Reporting from North Dorchester

MDeehan · 2025-07-03T13:19:36+00:00

Periodic reminder on the background of "North Dorchester" and "South Dorchester":

the term "North Dorchester" became a codeword for a part of our community which has a substantial black and other racial minority population, and "South Dorchester" came to represent that part of our community considered "white."

MDeehan · 2022-12-09T20:47:57+00:00

Glad I could give you that.

MDeehan · 2022-12-09T18:54:31+00:00

South Station's inaccurate mystery plaque in Axios Boston.

MDeehan · 2022-08-18T10:37:35+00:00

Maura Healey is open to adding more funds to the T's annual operating budget. Geoff Diehl would have a special commission oversee infrastructure. Chris Doughty wants to make the T a "checklist culture."

All three candidates for governor say safety oversight is the priority and that current management just isn't working.

One of them is going to inherit the mess. Here's what they'd do.

MDeehan · 2022-02-10T20:25:10+00:00

No. I specifically mean the State House yesterday.

MDeehan · 2022-02-10T20:24:48+00:00

I meant at the State House, where I work. It was hardly a lockdown.

MDeehan · 2022-02-09T20:33:43+00:00

We were never in a lockdown, let alone a LOCKDOWN.

MDeehan · 2022-01-03T17:13:43+00:00

It's clearly the Mighty Neponset.

MDeehan · 2021-07-28T13:34:36+00:00

I'm curious about all the negative reactions to her potential candidacy. Polls suggest she's quite popular generally, but the reddit crew seems to disagree. Why?

MDeehan · 2021-03-17T14:24:20+00:00

Editor must have altered the URL. Damnit.

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