Developers trying to get the city’s approval for transit-oriented housing near Shawmut Station showed off their latest plans last week, scoring points with supporters but making little headway against neighborhood opposition. At an online meeting arranged for Oct. 3 by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), members of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) responded to
Open Streets Dorchester, take two: City officials will for the second consecutive year temporarily shut down Dorchester Avenue to vehicle traffic between Ashmont Street and Freeport Street this coming Sunday (Sept. 17) and open it up to people and more than 100 vendors. The route has been shortened from last year’s event, when the southern terminus was Gallivan Boulevard. The
After a hugely successful launch last year, the Ashmont-Adams section of Dorchester will host the second annual DorchFest on Sat., June 3. The Dot Day weekend festival will feature live performances on porches and front-yards at roughly 50 homes in the heavily residential neighborhood between Ashmont Street and Gallivan Boulevard. The free event is organized by volunteers who