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First a new look, then a ‘more hearty’ menu for The Bowery

With the cold winter months looming, The Bowery bar and restaurant in Lower Mills, which opened in a totally revamped space earlier this year, unveiled a new menu last Wednesday featuring an assortment of hearty dishes meant to warm the bodies of... Read more

Jose Mateo’s Nutcracker returns to the Strand on Dec. 14

The Strand Theatre will host the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre company for a series of performances of “The Nutcracker” this holiday season, with 13 shows scheduled over a ten-day period from Dec. 14 to Dec. 23. Since its premiere in Fall River in 1988, Jose... Read more

St. Ann-St. Brendan boosters plan fundraiser on Nov. 24

The St. Ann-St. Brendan Collaborative hopes to fill Florian Hall on the Saturday after Thanksgiving – Nov. 24 –with music, food, and raffle prizes. Organizers hope to raise between $70,000 and $100,000 to support the parish as it works to lower a... Read more

Up next: An at-large council campaign; Wu says midterms showed appetite for more voices

With state and federal elections now wrapped up, a well-populated city council race is looming on the horizon as Councillor At-Large Ayanna Pressley heads off to Washington, setting up a contest to fill her seat until next fall. In the meantime, former... Read more

Baker presses for traffic calming at speed limit hearing

A wet day in Boston had hearing attendees shaking water from their umbrellas as Committee Chair Michelle Wu knocked her gavel to begin discussion of a proposal to drop the city speed limit from 25 miles per hour to 20. Flanking Wu were City Councillors... Read more

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FOR HER, ‘THE ZONE’ IS WHERE IT’S AT

Student-athlete program in BPS getting it done Even with a last-minute venue change and temperatures in the low ‘40s, the fields at Madison Park High School in Roxbury were swarming with players last Wednesday evening for the 2018 Boston City League and... Read more

Residents can review Uphams Corner plans at meeting on Nov. 28

A city-led effort to transform underused spaces and historic buildings in Uphams Corner into a bustling and vibrant cultural center will mark an important milestone this month when the public gets its chance to assess how things stand. At a meeting on Wed... Read more

Longtime BC High principal Hughes to retire in June; held post 16 years

“Today is a bittersweet day here on Morrissey Boulevard,” wrote Boston College High School President Grace Cotter Regan last week in announcing that Stephen Hughes will retire as principal of the school next June at the end of the academic year. “I don’t... Read more

Jose Mateo’s Nutcracker returns to the Strand on Dec. 14

Letter to the Editor: UMass dorm trouble underlines need for more public scrutiny of Bayside, Dot campus

A view of the new dorms from the campus’ Mt. Vernon Street entrance. Jennifer Smith photo By Eliza Wilson To the Editor: Over the last few days there have been several news reports about what life is like for UMass Boston students living in the new... Read more

History lives on Chickatawbut Street

Builder’s dream evokes the 1840s In the midst of a building boom, plans to develop new housing in Dorchester often prompt a slew of concerns from wary neighbors. In recent years, certain questions have become a familiar refrain: How will it preserve the... Read more

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Man shot to death, woman stabbed in Mattapan incidents	DA withdraws murder charge against 21 year-old Dorchester man
Henriquez resigns from City Hall post	Baker-Polito cruised in Ward 16, but Dems ‘won’ Dot and Mattapan
Painters’ union helps make a difference at St. Mary’s Center	Bach Project returns to All Saints Church
Officials: Don’t clog drains with holiday goop	Boston, T cops join in ‘No-Shave November’ to aid veterans
New law will bolster civic education in schools	Regulators have cleared marijuana labs to start testing
Former couple from Dorchester convicted of Medicaid fraud	Appraiser admits role in condo-flipping scheme after six years in Ireland fighting extradition

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First a new look, then a ‘more hearty’ menu for The Bowery

Jose Mateo’s Nutcracker returns to the Strand on Dec. 14

St. Ann-St. Brendan boosters plan fundraiser on Nov. 24

Up next: An at-large council campaign; Wu says midterms showed appetite for more voices

Baker presses for traffic calming at speed limit hearing

Featured Stories

FOR HER, ‘THE ZONE’ IS WHERE IT’S AT

Residents can review Uphams Corner plans at meeting on Nov. 28

Longtime BC High principal Hughes to retire in June; held post 16 years

Jose Mateo’s Nutcracker returns to the Strand on Dec. 14

Letter to the Editor: UMass dorm trouble underlines need for more public scrutiny of Bayside, Dot campus

History lives on Chickatawbut Street

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