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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 10h

Clarification: The civic group's leaders say the decision on how to register their opposition to the images will go before the general membership meeting in November.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12h

K-Pop bands are making #Dorchester's Strand Theatre their preferred venue in Boston with acts playing to sell-out audiences.
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A photographer caught K-Pop performer Moon Byul in this pose on the stage of Dorchester's historic Strand Theatre last November during her popular show at the venue.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13h

A celebrity chef’s re-branding concept for Savin Bar + Kitchen – which features photos of notorious Boston mobsters, including the late James “Whitey” Bulger— is causing a stir in Savin Hill, where civic leaders voted to petition the business to remove the images. www.dotnews.com/2025/savin-h...

Whitey Bulger’s picture as seen through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 15h

Rep. Pressley, union leaders sound the alarm on federal shutdown impacts in #Boston via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/pressle...

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley gathered with government workers and union representatives last Friday at the office of an SEIU Local on West Street in Boston to discuss the government shutdown. Yawu Miller photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 2d

Company owned by former BRA director Tom O'Brien hired to plan re-development of shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester
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A box truck is shown outside the main entrance of Carney Hospital in Sept. 2024, days after it closed. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

Families, vendors, and elected officials gathered in Franklin Park last Saturday (Sept. 27) to kick off the launch of “Park’d,” a month-long food truck fair running alongside the Franklin Park Zoo’s Boston Lights exhibit. dotnews.com/2025/zoo-s-b...

Michael Morris grills hot dogs and sausages behind the Boss Town Hot Dog cart. Madyline Swearing photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

When Jordy’s Men’s Store in #Dorchester's Codman Square shut down operations about a month ago, the move marked the end of a family legacy that stretched back over several generations of a Jewish-American family led by the late Morris Silverstein. dotnews.com/2025/end-emp...

The former Jordy’s Men’s Store closed recently after 65 years in the Square, and North Side Family Sportswear closed 18 months ago. The two long-time retailers retired their businesses and left unoccupied spaces. An ATM once occupied a small space in the bank of stores. Seth Daniel photos

The sales crew at Jordy’s Men’s Store around 2004 in Codman Square. The store closed after 65 years in the Square last month. (L-R) Anthony Lee, Frank Hernandez, Leonard ‘Lenny’ Wolf, Roberto Ortiz, Jay Wolf, and Curtis Taylor. The store had been in the Silverstein-Hirshfield-Wolf family for decades.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

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

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

Below a glowing canopy of lights and traditional nón lá hats, nearly 100 people gathered in Fields Corner on Sunday night for a temporary art installation marking a milestone in the campaign to establish a permanent Vietnamese diaspora memorial in Boston. dotnews.com/2025/town-fi...

Among those gathered in Town Field for the installation were (left to right) Linh-Phương Vũ, Kathy Lê, Ngọc-Trân Vũ, and Theresa Trần. Archer Liang photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

There’s no shortage of foot traffic in Codman Square’s business district, but destinations have dwindled for shoppers as commercial vacancies have accelerated at a pace that has community stakeholders concerned. www.dotnews.com/2025/imagini...

The former Jordy’s Men’s Store closed recently after 65 years in Codman Square, and North Side Family Sportswear closed 18 months ago. The two long-time retailers retired their businesses and left unoccupied spaces. An ATM once occupied a small space in the bank of stores. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

City councillors raise concerns about new BPS exam school admissions plan during hearing dotnews.com/2025/city-co...

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper addressed city councillors during a Monday hearing at City Hall. Looking on are education consultant Colin Rose and Monica Hogan, BPS Chief of Data, Information and Systems Improvement. Photo by Yawu Miller

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

UMass Boston files plans for nursing building, lays out its hopes for additional developments www.dotnews.com/2025/umass-b...

A preliminary rendering of the proposed new nursing and science building on the campus of UMass Boston. The building would bring three nursing locations under one roof on campus. Courtesy UMass Boston

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 7d

One of the local institutions impacted by the federal shut-down is #Dorchester's JFK Library.

JFK Library Foundation @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social · 7d

During the federal government shutdown, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, including the Research Room is closed. The staff of the JFK Library Foundation will continue to update our social media pages from offsite.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Government Shutdown Notice: Museum and Research Room closed.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

Editorial— Trump's tough guy act masks his real weakness
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Russian president Vladimir Putin next to a smiling President Trump during their "summit" in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15. White House Photo by Daniel Torok

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 8d

A small group of protestors who object to a spate of Walgreens store closures in Boston’s neighborhoods rallied outside one of the few surviving chain locations in Mattapan on Tuesday afternoon.
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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 8d

Miniard Culpepper, one of two finalists in the race to fill the vacant District 7 city council seat, picked up two key endorsements from former rivals — Samuel Hurtado and Said Abdikarim— this week.
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Miniard Culpepper with supporters on election night, Sept. 9, 2025. Yawu Miller photo

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

Miniard Culpepper gets a boost in the Boston City Council election for District 7. He’s been endorsed by two former candidates in the preliminary election: Samuel Hurtado and Said Abdikarim. Culpepper will face Said Ahmed in the Nov. 4 final election.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

US Rep. Stephen Lynch today called for a Congressional probe into allegations that Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” accepted a $50,000 cash bribe as part of a FBI sting operation into public corruption last year.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

The scene at 2 Morrissey is cleared.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

A large Boston Fire Dept. response is ongoing at this hour at 2 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, part of a Santander Bank complex. A reporter on the scene for the Reporter says firefighters are investigating a fire in the basement within a battery. Mount Vernon St is closed to vehicles right now.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Why the little-known Canterbury Brook could be key to flood mitigation efforts in Mattapan www.dotnews.com/2025/now-you...

A portion of the Canterbury Brook near American Legion Highway in the Boston Nature Center. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

In the latest @dotnews.bsky.social segment of the DotLife podcast season two, @billforry.bsky.social talks about Boston's vaccine roll-out, 10 years of Chill on Park, and takes a walk down Reporter memory lane with podcast host Erin Caldwell.
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News of the Week: 9/26/2025

YouTube video by DotLife Podcast

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Chill on Park celebrates 10 years of frozen treats and first-jobs in Fields Corner #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/it-s-pl...

Wendy and Alan Issokson, owners of Chill on Park ice cream parlor, in their Park Street store at Fields Corner, where they are celebrating 10 years in business this month. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

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

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

The city of Boston today launched free vaccine clinics as part of a stepped-up effort to combat misinformation and confusion caused by federal health officials.
Full story: www.dotnews.com/2025/city-bo...

Pictured: Boston's Public Health Commissioner Dr. Bisola Ojikutu

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