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A Dedham man was arrested in New York City on Tuesday and will be charged with killing a Dorchester father inside a Mattapan barber shop last June. The defendant, William Shakespeare, 30, was indicted last year by a ... Read more.
Lovely Hoffman, a teacher at Dorchester's Helen Y. Davis ... Read more.
Drawing links to Nazi Germany, the president of the Massachusetts Senate condemned the Trump administration's move to bar entry into the country of nationals from seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees swiftly met opposition in Massachusetts, where over the weekend a federal court issued a temporary restraining order, thousands protested in Copley ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his 40s with a gunshot wound at 31 Regina Rd. around 6:30 a.m. on Monday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
... Read more.A day after pledging to open City Hall to immigrants threatened by a shift in federal policies, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh said the public is missing the larger point about the economic importance of immigration and the ... Read more.
Dorchester native Deirdre Manning, 50, won the top spot and Savin Hill’s Eric Robinson, 45, finished second in Boston’s Safest Driver competition, a city of Boston initiative aimed at slowing speeds and curbing accidents ... Read more.
A city of Boston initiative aimed at building new, affordable homes on city-owned lots across Dorchester and Mattapan is accelerating this year and officials are encouraging first-time buyers to begin preparing to ensure ... Read more.
Three performers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought inspiration to the Henderson Upper School in Dorchester last Friday, introducing fifth grade children to a world of modern dance artistry rooted in the ... Read more.
The Boston Tax Help Coalition will inaugurate its 16th season this Friday (Jan. 27) with an event at Dot House Health featuring remarks from Mayor Martin Walsh. The coalition provides free tax preparation workshops and ... Read more.
A bill filed by Dorchester lawmaker Evandro Carvalho last week would direct the MBTA to launch a two-year “pilot service evaluation” of the Fairmount Line. The legislation would advance a longtime goal of transit equity ... Read more.
With a complete design overhaul for the intersection of Morton Street and Gallivan Boulevard in place, state transportation officials last week briefed community members on a plan to prioritize safety and improve traffic ... Read more.
The Fairmount Line has seen significant performance improvements in recent months, according to data provided by the company that runs the MBTA’s commuter rail service. Fairmount’s on-time and on-schedule rating was 97 ... Read more.
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.
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