Headlines
Updates
Latest Headlines in Detail
Mass. economy grows strongly in first quarter, doubling US pace
Boston.com Education News
Apr 28Bay State’s economy doubles US pace After a slowdown at the end of 2011, the Massachusetts economy gained steam in the first three months of this year and is expected to steadily strengthen throughout 2012. The University of Massachusetts and the Feder... »
Ex-boyfriend charged with murdering two sisters in Dorchester home in 2011; suspect may have fled country
The Boston Globe Metro Desk
Apr 28A Suffolk grand jury returned indictments on Friday charging a man – who authorities believe has fled the country - with the 2011 shooting deaths of two sisters in their Dorchester apartment, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. Jean Weevin... »
Nightingale Garden receives a little Arbor Day love Friday
Your Town
Apr 27Dorchester residents were up early Friday morning to show the Nightingale Community Garden a little Arbor Day love. »
Report: Mass. Economy Apparently Grew At Twice The National Rate
Wbur.org - Boston
Apr 27A report by the University of Massachusetts and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston finds the state economy expanded at an annualized rate of 4.5 percent. That follows a slow-down in the previous quarter. »
Boston Shines events in Dorchester
Your Town
Apr 27Dochester residents will be out in full force this weekend from Savin Hill to Codman Square for Boston Shines, Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s city-wide spring cleaning. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Plourde, UMass hope to strong-arm their way through NCAA tourney
On Campus
May 17It’s no secret that the success of the University of Massachusetts softball team in the NCAA tournament rests squarely on the right arm of Sara Plourde (right, photo courtesy of UMass). The senior has been the driving force behind the Minutewomen’s sup... »
MassDOT, MBTA Help "Boston Shine"
Commonwealth ConversationsTransportation
Apr 27More than 150 MassDOT and MBTA employees today joined the annual Boston Shines Cleanup Day. Crews from MassDOT District 6, left, along with other MassDOT and T employees were at work across the city: -doing clean up work and street... »
The dream is dead
Universal Hub
Apr 27Workers this morning were busy bluewashing over the old murals showing the fabled One Franklin project that was supposed to rise like a phoenix from the giant hole its developers dug where Filene's used to be. Note the red-and-white placard above the p... »
Dorchester Reporter On Strategic Plan For Carney Hospital
CommoNHealth
Apr 26A local Dorchester newspaper offers some details on the future of troubled Carney Hospital, whose president, Bill Walczak, abruptly left after only 14 months at the helm. »
BC High rallies to defeat Xaverian in a Catholic Conference battle
High School Insider
Apr 26(Tom Layman reports on the Catholic Conference battle from Dorchester) It’s safe to say that Norm Walsh would like to see his BC High baseball team win its next game by at least 12 runs. The Eagles lived on the edge yet again as they scored a come... »
