Category: Dorchester Reporter
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At Neighborhood House Charter school, a preliminary OK on first union contract
After more than two years at the bargaining table, Neighborhood House Charter School educators have reached a preliminary agreement with the administration on their first union contract. The tentative three-year pact covers about 150 school workers and includes measures on wage increases,…
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Criticism, optimism greet developers at Greater Mattapan Council session
Residents’ reaction to two redevelopment plans in Mattapan diverged sharply between criticism and optimism Tuesday night as developers of the 1576 Blue Hill Avenue project and the former Carney Hospital site presented plans to the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC)..…
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Shattuck ‘restart’ sparks debate on recovery needs and housing
A renewed discussion over uses for the soon-to-be-vacant Lemuel Shattuck Hospital property next to Franklin Park has prompted new ideas – and a rise in tension among interested parties. State officials last year scrapped a Boston Medical Center-led plan to redevelop the…
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Among city’s Black clergy, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s spirit lives on
When Pastor John Borders was serving as the chaplain of the Suffolk County Jail in the late 1980s, he invited the Rev. Jesse Jackson to speak to his congregation of prisoners. Around that time, in a conversation Borders said he’ll…
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Police seek suspects who assaulted pregnant woman in Uphams Corner supermarket
Police are searching for two teenagers who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman in a Dorchester supermarket Sunday. One of the suspects threw a stolen tub of yogurt at the woman’s face, according to a police report. Police responded to a…
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The good, the bad and the ugly of Boston’s snow removal
Neelima Cherukuri dressed in her best cheetah print shorts and sandals before she picked up her shovel and braved the cold outside her Carson Street apartment. “I’m not really cold right now,” she said. “I’m very lazy to put on…