The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its plan to clean hazardous pollutants out of a 3.7-mile stretch of the Neponset River, the landmark waterway that runs 29 miles from Foxborough into Dorchester Bay. www.dotnews.com/2025/epa-fin...

Cassidy McNeeley and Bill Forry from The Reporter talk about this week's headlines from #Dorchester in the latest episode of DotLife podcast. youtu.be/r-OHoZd6pyE?...

New in the DotLife podcast: Small women-led business owners talk about their experiences setting up shop in #Dorchester youtu.be/7MSlXE3Fe9k?...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Museum Store will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 15, 2025. In celebration of our reopening, the Museum is excited to offer free admission to all visitors through November 30. Plan your trip: jfklibrary.org/PlanYourTrip

Do you know who owns this dog? The folks at MSPCA-Angell have put out a call for tips from the public about a stray miniature poodle-mix that was found emaciated near Geneva Avenue in Dorchester on Monday. www.dotnews.com/2025/search-...

BPS chief attributes recent drop in enrollment to fewer returning students from "newcomer" communities www.dotnews.com/2025/bps-sup...

This week's print edition of The Reporter is now in circulation across the neighborhoods. You can also read it here: dotnews.com/files/REP%20...

Boston residents with Jamaican ties ask for help with hurricane relief www.dotnews.com/2025/local-r...

“Curated cocktails” and dinner cuisine served with a dress code, VIP booth, valet, and live music. That’s the vibe at Acapella by X, which opened “softly” last week in Fields Corner after a year-long renovation of the space that formerly housed the Blarney Stone. www.dotnews.com/2025/pitchin...

We got to enjoy a view of the #Aurora Borealis above the Neponset Trail and #Boston Harbor in Dorchester tonight! #NorthernLights #Massachusetts

Rink by rink, Dot’s Shawn Leary has skated his way to where ‘Hockey Is King’ – Surrey, British Columbia www.dotnews.com/2025/rink-by...

Gail Latimore celebrated her retirement on Thursday night (Nov. 6) in Dona Habana Restaurant in the South End, where she was joined by scores of development professionals, elected officials, family, friends, and co-workers who sought to send her off in style. www.dotnews.com/2025/i-grew-...

Opinion — Lawmakers and bar advocates must work together to end this work stoppage as swiftly as possible to protect worker dignity and survivor safety, says Jane Doe Inc.’s Hema Sarang-Sieminski. www.dotnews.com/2025/bar-cri...

Despite a lack of endorsements in a City Council campaign that she says some considered “adversarial,” Julia Mejia amassed nearly 17 percent of all votes in an eight-way race last week, securing a fourth term as an at-large councillor. www.dotnews.com/2025/mejia-s...

Boston Police command staff led by Commissioner Michael Cox met with #Dorchester neighbors in the basement of the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church last Thursday night for a briefing on crime trends and strategies in the Area C-11 district. www.dotnews.com/2025/bpd-bra...

Veteran journalist Chris Lovett helps the DotLifew podcast team dive deep into last week's election results, historic trends and turnout in #Boston www.dotnews.com/2025/dotlife...

This evening in #Dorchester!

Boston's Cape Verdean police officers join effort to help build a sports court for kids in Cape Verde. Fundraising gala is held tonight in #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/nov-8-g...

Today in #Dorchester

Coming up Saturday November 29 is the Holiday Stroll and tree lighting event in the Lower Mills / Milton Village/ Central Ave district

Reminder: BAA's Boston Half is on Sunday and will impact traffic around Franklin Park and parts of #Dorchester, #Mattapan, #Roxbury and #JP. Get more info at baa.org

This week's cover of the Dorchester Reporter. Read it at the new-and-improved DotNews.com dotnews.com/files/REP%20...

City Council President Ruthzee Louijeuene won re-election handily Tuesday, finishing far out in front in a field of eight candidates. But she said she’s not celebrating — she’s getting back to work. www.dotnews.com/2025/after-b...

