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The Dorchester Reporter, the leading news source for Boston’s largest neighborhood since 1983.

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DotLife podcast is back!
Season 3.1: Linda Pham from Tết in Boston on celebrating the Lunar New Year and her experience growing up in Dorchester. Bill Forry joins from the Dorchester Reporter. Plus: Three At Home plays a Tiny Dot Concert.
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New Year, New Momentum: Tết in Boston and the Year of the Horse
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February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Holland Tech senior guard Caleb Florence notched his 1,000th career point during a game against English High on Feb. 2. Remarkably, the 17-year-old Grove Hall resident did not play high school basketball as a freshman.

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‘A thousand!’ and counting: Holland Tech’s Caleb Florence keeps upping his hard court game - Dorchester Reporter
Caleb Florence, a Grove Hall native who plays basketball for the Holland Tech squad, netted his 1,000th career point in a game last week against English High.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Opinion— With federal funding for land and water conservation under threat, and the effects of climate change threatening our forests and watersheds, Massachusetts needs to act to protect our legacy of natural beauty — before it’s too late.

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On the ballot: A new way to protect Massachusetts’s natural resources - Dorchester Reporter
With federal funding for land and water conservation under threat, and the effects of climate change threatening our forests and watersheds, Massachusetts needs to act to protect our legacy of natural...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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The wife of Seamus Culleton, a 38-year-old Irish man who has lived in the Boston area for nearly 20 years, is urging federal immigration officials to release her husband after ICE agents arrested him in September.
American wife of Irish man detained by ICE asks for his release
The wife of Seamus Culleton, a 38-year-old Irish man who has lived in the Boston area for nearly 20 years, is urging federal immigration officials to release her husband after ICE agents arrested him ...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get,” is how Forrest Gump put it, but if the box is made at Phillips Chocolates on #Dorchester's Morrissey Boulevard, what you’re getting is guaranteed: quality, handcrafted, gourmet chocolates.

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February 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Dorchester's Mather Elementary Schooll held its second annual community Tét Lunar New Year celebration – this is the Year of the Horse – last Friday evening (Feb. 6) in its auditorium with several hundred people in attendance.

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Mather School kicks off Tét Lunar New Year celebrations - Dorchester Reporter
The Mather Elementary School on Meetinghouse Hill held its second annual community Tét Lunar New Year celebration – this is the Year of the Horse – last Friday evening (Feb. 6) in its auditorium with ...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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BC High’s brand-new indoor swimming pool will be the scene for a gathering of young athletes who will participate in the school’s initial February School Vacation Swim Clinic later this month. #Dorchester

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BC High welcomes young, competitive swimmers to first-ever February clinic - Dorchester Reporter
BC High’s brand-new indoor swimming pool will be the scene for a gathering of young athletes who will participate in the school’s initial February School Vacation Swim Clinic later this month.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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City officials last week unveiled a plan to create a half-acre farm, tentatively called “River Street Farm,” to be built on Boston Public Health Commission land next to the Mattapan Heights campus.

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City plan calls for half-acre farm in Mattapan to combat food insecurity - Dorchester Reporter
City officials Monday night unveiled a plan to create a half-acre farm in Mattapan to serve people experiencing food insecurity.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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The Reporter's website— DotNews.com— is back up and running!
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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The Reporter website —DotNews.com— is presently offline due to a technical issue. We are aware of the issue and our team is working to correct it. Thanks for your patience!
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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The total $325 million project cost will be split between the city and Boston Legacy Football Club, a new professional women’s soccer team, which has agreed to put $190 million into the rebuild, as part of its $252 million long-term commitment.
Boston's White Stadium rebuild will cost taxpayers $135M, nearly 3 times an earlier estimate
The total $325 million project cost will be split between the city and Boston Legacy Football Club, a new professional women’s soccer team, which has agreed to put $190 million into the rebuild, as pa...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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The JFK Library is THE place to be on Presidents’ Day!

Join us on Monday, February 16 for our 15th annual Presidents’ Day Festival and experience presidential storytelling, hands-on maker activities, live musical performances, and more for all ages.

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2026 Presidents' Day Festival
Monday, February 16, 2026: Join us for a day of presidential storytelling, musical performances, hands-on activities, and more that bring history to life for all ages!
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February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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The team charged with re-developing the vacant Carney Hospital campus told civic leaders and neighbors that they intend to build a health care facility and a mix of housing on the 12-acre Dorchester Avenue site.

