Top Ten State House stories of 2024 | Dorchester Reporter
Dec 29, 2024 · Steward Surprise, Continuation of Shelter Stress Top Press Corps Ballots Maybe the word of the year should be "upheaval." This time last year, we were reflecting on how much the tone had changed in 2023 as new pressure points erupted on Beacon Hill. That dynamic only deepened in 2024, as power players swerved from dealing with one crisis to another.
Senior citizens eligible for five ‘free’ Lyft rides
Nov 21, 2024 · A new public-private partnership for Boston’s senior citizens will allow them to get up to five free rides with the Lyft ride share service over the winter months via a pilot program that is looking to fill in transportation gaps. The program was announced last Friday at the Grove Hall Senior Center. Representatives from the Urban League, the city’s AgeStrong Commission, and
Carney ‘working group’ includes 32 members | Dorchester Reporter
Oct 8, 2024 · Members of a ‘working group’ asked to advise state and city leaders on the impacts of the closure of Carney Hospital – and the next steps to replace it – were announced this morning by city officials. The Dorchester unit, with 32 members, and a second like it that will focus on Nashoba Valley, includes public health officials, labor leaders, doctors, and elected officials.
Morrissey’s Beades Bridge eyed for $122M replacement
Feb 8, 2023 · State transportation officials plan to completely replace the crumbling John J. Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard as they continue to contemplate a large overhaul of the coastal roadway. The replacement of the bridge, located by National Grid’s rainbow gas tank, received the green light to move into the design phase. Officials with …
Wu campaign manager, former Healey aide tapped for top
Nov 16, 2021 · Mary Lou Akai-Ferguson, who served as Michelle Wu’s mayoral campaign manager, has signed on as interim chief of staff for the nascent administration. The Wu transition team also announced that Attorney General Maura Healey's former chief of staff will also enter City Hall as chief of policy and strategic planning. Akai …
Two from Dot welcomed into Park League’s Hall of Fame
Apr 14, 2022 · Dorchester’s Charles “Curly” Peterson and Ed Neal were inducted into the Boston Park League’s Hall of Fame at the league’s Hall of Fame dinner held last Friday (April 8) at Moseley’s on the Charles in Dedham. Curly and Ed had large numbers of people on hand to see them welcomed into the Hall in the Class of 2021. The Boston Park League and the Yawkey Baseball League of Greater
Dot native Farrell a Baker judge pick | Dorchester Reporter
Aug 5, 2021 · Gov. Baker tapped a District Court clerk-magistrate and a supervisor in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office for judgeships last week, teeing up two more nominations that will go before the Governor’s Council in the coming weeks. Baker nominated William Farrell, a longtime attorney and first assistant clerk-magistrate in Somerville District Court, as an associate
Steward plans to close hospital in Stoughton - Dorchester
Dec 6, 2023 · Steward Says It Has Lost $22 Million On New England Sinai Operations A long-term care and rehabilitation hospital intends to shut down due to multi-million-dollar losses, making Stoughton the latest community to lose a health care facility as part of a growing trend throughout the commonwealth. Dallas-based Steward Health Care, which describes itself as the largest owner of
City-state jointly plan new study of Morrissey Blvd., Kosciuszko Circle
Mar 4, 2021 · A long-stalled plan to modernize Morrissey Boulevard will get revived this spring as state and city officials combine forces to fund a $1 million engineering study over the next year aimed at advancing the project as a stream of massive new development projects loom on the not-so-distant horizon. In addition, the state's Department …
Dot couple make prime time debut on HGTV renovation show
Jan 19, 2024 · A Dorchester couple made their prime time TV debut on Monday night. David and Stephen St. Russell— known as the “Renovation Husbands”—are featured in HGTV’s newest show “Battle on the Mountain,” which premiered on Monday, Jan. 22 at 9p.m. The six-episode series was taped over six weeks last summer in Breckenridge, Colorado. It follows three teams coached by HGTV stars as they