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.

Social Networking

NabeWise: Wise up on our neighborhood's "unique character, personality, and attitude."

Dorchester Bloggers

Civic Boston: News Director of Neighborhood Network News in Boston & a Boston Photographer
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.
The Dorchester Think Tank: A forum to discuss how to keep Dorchester moving in a forward direction. 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.