Is there something in the water in Ward 17, perhaps the Neponset River that flows by it? The district, which includes Lower Mills, and parts of Codman Square and Mattapan, has been home to mayors (2), attorney generals (3), and a speaker of the Massachusetts House, among other elected officials. Mayor John B. Hynes, who served through the 1950s, lived on Druid Street off
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To the Editor: Although Bill Forry was right in his March 10 editorial to call for us to stop imports of Russian oil, I can’t agree with his proposal to also send more US arms to Ukraine. I’m with US Rep. Ayanna Pressley on this. In the House, Pressley voted to fund increased humanitarian aid but opposed a huge increase in Pentagon spending and $billions in new weapons funding
Last week, the Boston Planning and Development Agency’s board of directors approved a plan to build a new $50 million fieldhouse in Dorchester’s Columbia Point neighborhood. The vote was unanimous, and for good reason: This project, once completed, will be a game-changer for the kids in our city who deserve the sort of state-of-the-art, indoor facility that will be built along
City planning officials last week hosted a virtual public meeting on the proposal to build a youth-focused facility in Dorchester’s Columbia Point neighborhood. The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), which is reviewing the proposal, held the session on Thursday (Jan. 27) where proponents of the 75,000-square-foot facility, known as the Dorchester Fieldhouse, made