First in the Dorchester Reporter— Jascha Franklin-Hodge, city’s Streets Chief, to exit Wu Cabinet as first-term ends #Boston www.dotnews.com/2025/jascha-...

State legislators and city officials are determined to move forward on the re-design of Morrissey Boulevard following the release of a final report by a state-appointed board last month. www.dotnews.com/2025/state-a...

Yet another pharmacy is closing its doors in #Dorchester. The CVS on Dudley Street in Uphams Corner will close on Dec. 18, company officials confirmed today after an inquiry from The Reporter. www.dotnews.com/2025/cvs-to-...

They Lay In Anonymity In Cedar Grove Plots: Who Are These Women? A group of neighbors are leading to charge to find out. www.dotnews.com/2025/they-la...

Mayor Wu hailed her “state of the schools” address on Oct. 28 as a “historic” first, but it followed a series of high-profile moves by her predecessors to exert leadership over Boston’s public education, via @clovettboston.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/wus-cal...

Community members are invited to attend Area C-11’s CompStat meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church, 378 Washington St., Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/cox-c-1...

A vacant lot behind the Engine 18 firehouse in Peabody Square would be acquired by the city of Boston for $1.3 million to allow for the facility to expand on the site in the future. #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/peabody...

Rev. Miniard Culpepper wins the Boston City Council District 7 seat left vacant by Tania Fernandes Anderson. Story via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/culpepp...

Boston Election— Santana beats out Baker for final At-Large seat; Louijeune tops ticket citywide; Culpepper wins District 7 seat; Wu sails to 2nd term as Mayor www.dotnews.com/2025/polls-o...

Campaign sources confirm that Henry Santana will win the fourth spot in the at-large city council race, beating out Frank Baker, who'll finish fifth. "City Councillor Henry Santana was overwhelmingly re-elected in a landslide," Mayor Wu just told a crowd gathered at Grace by Nia. See dotnews.com

Miniard Culpepper has won the District 7 city council seat, per multiple sources

Moments ago, Frank Baker told crowd of supporters at Florian Hall that full results won't be known "until 2 or 3 in the morning." He says he plans to go to bed. "Thank you for honoring me and my family... I feel good about where we are. We did good every place in the city."

The other precinct at Kit Clark Apts in #Dorchester (13-7)— Baker, Murphy, Louijeune, Mejia, Santana

Dorchester's 13-8, Kit Clark Apts— Baker, Louijeune, Murphy-Santana,Mejia

Baker, Murphy crushing it at Florian Hall double-precinct in #Dorchester

Dorchester's 16-7 Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy Neponset Campus— Baker, Murphy, Louijeune, Mejia

Roxbury's 11-3— Higginson School (there are four precincts there)— Culpepper over Ahmed in D-7; Mejia tops ticket in at-large race

Roxbury's 12-9 Higginson/Lewis K-8 School - 131 Walnut Avenue... Culpepper in command; Mejia tops ticket

At Roxbury's Higginson/Lewis K-8 School Ward 12, p8— Culpepper over Ahmed; Mejia, Louijeune,Santana,Murphy

Another South Boston precinct- (W6,p1) Condon School — Murphy, Louijeune, Baker, Santana

Ward 7, precinct 9, Bellflower St Apts, Dorchester— Baker, Murphy, Louijeune, Mejia

Lower Mills Library 17-14, Mattapan precinct— Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Baker

Adams Street BPL (Ashmont-Adams precinct, 16-8)— Murphy, Baker, Louijeune, Mejia

At Lower Mills Library's Dorchester precinct (17-13), it's Louijeune, Murphy, Baker, Mejia

Louijeune is the clear ticket-topper at these two Ward 18 precincts at the Chittick School (Hyde Park, Mattapan line)

First results in from South Boston's Condon School (Ward 6, p. 3)- Murphy, Baker, Santana, Louijeune

Polls are now closed in Boston. Stay tuned to this account for early returns from select precincts in: Dorchester, Mattapan, South Boston, Roxbury, South End, and Hyde Park.