Jan. 26, snow emergency 7 PM

See snow emergency details here (including a list of streets not to park on or you'll be tagged/towed!) for Dorchester's District C-11. Be forewarned!

Reminder - Great Blizzards talk this Sunday!

A really "cool" event (sorry!) at the Dorchester Historical Society, 2 PM.

City plows snow onto our front walk - why?

Ok. I get that we as Boston citizens are required to help clear out snowy public sidewalks, teamwork and all that. We were out for hours today keeping ahead of it before it freezes into iron tonight. Our zeal deflated quickly however when a city plow pushed a whole giant mess of salty street snow on our neatly cleared sidewalk and then further all the way into our neatly cleared front walk. Drat. Our corner and front walkway is completely blocked. Why? This is not a narrow intersection at all. Took hours to clear it, 5 seconds for city's plow to undo. Apologies to our neighbors because it'll stay that way until spring.

Great New England Blizzards: DHS talk on Jan.16

On Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at 2 p.m. New England weather historian John Horrigan presents a chronology of the great snow storms that have socked our region over the last 400 years. A free event, with refreshment, open to the public, at Dorchester Historical Society headquarters, William Clapp house, 195 Boston Street, Dorchester MA.  Donations are always cheerfully accepted!