Dorchester, MA

Matthew J. Sweeney Jr., a longtime Dorchester resident who served as president of Dorchester Youth Hockey, died on Sunday, Nov. 1. He was 60. The post Dorchester mourns loss of Matt Sweeney, 60, longtime Youth Hockey leader appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall says lithium-ion batteries stored in plastic toolboxes caused the May 2026 fire on Treadway Road in which Firefighter Bobby Kilduff was killed. The post Fire chief: Batteries caused blaze that led to death of Firefighter Kilduff appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

The free, family-friendly celebration along the Neponset River Greenway featured costumes, games, crafts, music and plenty of Halloween treats. The post The annual Pumpkin Parade was a big hit at Dorchester’s Pope John Paul II Park last Thursday (Oct. 29). appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Nefertiti Walker will serve as interim chancellor of UMass Boston. The post Top Meehan deputy named interim UMass-Boston chancellor appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

In an ongoing effort to whittle down the city’s portfolio of school buildings to “approximately 95” by 2030, Boston Public Schools officials announced a fourth cycle of closures and reconfigurations on Monday that includes the closing of Charlestown High School in 2028 and the moving of Dorchester’s Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) from its current home on Maxwell Street to the former Grover Cleveland building at 11 Charles St. in Fields Corner by next September. The post B

A 16-year-old Foxborough teenager was arrested Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 4) in connection with the May 2025 shooting deaths of two men on Franklin Hill Avenue in Dorchester. Boston Police, assisted by U.S. Marshals, State Police and Foxborough Police, arrested the teenager— a male who has not been named due to his age— around 1:50 p.m. […] The post 16-year-old charged with ’25 double murder in Dorchester appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Stories flowed, good-natured jabs were at the ready, and salutes to family members— both living and long-gone, but well-remembered— were in steady supply last Friday (Oct. 23) at Dorchester’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library for the 16th annual Boston Irish Honors luncheon. The post Boston Irish Honors celebrates four leaders at Kennedy Library appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a nonprofit committed to providing Boston’s young people with impactful and rewarding year-round outdoor experiences, has played an integral role in the lives of Dorchester teens Jordan Johnson and Maemae Chang. Now, thanks to the grand opening of its new headquarters in Jamaica Plain, YES can help more kids and teens than ever before. The post $16m teen center in Jamaica Plain will help YES reach more city kids appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Fields Corner-based VietAID held its 32nd annual fundraiser gala at Venezia on Friday night, Oct. 30, with a sold-out crowd hearing the organization’s focus on enhanced programming, a pre-school, and an ambitious affordable housing development arm. The post Sold-out VietAID gala pushes organization’s expanded mission appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.

Back in April, when youth activists were protesting a cut to the city’s year-round youth jobs program, Mayor Michelle Wu pledged to raise private funding to pay for up to 2,000 such positions. The post Activists tell Wu that ‘privatizing’ funding for youth jobs is ineffective appeared first on Dorchester Reporter.