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Offering a contrast to the division that has surrounded Washington politics and the start of President Donald Trump's administration, Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday night extended his hand to the Democrats who control ... Read more.

The MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) voted Monday to pay a Boston-based construction firm $16.97 million to build a new Fairmount Line station in Mattapan. The Blue Hill Avenue station — slated to open in ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a developer's plans to replace a single-family home on Fuller Street near Dorchester Avenue with a three-story building with six apartments.

In its 6-2 vote on Wednesday, ... Read more.

Hundreds of artists, musicians, non-profit organizations, and concerned citizens gathered at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester on the eve of the Inauguration to inspire, console, and mobilize the neighborhood against the ... Read more.

A potential across-the-board clearing of criminal marijuana-possession records, the nearly 90 percent white racial makeup of State Police and the possibility of including sentencing reductions in a forthcoming criminal ... Read more.

Developers highlighted flexible parking patterns and dedicated community space at a public meeting on a Mattapan Square mixed-use project Tuesday night.

Around 40 attendees filled the Mattapan Library’s community ... Read more.

An acclaimed writer is returning to Dorchester and Boston—after an absence of some 230 years. Actress Valerie Fox will portray Phillis Wheatley, a Colonial Boston slave whose quill turned her into a renowned bard who ... Read more.

The owner of a Dorchester-based construction firm hopes to demolish his existing office building near Peabody Square and replace it with a five-story mixed-use complex with 20 apartments.

The initial plans for the ... Read more.

One of Dorchester Avenue’s old-school Irish pubs will close its doors this year. The Centre Bar at 1664 Dorchester Ave. will end its decades-long run as a popular watering hole to make way for new housing units.

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Despite the strident objections of his neighbors, Kelvin Sanders, the owner of a large three-decker at 96 Milton Ave. that inspectors determined was operating as an illegal lodging house, is seeking to convert the ... Read more.

The Eire Society of Boston and the Irish Cultural Centre will host a Program – “A Journey Home (1934): A Narrative Including Family Letters with Mary Kilroy” – on Sun., Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at the ICC campus, 200 New Boston ... Read more.

The Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester (BGCD) and a roster of legendary Boston Bruins alumni will face off for the first time in a charity hockey game at the Devine Ice Rink in Dorchester on Sat., Jan. 28 at 4:30 p.m. ... Read more.

Major Boston landlords would no longer be allowed to kick out tenants to renovate housing units and would need to notify the city about pending evictions under one of five legislative proposals backed by Boston Mayor ... Read more.

Two weeks ahead of the first round of school assignments, Boston Public School officials are still going back and forth with community members over the controversial decision to close the Mattahunt Elementary School and ... Read more.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh gave a rousing account of his administration’s first-term accomplishments to a receptive audience of nearly 1,000 civic and political leaders on Tuesday night at Boston’s Symphony Hall.

The ... Read more.

A person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on Dorchester Avenue on Tuesday evening, police said.

Officers were called for a pedestrian struck around 7:02 p.m. in the area of 1855 Dorchester ... Read more.

The state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has ruled the Boston Licensing Board erred in requiring the new owners of a Washington Street liquor store to stop selling liquor in tiny bottles.

The ruling ... Read more.

Seated in front of Mayor Marty Walsh as he delivered his State of the City address on Tuesday night was City Councillor Tito Jackson, an ally of Candidate Walsh in 2013 who formally announced a challenge to the mayor in ... Read more.

Discussions about residential parking are churning inside Dorchester’s neighborhoods that increasingly are pressed for space. With resident-only parking permits decided piecemeal, stashing a car can be a trial for renters ... Read more.

Elected officials and area residents are keeping a wary eye on plans for the former Bayside Expo Center property on Columbia Point as a proposal for a New England Revolution soccer stadium on the prime waterfront land is ... Read more.

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