The Dorchester Day Parade Committee held a new fundraising event last Saturday (March 23) at the Murphy School cafeteria with ice cream sundaes and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Committee co-chairs Kelly Walsh and Brianne Gore said they were very excited at the turnout as hundreds of young people came out to feast on Lazy Bear ice cream and dance with the Easter Bunny. They
Outside groups, also known as super PACs, laid out six figures in the preliminary election earlier this month, focusing their efforts on District 3, which is anchored in Dorchester, and District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Roslindale. In District 3, the super PAC primarily funded by New Balance chairman Jim Davis funneled $9,000 to the head of the Cape Verdean
Jim Davis, the New Balance chairman who sent more than $1 million toward an outside group seeking to defeat then-Councillor Michelle Wu in the 2021 mayoral contest, is now hotfooting into City Council races. The candidates say they aren’t interested in the help. Davis, a Republican donor at the federal level, this week donated $150,000 to an outside group, or super PAC,