Volunteers gathered at Dorchester's Loesch Park in one of the first tree plantings to remember lives lost to COVID. It kicks off a tour of tree plantings in cities like New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
As Tiffany Williams put the finishing touches on her planting of a tree in Dorchester’s Dr. Loesch Family Park on Wainwright Street last Friday, it was an exercise in celebrating a new life, and remembering one lost. For her, adding a tree in the park was about creating a living memorial to her mother, Jacqualine Williams, a Dorchester woman who was one of many who died during
Eight men and women from Dorchester and Mattapan were honored for their quiet, but effective leadership at the Nov. 18 “Hidden Heroes and Sheroes” event held at a packed Black Box Theatre at Codman Academy. The annual event combines the efforts of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council with the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition to raise money for youth scholarships and to