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The city of Boston is on pace to record a significant drop in violent crime in 2024 driven by a notable decline in shootings and homicides. There have been 24 murders so far in 2024, which is believed to the lowest since...
Math error cited for Election Day ballot snafu in city
2024年12月11日 · Voters are shown lined up outside the Lilla G. Frederick School on Columbia Road in Dorchester on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Maya Maroni/The Scope photo
Looking Up Longfellow Street: Can we talk, please?
Joan Rivers enshrined the phrase, “Can we talk?” in her comedic persona. I hope she will forgive me from her mansion in heaven for using her line to capture my conviction that the best reaction to the results of the November election is to fight against isolation and loneliness and just talk to each other as the essential, simple, and direct beginning of recovery.
Lynch talks policy, politics ahead of election
2024年10月9日 · Congressman Stephen Lynch told business leaders last Wednesday (Oct. 2) that he “would not be surprised” if President Joe Biden called Congress into session before the November election, potentially breaking up the campaign activity during the October recess. Lynch cited Hurricane Helene’s devastation along the southeastern seaboard, the escalating conflict in the Middle East,
Senior citizens eligible for five ‘free’ Lyft rides
2024年11月21日 · 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 …
Politics | Dorchester Reporter
Drops Market Oversight Bill On Guv's Desk With Only Hours Left In Session Lawmakers rushed a hospital oversight bill to Gov. Maura Healey on Monday, agreeing on policy responses to the Steward Health Care crisis that aim to better regulate private equity...
48-unit apartment building approved on Washington Street
2024年11月26日 · The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans to replace an old junkyard with a four-story, 48-unit apartment building at 251-257 Washington St.. The proposal, by Ricky Beliveau's Volnay Capital, will include 10 affordable units, with two rented to families making no more than 30% of the Boston area median income, with the rest to families making no more than 60% to 80%
Bunker Hill and UMass Boston will partner on admissions
2024年9月25日 · UMass Boston and Bunker Hill Community College will launch a “new pathway” for students to transition to four-year college through a partnership agreement that will ease transfers and encourage collaboration between the two Boston campuses. The agreement, announced on Sept.
News | Dorchester Reporter
On Dec. 4, the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Massachusetts announced a new partnership to expand workforce training in the green jobs sector ...
Mattahunt School wins ‘School on the Move’ award
2024年10月22日 · Several years ago, Mattahunt Elementary Principal Walter Henderson led a school that wasn’t on the top of anyone’s list. In fact, by 2017, it was closed for repeated poor academic performance reviews. Today, Henderson accepted a coveted prize on behalf of the Mattahunt, which has been named the ‘School on the Move’ by the non-profit school improvement organization EdVestors.