Category: Dorchester Reporter
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Hundreds celebrated 250th anniversary of Evacuation Day on Dorchester Heights
Above: Revolutionary War reenactors fire their muskets at the city. The guns were only loaded with powder, not actual bullets. Photo by Truman Dickerson Hundreds of people and dozens of Revolutionary War reenactors on Tuesday, March 17 celebrated the 250th…
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BPD officer charged with manslaughter in shooting death of Dorchester man last week
A Boston police officer charged with manslaughter after he shot and killed a Dorchester man suspected in an apparent carjacking in Roxbury last week was released on personal recognizance after his arraignment Thursday. The officer, Nicholas O’Malley, 33, of West…
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At City Hall vigil, calls for justice for Emmanuel Damas, who died while in ICE custody in Arizona
Speakers called for probe into actions by ICE, DHS, and local law enforcement in Boston and Suffolk County… More than 100 people stood in frigid weather at Boston’s City Hall Plaza Wednesday evening to mourn the death of Emmanuel Damas,…
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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…