Community Blogs & Other Useful Local Links
Community News
- Dorchester Reporter: Great local paper, sister to Boston Haitian Reporter and the Boston Irish Reporter.
- Upham's Corner News Online: Local beat from Upham's Corner.
- Universal Hub: Dorchester: a community news and information site.
Social Networking
- NabeWise: Wise up on our neighborhood's "unique character, personality, and attitude."
Dorchester Bloggers
- Bostonia By BU: Dorchester: A BU journalism student's experience in Dorchester.
- Civic Boston: News Director of Neighborhood Network News in Boston & a Boston Photographer
- The Dorchester Think Tank: A forum to discuss how to keep Dorchester moving in a forward direction.
- Dottie Hotties: Discovering Dorchester, Boston's Best-Kept Secret. Shop Local. Eat Local.
- Dot Boston: Thoughts from Adam Pieniazek, an Upham's Corner Native.
- Dotmass: All things Dorchester, positive more often than not.
- Good & Plenty: Candelaria Silva's Blog.
- Greening of Dorchester: Surprising (and green) things about Dorchester.
- Learning Strategies: Ashmont-area resident Larry Davidson addresses food, policy and local happenings.
- Local Spice: Observing and documenting various facets of life in and around the Boston area and beyond.
- Lower Dot (Lower Dorchester): Chris and Erin, drawing attention to one part of Boston's best neighborhood.
- Not For Tourists - Dorchester (East): Community Guide and Blog
- Not For Tourists - Mattapan/Dorchester (West): Community Guide and Blog
- Social.Butterfly.Experiment: Blogger born in Baltimore, based in Boston; The Social.Butterfly.Experiment looks at life without a filter.
- Son of Codman Square: Featuring photos of various local events, sports happenings in Dorchester.
The Arts
- Dorchester Arts Collaborative: members facilitate all kinds of art! Since 2002, enhancing the social, cultural, and economic enrichment of our diverse neighborhood.
- Write on the Dot: creating space where writers at UMass Boston and locals can meet, mingle.