Some thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions
Heather Foley2019-12-31T14:43:04-05:00Happy New Year! The start of a new year is magical – a new page on which we can write whatever we want. And this isn’t any old new year, [...]
Caught in Dot Photo of the Week
Maureen Dahill2019-12-26T18:00:40-05:00Dorchester Sunrise This peaceful morning scene was captured by Rosemary Powers at Savin Hill Beach this week. How lucky are we to live where we live! That you to Rosemary [...]
Introducing Colette: Pairing Women with CBD Products
Maureen Dahill2019-12-05T10:26:15-05:00You’ve probably heard about the cannabis shops that have been popping up around the state since 2018. But Bostonian Marie Evans wants to introduce local women to all the cannabidiol (CBD) offerings available to [...]
Boston Harbor Now: 50 Years of Transformation
Maureen Dahill2019-12-03T15:26:12-05:00Boston Harbor Now has created a new video of the transformation that has taken place over the last 50 years. The footage was taken by helicopter by two urban planning [...]
Tune in: The Great Christmas Light Fight with Dot’s own Taniya Nayak
Maureen Dahill2019-12-02T17:34:41-05:00Lower Mills resident and interior designer Taniya Nayak will be back for a another season of the The Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC on Monday night at 8pm! Nayak [...]
10th Annual Murphy Boy’s Toy Drive for ABCD
Maureen Dahill2019-11-25T12:54:46-05:00'Tis the season for giving back! For the past ten years, the Murphy brothers from Dorchester have organized an annual toy drive for ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development).  Last year, [...]
Back in the good old days: Fields Corner MBTA station
Maureen Dahill2019-11-20T08:05:16-05:00If you ride the MBTA, you realized what a challenge it is - crowded trains, unreliable service, and faulty equipment. Here’s a reminder of what it was like back in [...]
CID Holiday Spending Guide
Contributor2019-11-18T07:42:48-05:00The holidays are quickly approaching but before you go into panic mode, our friends at City of Boston Credit Union offer some helpful advice so you don’t break the bank this season! [...]
Barbara Colby Playground is now open
Maureen Dahill2019-11-15T10:18:03-05:00Take a little time this week to check out the new Barbara Colby Playground at Tenean Beach. The $350,000 renovation by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) includes new [...]
History Lesson: The Giant Pear
Anna White2023-01-03T19:53:26-05:00As we've learned in previous History Lessons, Dorchester was its own town until 1870 when it fully became part of the City of Boston. For most of its history, Dorchester [...]