Category: Dorchester Reporter
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‘Places of Resilience’— Five Dot park projects given Lee Fund grants
Five beloved green spaces in Dorchester will get a fresh burst of life after receiving five of a ten-grant allotment from the Henry Lee Fund for Boston Parks, which supports community-driven projects that improve parks and gardens across Boston, according…
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City plan calls for half-acre farm in Mattapan to combat food insecurity
City officials Monday night unveiled a plan to create a half-acre farm in Mattapan to serve people experiencing food insecurity. The 22,000-square-foot farm, tentatively called “River Street Farm,” will be built on Boston Public Health Commission’s Mattapan Heights campus near…
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A new home for Haitian dance and folklore opens in Roxbury’s Nubian Square
Jean Appolon Expressions, the Haitian folkloric and contemporary dance organization, celebrated the grand opening of its new dance center in Roxbury’s Nubian Square on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The JAE Dance Center, a 2,846-square-foot studio and black box performance space on…
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Dot bus routes rank with slowest of T’s fleet, say transit advocates
Four MBTA bus routes serving Dorchester are among the 10 slowest and the 10 most bunched in Greater Boston, according to an analysis by the advocacy group TransitMatters. The group’s annual Pokey and Schleppie Awards – which measure bus speed…
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Dr. Kim Parker’s workshops empower young readers at Just-bookish
Dorchester’s only bookstore, justBook-ish, celebrated its first anniversary on Sat., Nov. 22, after 12 months of offering educational programming, author talks, and other events for the community. Minutes from the Fields Corner MBTA station, the bookstore cafe was created to…
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New arrival at South Bay Center: A modern take on a gaming arcade
Dozens of families and young adults have crowded South Bay Center in recent weeks to take part in a new active gaming experience. Activate Games, a Canadian company, marked the grand opening of its first New England location – it…