Tag: Dorchester
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B-2 survey: Residents mainly worry about drugs, homelessness, and pedestrian safety
Roxbury and Dorchester residents who live in the B-2 police district are concerned about open drug use, the homeless, traffic and pedestrian safety, and enforcement of scooter and moped laws. That’s according to a recent public safety survey conducted by the Boston Police Department’s B-2…
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Dot bakery fills ‘national niche’ with its local fare
Stone & Skillet’s English muffins array. The bread aisles at Target stores offer a bazaar of competition, with dozens of brands and bake houses clamoring for attention to their products. But when it comes to the English muffin, the company…
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Free tours bring history to life inside North Burying Ground
Rick Fraser, one of the participants, is touching the patterns on a tombstone. Wind swept over the autumn foliage and centuries-old gravestones at the North Burying Ground in Uphams Corner on Sat., Oct. 17 as visitors got a rare glimpse…
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Franklin Cummings Tech begins a new chapter in Roxbury
Steven Thomas, a second-year student at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Roxbury, had an atypical journey to college. At 29 years old, he arrived at the private tech and trades school to build a more stable life for himself…
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Wampanoag tribes proffer design of first Indigenous-created monument in Boston
A Native-owned company, in collaboration with Wampanoag tribes, has completed the design of what could be the first permanent Indigenous-created monument in Boston. The White Pine Gathering Circle, designed by media and museum exhibit production company SmokeSygnals, is one of…
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Performers are set for 32nd OrigiNation ‘Twist and Shout’ fundraiser spectacle
Student performers will take the stage this Saturday (Oct. 10) at the Strand Theatre for the 32nd annual “”Twist & Shout” fundraiser. Hosted by OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center, a youth dance nonprofit, the event will feature performances ranging from spoken…
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‘We are a movement’: Dorchester native hosts event to raise awareness for alopecia
Dorchester native Arlene Baldwin hosted an event last Saturday (Sept. 19) at City Hall where Black women talked about their experiences with alopecia, hair loss, and wigs… Sitting at the foot of her mother’s bed, Dorchester native Arlene Baldwin would…