Check out this amazing article by @dotnews.bsky.social . One of their reporters came out and saw how BWSC is investing into keeping catch basins clear, reducing overflows and flooding. Read it here: www.dotnews.com/2025/bostons...

A look back at the top local stories of 2025 in The Reporter www.dotnews.com/2025/checkin...

Alleged gunman in deadly Mattapan triple-shooting in October held without bail; second suspect sought, prosecutors say www.dotnews.com/2025/bpd-man...

The union representing Boston’s firefighters approved a new $90M contract last week that promises the first responders a 2.5 percent pay hike with an additional 2 percent increase over the next three years. www.dotnews.com/2025/wu-fire...

Neighbors led by the former top archivist for the city of Boston are looking to create a “history garden” inside an underused public park next to Boston's oldest house in #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/garden-...

State Sen. Liz Miranda wants Gov. Healey to take action after a 32-year-old prisoner died after an incident that Miranda described as a “potential homicide” at the Suffolk County House of Correction at South Bay on Dec. 8. www.dotnews.com/2025/miranda...

Trustees at Cedar Grove Cemetery are planning to put up three buildings— each with two units of housing—on a parcel of land it owns near the corner of Granite Avenue and Milton Street. www.dotnews.com/2025/cedar-g...

Boston public health officials warn of surge in Flu cases, hospitalizations as seasonal illness hits earlier and harder than expected www.dotnews.com/2025/city-ur...

Michelle Wu will be sworn in as Boston's mayor for the second time on Mon., Jan. 5 at Boston Symphony Hall. When she convenes her first meeting with senior staff and cabinet chiefs, there’ll be many familiar faces, but with different roles and titles. www.dotnews.com/2025/team-wu...

Young musicians from Mattapan's Immigrant Family Services Institute delighted a packed audience at Dorchester's TechBoston Academy auditorium last weekend with a Christmas concert featuring violins, voices, and a brass orchestra. www.dotnews.com/2025/young-m...

Pretty standard stuff for a massive cover-up.

“It’s been three years [since the last public update]. And we’re at 15 percent still. The T has built a Green Line extension. The T has built South Coast Rail. The Mattapan line has five refurbished trolleys in that same time frame.” - State Sen. William Driscoll (D-Milton)

Many residents dismiss the vote for the next Boston City Council president as procedural. It isn’t. In 2026, the Council Presidency matters more than ever, writes George 'Chip' Greenidge. www.dotnews.com/2025/opinion...

Sunday Menorah lighting planned on Morrissey Blvd. to celebrate Chanukah www.dotnews.com/2025/sunday-...

Once upon a time, we had decent people in charge.

State officials confirmed today that a controversial plan to redevelop the Shattuck Hospital campus that was put on pause in 2023 has now been totally scrapped. www.dotnews.com/2025/state-o...

A very bad look for the Krafts.

Reports now surfacing that investigators are probing a link between the Brown mass shooting and the gun murder of MIT Professor Loureiro in Brookline on Monday night... Two prominent Northeast universities targeted w/in 48 hours. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/18/m...

Officials from MassDOT presented two primary concepts this week for replacing the Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard: a modern movable drawbridge or a taller, fixed bridge that would no longer open for boat traffic. #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/two-opt...

New in The Reporter— Updates on a major infrastructure project to to replace the Morrissey drawbridge.

After years of planning, three major redevelopment projects that are expected to transform Uphams Corner will converge on a single stretch of Columbia Road starting next year. #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/three-d...

Mayor Michelle Wu is standing firm behind her proposed tax burden shift as others continue to warn about declining commercial property values and the growing city budget, via @statehousenews.com www.dotnews.com/2025/wu-knoc...

The Robert and Cynthia Marr Charitable Foundation has made a $6.5 million donation in support of the FieldHouse+, a 75,000-square-foot enrichment and recreation facility now under construction on Dorchester's Columbia Point peninsula. www.dotnews.com/2025/marr-fo...

Whoa... head of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

Awesome

MBTA officials are planning to update residents Wednesday on what’s happening with long-delayed improvements to the Mattapan Hi-Speed Trolley line. www.dotnews.com/2025/virtual...

