large panel (l-r): Erin Murphy, Henry Santana, Ruthzee Louijeune, Marvin Mathelier and Alexandra Valdez at a Hibernian Hall forum on May 22, 2025. Photo by Georgia Epiphaniou Seventeen candidates for City Council seats fielded questions about affordable…
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Checking out the Dudley Greenhouse, a tri-community food-growth engine
The air in the greenhouse hung damp with the smell of rich earth. Seedlings hummed with life, stretching toward the afternoon sun that filtered through the panels overhead. At the Dudley Greenhouse in Roxbury, spring is in full swing. Born…
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Beyond war: Naja Pham Lockwood gathers her refugee stories
When Naja Pham Lockwood was seven years old, she stole a plastic water canteen from another little girl as she boarded a US Navy ship. It was 1975, and her family was one of many fleeing Vietnam following the fall…