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City Hall On The Go: Mid Dorchester

Join us on August 21, 2025, for a scheduled stop at Ronan Park at 92 Mount Ida Road, from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

August 21, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Ronan Park
    92 Mount Ida Road
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-21T17:00:59 - 2025-08-21T18:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

August 21, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Ronan Park
    92 Mount Ida Road
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-21T17:00:59 - 2025-08-21T18:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

City Hall On The Go: Dorchester

Join us on August 20, 2025, for a scheduled stop at Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library at 500 Columbia Road, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

August 20, 2025
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library
    500 Columbia Road
    Boston, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-20T10:00:59 - 2025-08-20T11:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

August 20, 2025
  • 10:00am - 11:30am
  • Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library
    500 Columbia Road
    Boston, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-20T10:00:59 - 2025-08-20T11:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

Canceled:
City Hall On The Go: Dorchester

Reason for cancellation: This stop has been canceled due to the City Hall on the Go truck undergoing maintenance.
August 7, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Hemenway Playground
    540 Adams Street
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-07T17:00:59 - 2025-08-07T18:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

August 7, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Hemenway Playground
    540 Adams Street
    Boston, MA 02122
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-08-07T17:00:59 - 2025-08-07T18:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

250th Anniversary Celebration of Prince Hall Freemasonry

August 8 - August 9, 2025
Event Date2025-08-08T18:00:52 - 2025-08-09T00:00:52

Thursday, March 6, 2025 marked the 250th Anniversary of Prince Hall Freemasonry. This year, Prince Hall Freemasons all around the world will be celebrating the initiation of Prince Hall and fourteen other men of color into the oldest fraternity in the world on Castle William Island in Boston Harbor, on March 6, 1775, exactly 250 years ago on this date. Prince Hall was a former slave who later became a prominent member of the African American community in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an advocate for education rights and the abolition of slavery.

The 250th Anniversary Celebration Banquet will be held on the weekend of August 8-9. The distinguished speaker for the evening is RW Brother Dr. Oscar Alleyne, Past Junior Grand Warden of New York. Brother Alleyne is an internationally respected Masonic speaker and practical thought leader having presented over 200 lectures covering multiple areas of interest to over 8000 Freemasons and has published in several widely distributed Masonic journals, research bodies and educational conferences on Freemasonry.

The reception on August 8 will be held at the Dedham Boston Hilton Hotel from 6pm-10pm and the banquet on the 9th will be held at the William E. Reed Auditorium, 24 Washington Street Dorchester, MA from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. (cocktail hour), 7:30 (dinner) and the program to begin by 9 p.m.. The attire for this event is semi-formal. 

August 8 - August 9, 2025
Event Date2025-08-08T18:00:52 - 2025-08-09T00:00:52

Entertainment Application Hearings

Join the online Meeting

  • Meeting ID: 891 2868 8101
  • Password: 817817
  • Call-in number: +1-646-876-9923
  • 06:00PM
  • Posted:
    07/23/2025 - 12:58PM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

City Hall On The Go: Mid Dorchester

Join us on July 31, 2025, for a scheduled stop at Compass School at 294 Bowdoin Street, from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

July 31, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Compass School
    294 Bowdoin Street
    Boston, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-07-31T17:00:59 - 2025-07-31T18:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

July 31, 2025
  • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
  • Compass School
    294 Bowdoin Street
    Boston, MA 02125
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Dorchester
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-07-31T17:00:59 - 2025-07-31T18:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

Public Facilities Commission Meeting (MOH)

ATTENDANCE

On March 28, 2025, Governor Healy approved an extension to remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies established under Former Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020 Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law through June 30, 2027. The Public Facilities Commission (PFC) will continue to conduct its meetings virtually and to ensure its public access to its deliberations through adequate, alternative means.

You can watch these virtual meetings on Boston City TV at Xfinity channel 26, RCN channel 13, Fios channel 962, and ...

  • 02:10PM
  • Posted:
    07/23/2025 - 11:11AM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

Dorchester: 6 Groom Street Abutters Meeting

Change of occupancy from a three-family with ADU to a five-family to include front and rear porches for second means of egress, new roof deck and a head house.

July 28, 2025
Event Date2025-07-28T18:00:50 - 2025-07-28T19:00:50

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 899 8751 5770

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

 

July 28, 2025
Event Date2025-07-28T18:00:50 - 2025-07-28T19:00:50

Dorchester: 27 Harbor Point Boulevard Abutters Meeting

Fiskie’s Cafe is applying to extend their closing hours to 3:00 a.m. They were previously approved to amend opening hours to 7:00 a.m.

Current Hours: Monday–Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Proposed Hours: Monday–Sunday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m.

July 30, 2025
Event Date2025-07-30T18:00:14 - 2025-07-30T19:00:14

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 874 1023 1647

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

July 30, 2025
Event Date2025-07-30T18:00:14 - 2025-07-30T19:00:14

Dorchester: 10 Hecla Street Abutters Meeting

Remodel entire house according to plans submitted & change occupancy from a two-family to three-family.

July 31, 2025
Event Date2025-07-31T19:00:42 - 2025-07-31T20:00:42

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 854 0622 2170

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

July 31, 2025
Event Date2025-07-31T19:00:42 - 2025-07-31T20:00:42
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