Category: Dorchester Reporter
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BPS offers pipelines to classrooms for would-be ESL, special education teachers
Melvin Caballero was once a boy picking coffee fields with his 10 siblings in Honduras while dreaming of an opportunity to pursue his passion to become an educator. Against the odds, he hitchhiked to America alone, found a family to…
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How a $2 million gift has changed Family Nurturing Center’s fortunes
When confetti exploded across her laptop screen during an executive team meeting last March, Emma Tobin panicked. “My immediate response was: This is spam,” said Tobin, who is the executive director of the Dorchester-based Family Nurturing Center. “This is the meanest…
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Frustrations abound over T silence on rehab of Mattapan trolley line
The trolley rumbles up to the Ashmont/Peabody Square platform on a shallow incline before it creaks and rattles to a stop at the eastern terminal of the Mattapan Line. The doors open squeakily to let out a stream of passengers.…
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Madison Park opens up new career paths for students
A new program at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School is exposing students to potential career paths through school-wide programming connecting high schoolers to the professional world. The Career Exploration Initiative, run by the school’s Career Champions Network, hosted three…
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Electrified Fairmount Line hailed as next step for transit equity
It has been nearly 30 years since Marvin Martin stood on an overpass by Erie and Washington streets in Dorchester and watched as a Fairmount commuter train whizzed by underneath him without stopping. Martin, who is Black, could see that…
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Despite the emphasis on pedestrian safety, Dot, Mattapan residents still don’t feel safe
Dorchester resident Dean Toulan says that in the seven years he has lived in and walked around his Armandine Street neighborhood, close to Tech Boston High School (formerly Dorchester High School) and the Dorchester YMCA, he has had around 20…
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A first-ever ‘caninedacy’ for Mayor of Dorchester
By Zenobia Pellissier Lloyd February 5, 2025 Walter, a 10-year-old golden retriever, wants your vote and, probably, to play fetch. He’s shown here at one of his favorite Dot walk spots, Tenean Beach. Photo courtesy Jenna Taylor Every year since…