State transportation officials will convene a public meeting this evening, Dec. 16, at Boston College High School to discuss the future replacement of the John J. Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard. www.dotnews.com/2025/dec-16-...

Boston City Councillor Brian Worrell says he’s pressing forward with his candidacy for the council presidency next month, despite the fact that one of his colleagues has already declared victory in the contest. www.dotnews.com/2025/worrell...

New at Media Nation: Linda Henry says McGrory will be the permanent, not the "interim," editor of The Boston Globe but will also take an extended leave from Boston University. dankennedy.net/2025/12/15/l...

In this week's DotLife podcast news segment, Bill Forry and Seth Daniel of The Reporter talk about BPS closure pushback; a new commander for B-3 police; Fields Corner's library rising; and last-minute gift ideas for your favorite Dot-phile #Dorchester youtu.be/949-e1KuNvA?...

Coming up next Wed., Dec. 17— MBTA hosts virtual meeting w/ updates to Mattapan Hi-Speed trolley project

The Boston Police Area B-3 district has a new commander. Capt. Sean McCarthy has been making the rounds to introduce himself at civic association meetings, including last week’s Codman Square Neighborhood Council (CSNC). #Dorchester #Mattapan www.dotnews.com/2025/new-cap...

Two charged with armed home invasion near Ronan Park; one has violent record dating to the early 1990s www.universalhub.com/crime/2025/t... #Boston #Dorchester #crime #guns

Congress: Send this young man the total proceeds of the first "Golden Ticket" visa, tax-free. What an effing disgrace.

Members of a neighbor-led planning initiative focused on Codman Square have hired nine “ambassadors” and plan to launch their effort in earnest in January. #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/group-t...

The new Fields Corner library branch that is rising at the corner of Park Street and Dot Ave with a completion expected by next summer has an important design distinction that is readily apparent to passersby: glulams, or engineered wood, instead of steel beams. www.dotnews.com/2025/new-fie...

Commentary— UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco writes about the latest UN climate summit in Brazil. He says "it’s time to shift from promises and rhetoric to a decisive victory for climate resilience." www.dotnews.com/2025/where-c...

Church “norms” be damned, Archbishop Henning. Stand up for your vulnerable, scared congregants and and back up your pastor. He was right to call out the gun lobby and he’s right to ridicule this wicked, racist administration and the masked henchmen who are preying on our neighbors.

“You cannot appease this administration. History has shown us that is not the way to beat authoritarianism or to beat a dictator. The only way to beat a dictator, and that is what we have in the Oval office, is with defiance.” - @ayannapressley.bsky.social

Great read here from @yawumiller.bsky.social !

Irish fans: Come to Boston and watch the matches here in the best Irish pubs outside of the Emerald Isle. And root for Haiti when the Irish aren't on the pitch. 🇮🇪🇭🇹

Mayor Wu is hosting a Reddit AMA this weekend ”about the fight to keep residential property taxes from spiking next year under state law.” Questions will be answered tomorrow (12/8). www.reddit.com/r/boston/com...

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Check out the latest DotLife news segment! Boston-Beacon Hill tax standoff; Rep. Pressley passes on Senate run; what's next for the Beades bridge; Cedar Grove Gardens @ Ashmont; and a vintage poster that sought to promote #Dorchester in 1975. youtu.be/YIKVnbBATjY?...

Not seeing this anywhere except for this post and in Haitian media. People in Boston were pulled out of line AT THE CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY and told their process was cancelled due to being from Haiti and other countries listed in the article. Complete fucking fascism. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Outrageous. Gestapo tactics on American soil.

Another day, another aggressively racist act from the Racist in Chief on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Just-in: Haiti will play Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium in first round of World Cup. Haiti v. Philadelphia on June 19 in Philadelphia. Let's go Haiti!! 🇭🇹

Cheers to Fr. Stephen Josoma. Archdiocese should be backing him up. Instead, they're siding with the racists. Disgraceful.

#Massachusetts to Bobby Brainworm: Screw you, we're going to keep recommending all newborns get a life-saving #vaccination www.universalhub.com/2025/massach...