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Carney developers focused on building anchor health care facility - Dorchester Reporter
The team charged with re-developing the vacant Carney Hospital campus have told civic leaders and neighbors that they intend to build a health care facility and a mix of housing on the 12-acre Dorches...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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NEW— Mayor Michelle Wu has just issued an executive order that offers clear guidance on how city government intends to respond to any future Minnesota-style "surge" of federal immigration agents into Boston.

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February 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Editorial—In a remarkable decision blocking the end of TPS for Haitians, US District Court Judge Anna Reyes blasted away at the Trump regime’s moral corruption and the white supremacist impulses that animate his attempt to purge the country of Black and brown people.

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US v. Donald Trump, our racist-in-chief - Dorchester Reporter
In a remarkable decision, US District Court Judge Anna Reyes blasted away at the Trump regime’s moral corruption and the white supremacist impulses that animate his attempt to purge the country of Bla...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Opinions were split among Dorchester residents who participated in a virtual public meeting last week to discuss a proposed development on East Cottage Street that would demolish the Little House and replace it with a six-story extended stay hotel.

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Comments take harsh turn at meeting about development of Little House site - Dorchester Reporter
Opinions were split among Dorchester residents who participated in a virtual public meeting last Tuesday (Jan. 27) set up for a review of a proposed development on East Cottage Street that would demol...
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February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Francisco DePina, the new president of Dorchester-based anti-violence program Boston Uncornered was once part of its target demographic.

“I was the kid everyone would point their finger at and say, ‘That’s the bad guy."

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Boston Uncornered’s new president Francisco DePina was once a target of the program - Dorchester Reporter
On Jan. 1, Francisco DePina— who has worked his way up from entry-level jobs in the Boston Uncornered organization – became its first-ever president.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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After almost two decades of periodic campaigns for recovery and improvement, the MBTA's Red Line fleet in 2026 is still vulnerable to weather, and increasingly buffeted by stiffening headwinds in global trade, via @clovettboston.bsky.social

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Red Line fleet was frozen in place by winter temps and trade dispute leading to US hold on new car parts - Dorchester Reporter
After almost two decades of periodic campaigns for recovery and improvement, the MBTA in 2026 is still vulnerable to weather, and increasingly buffeted by stiffening headwinds in global trade.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Neighbors and elected leaders are pushing state highway officials to alter plans for a $21-million repair project on a Dorchester stretch of the I-93 expressway that is set to start in April and continue during nighttime hours for the next two years.

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Plans for upcoming night time I-93 work vexes residents, electeds - Dorchester Reporter
Neighbors and elected leaders are pushing state highway officials to alter plans for a $21-million repair project on a Dorchester stretch of the I-93 expressway that is set to start in April and conti...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Boston Public School employees are bracing for bad news this week in the form of layoffs that could impact as many as 400 people, Yawu Miller reports for The Dorchester Reporter.

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BPS is alerting schools of staffing cuts ahead of budget outlay on Wednesday - Dorchester Reporter
Boston Public School employees are bracing for bad news this week in the form of layoffs that could impact as many as 400 people.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Local elected officials on Monday night celebrated a federal judge’s decision to stay the Trump administration’s plan to end Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status, applauding its impact on Haitian workers and families here in Massachusetts.

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Judge grants reprieve for Haitians with TPS and rebukes Trump's racially-motivated policy - Dorchester Reporter
Massachusetts elected officials on Monday night celebrated a federal judge's decision to stay the Trump administration's plan to end Haiti's Temporary Protected Status, applauding its impact on Haitia...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Judge blocks racist, Constitution-ignoring regime from beginning to deport several hundred thousand Haitians tomorrow
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February 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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HUGE.

DC District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Trump regime's immediate end of TPS for Haitians set for tomorrow.

Judge Reyes' 83-page ruling is an absolute banger.

She eviscerates Krisit Noem and the regime's assault on the Constitution and decency.

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February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

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"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Senator Nick Collins leads letter urging DHS to preserve and extend TPS status for Haitians, adding "They are our neighbors, colleagues, caregivers, and contributors to our Commonwealth. There is no justification to end TPS for Haiti given the facts on the ground."

TPS is set to expire on Feb. 3.
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM