To the Editor: I have been a resident of the Melville Park neighborhood of Dorchester for 36 years, and in that time have seen much change. I have been active in the Melville Park Association, one of the many associations established throughout the city with the support of the various administrations to assist in addressing local issues. For the past six years our
Abutters to the Fitzpatrick Brothers auto body property on Centre Street last week laid out their case against an 81-unit apartment building proposed for the site by Trinity Financial. Last November, the development company presented preliminary plans at a Melville Park Association (MPA) meeting and said that it expected to make a comprehensive case for the project at the
The Epiphany School this week said it hopes to buy the Fitzpatrick Brothers auto body shop property near the Shawmut MBTA Station. The site, long the center of a controversy over various plans for its re-development, is currently under consideration for the construction of an 81-unit apartment development by Trinity Financial. Epiphany has operated a middle school adjacent to
The latest plan to re-develop the site of a longtime automotive business next to Shawmut MBTA station was the subject of a public meeting last Thursday (Nov. 18) as the Melville-Park Association convened in-person inside the nearby Epiphany School to hear from representatives of the Dorchester-rooted firm Trinity Financial. At issue is the re-use of Fitzpatrick Brothers
Two unnamed teachers from the Epiphany School were given a loud round of applause at last Thursday’s meeting of the Melville Park Association for their role in thwarting an attempted sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl in broad daylight on Nov. 8. Boston Police Officer Mike Keaney told the Association that around 1:30 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was walking on Sharp Street near