DORCHESTER — This year’s “Save the Beach” Friends of Savin Hill Shores Dorchester Beach Day at Malibu Beach was held on Saturday, Aug. 25. The Boston Circus Guild provided activities and entertainment at the free Life’s A Beach Festivals, featuring trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers, as well Save the Harbors troupe of costumed storytellers. All photos by Bill Brett

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PHOTO BY BILL BRETT The Calf Pasture Pumping Station. DORCHESTER — The new residence hall at the University of Massachusetts Boston stands tall at the school’s Columbia Point campus. It has been many years from planning to construction. You can read more about it here. It also stands in stark contrast to the Calf Pasture Pumping Station, which is part of the city’s first sewage treatment program. It was completed in 1884. Read more here.…

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Photo by Bill Brett SOUTH BOSTON — A couple of people walk into the St. Augustine Cemetery on Dorchester Street trying to stay out of the rain on Sunday. There will be a Mass next month to mark the 200th anniversary of the cemetery. From the Boston Irish Reporter: The Catholic parishes of South Boston will join together in celebrating the rich history of St. Augustine Chapel & Cemetery beginning on Sept. 15, with a…

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