The neighborhood’s Lunar (Tét) New Year celebrations kicked off last Sat., Jan. 27, at the Fields Corner branch of the Boston Public Library with a family celebration hosted by the BPL and the Boston Little Saigon district. Hundreds were in attendance for the afternoon festivities, which featured music, dance, traditional foods and deserts, and Tét-themed crafts – like
A proposal to rename a playground in Ronan Park after the late Maryann Hanley, an 11-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in the park in 1983, continues to roil the neighborhood in controversy, with family members saying they won’t give up the cause and some community members still debating the appropriateness of the idea. After an intense informal community meeting on the
The construction timeline for the Fields Corner Library now projects that the facility will be closed for 20 months, starting next spring 2024. The scheduling was laid out at the final design meeting last Wednesday (Sept. 27). Officials with the Boston Public Library (BPL) have been meeting with the community and getting the wheels in motion to replace the one-story,
The horrific murder of an 11-year-old girl four decades ago in Dorchester’s Ronan Park is again stirring emotions as a proposal to re-name a playground inside the park as a memorial to the victim is under consideration by city officials. Maryann Hanley was found murdered and raped in the park on Aug. 1, 1983. The then-boyfriend, Val Mayfield, of one of her sisters, was