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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 4h

Did you know that #Dorchester is home to a new semi-pro men's soccer team called Dot City FC? www.dotnews.com/2025/semi-pr...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 2d

In this week’s DotLife podcast news segment, we discuss the Whitey Bulger/Savin Bar + Kitchen controversy. Plus: what’s next for Carney Hospital? #Dorchester
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News of the Week: 10/10/2025

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Neponset River Greenway Council @neponsetgreenway.bsky.social · 3d

Neponset Trail users please note that the Boston Firefighters 5k/10k race will include parts of the trail and local roads in Dorchester on Sunday morning between 8 and 11 am.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

Walsh Park re-opened last Friday after a $4 million facelift that boasts well-lighted walking paths, a softball field, refurbished basketball courts, and even a tennis court that supports a new sport for the city-owned playground: pickle ball. dotnews.com/2025/ribbon-... #Dorchester

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

As Markey mounts his re-election bid, potential challengers consider options, via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/markey-...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

This week's print edition of The Reporter is now in circulation around the neighborhoods. You can also read it here:
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Chris Lovett @clovettboston.bsky.social · 6d

Via @dotnews.bsky.social: Boston's "middle" has been shrinking for decades, which affects housing costs, school choices, even election results. Then something changed with the pandemic and its aftermath. Numbers have consequences. dotnews.com/2025/numbers...

Numbers say it: Greater Boston is more diverse, more divided | Dorchester Reporter

New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple figu...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

Boston’s interim Parks Commissioner Cathy Baker-Eclipse was a guest at the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) meeting on Monday night to discuss planned improvements to one Savin Hill park and to discuss safety concerns at another site. #Dorchester
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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

Mayor Wu is taking on a new chief of staff as she transitions to a second term. Clare Kelly, who now works as the mayor’s chief intermediary to other elected officials, will replace Tiffany Chu, who has served as Wu’s top advisor since February 2022.
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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

Clarification: The civic group's leaders say the decision on how to register their opposition to the images will go before the general membership meeting in November.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

K-Pop bands are making #Dorchester's Strand Theatre their preferred venue in Boston with acts playing to sell-out audiences.
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A photographer caught K-Pop performer Moon Byul in this pose on the stage of Dorchester's historic Strand Theatre last November during her popular show at the venue.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

A celebrity chef’s re-branding concept for Savin Bar + Kitchen – which features photos of notorious Boston mobsters, including the late James “Whitey” Bulger— is causing a stir in Savin Hill, where civic leaders voted to petition the business to remove the images. www.dotnews.com/2025/savin-h...

Whitey Bulger’s picture as seen through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

Rep. Pressley, union leaders sound the alarm on federal shutdown impacts in #Boston via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/pressle...

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley gathered with government workers and union representatives last Friday at the office of an SEIU Local on West Street in Boston to discuss the government shutdown. Yawu Miller photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

Company owned by former BRA director Tom O'Brien hired to plan re-development of shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester
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A box truck is shown outside the main entrance of Carney Hospital in Sept. 2024, days after it closed. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Families, vendors, and elected officials gathered in Franklin Park last Saturday (Sept. 27) to kick off the launch of “Park’d,” a month-long food truck fair running alongside the Franklin Park Zoo’s Boston Lights exhibit. dotnews.com/2025/zoo-s-b...

Michael Morris grills hot dogs and sausages behind the Boss Town Hot Dog cart. Madyline Swearing photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

When Jordy’s Men’s Store in #Dorchester's Codman Square shut down operations about a month ago, the move marked the end of a family legacy that stretched back over several generations of a Jewish-American family led by the late Morris Silverstein. dotnews.com/2025/end-emp...

The former Jordy’s Men’s Store closed recently after 65 years in the Square, and North Side Family Sportswear closed 18 months ago. The two long-time retailers retired their businesses and left unoccupied spaces. An ATM once occupied a small space in the bank of stores. Seth Daniel photos

The sales crew at Jordy’s Men’s Store around 2004 in Codman Square. The store closed after 65 years in the Square last month. (L-R) Anthony Lee, Frank Hernandez, Leonard ‘Lenny’ Wolf, Roberto Ortiz, Jay Wolf, and Curtis Taylor. The store had been in the Silverstein-Hirshfield-Wolf family for decades.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

This week's print edition of The Reporter is now in circulation across the neighborhoods. You can also read it here: www.dotnews.com/files/Rep%20...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Below a glowing canopy of lights and traditional nón lá hats, nearly 100 people gathered in Fields Corner on Sunday night for a temporary art installation marking a milestone in the campaign to establish a permanent Vietnamese diaspora memorial in Boston. dotnews.com/2025/town-fi...

Among those gathered in Town Field for the installation were (left to right) Linh-Phương Vũ, Kathy Lê, Ngọc-Trân Vũ, and Theresa Trần. Archer Liang photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

There’s no shortage of foot traffic in Codman Square’s business district, but destinations have dwindled for shoppers as commercial vacancies have accelerated at a pace that has community stakeholders concerned. www.dotnews.com/2025/imagini...

The former Jordy’s Men’s Store closed recently after 65 years in Codman Square, and North Side Family Sportswear closed 18 months ago. The two long-time retailers retired their businesses and left unoccupied spaces. An ATM once occupied a small space in the bank of stores. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 14d

City councillors raise concerns about new BPS exam school admissions plan during hearing dotnews.com/2025/city-co...

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper addressed city councillors during a Monday hearing at City Hall. Looking on are education consultant Colin Rose and Monica Hogan, BPS Chief of Data, Information and Systems Improvement. Photo by Yawu Miller

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 14d

UMass Boston files plans for nursing building, lays out its hopes for additional developments www.dotnews.com/2025/umass-b...

A preliminary rendering of the proposed new nursing and science building on the campus of UMass Boston. The building would bring three nursing locations under one roof on campus. Courtesy UMass Boston

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 14d

One of the local institutions impacted by the federal shut-down is #Dorchester's JFK Library.

JFK Library Foundation @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social · 14d

During the federal government shutdown, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, including the Research Room is closed. The staff of the JFK Library Foundation will continue to update our social media pages from offsite.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Government Shutdown Notice: Museum and Research Room closed.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 14d

Editorial— Trump's tough guy act masks his real weakness
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Russian president Vladimir Putin next to a smiling President Trump during their "summit" in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15. White House Photo by Daniel Torok

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 15d

A small group of protestors who object to a spate of Walgreens store closures in Boston’s neighborhoods rallied outside one of the few surviving chain locations in Mattapan on Tuesday afternoon.
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