Vietnamese community organizations are organizing the largest commemoration in Boston for the 50th anniversary of what has become known as “Black April” while continuing their push for a permanent memorial in Dorchester...
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An alleged member of Dorchester's Norton/Olney/Barry Gang was arrested yesterday on a federal charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping for the February kidnapping of a man in Quincy, who was allegedly driven in his own ... Read more.
It’s that time of year – we’re starting to get outdoors more and looking ahead to summer. But as the temperatures get warmer, both you and your pets are at a higher risk of being exposed to Lyme and other tick-borne ... Read more.
The Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 6 union has purchased a property at 305 Freeport St., next door to their existing union hall with the intention of building out a new training center.
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Boston Police say a woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds in a River Street house near Lower Mills early on Sunday morning.
A preliminary report from BPD says officers assigned to District B-3 — and ... Read more.
The BC High community staged their annual Good Friday walk through three Dorchester parishes on Friday morning, with more than 100 participating during the first day of Spring Break for many area schools.
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John J. Finnegan, who represented Dorchester in the state Legislature before serving as the state's Auditor for seven years in the 1980s, has died at age 86.
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Boston Little Saigon’s Annie Le and Jeannie Cai presented their plans for the 4th annual Boston Little Saigon Night Market to the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) on April 1 and members said they were looking ... Read more.
Plumbers, contractors, and industry leaders met with Gov. Healey and top lawmakers last week to lobby for water conservation, worker safety, and good-paying jobs at the annual Plumbing Industry Day at the State House. ... Read more.
Several city councillors— backed by other state elected officials — want to skip a special election that would be triggered by the expected resignation of city councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who said last week that ... Read more.
The USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s Ship of State, welcomes the public to a ‘sunrise service’ commemorating Easter aboard the ship this Sunday, starting at 6:30 a.m.
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Next Monday, Marathon Day No. 129, will feature tens of thousands of runners making their way over the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston. Zawadi Lemayian, of Dorchester, who will be among the competitors, has a double ... Read more.
As a Boston City Councillor At-Large, I am compelled to address the recent home rule petition filed by Councillors Louijeune and Breadon that seeks to cancel a special election in District 7 that would be mandated by law ... Read more.
It was September 1972. I had just arrived in Boston as a freshman at Boston University. As a Catholic, I attended Mass at BU’s Newman Center, where I heard about the lettuce boycott in support of Cesar Chavez and the ... Read more.
Councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who was indicted last year on charges that she received $7,000 from city coffers through an unlawful scheme involving one of her staff members, said last week that she intends to ... Read more.
Dressed for the part, students from the Boston Arts Academy’s “Treble All-Stars” sang the national anthem at the Red Sox home opener at Fenway Park last Friday. The academy, which enrolls students from every neighborhood ... Read more.
Dorchester resident Vanusa Santos was the featured singer on April 6 at the 19th annual Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder in Roxbury, where participants shared cachupa (Cape Verdean) and kugel (Jewish), and their ... Read more.
On March 31, more than 500 social work students, newer professionals, and advocates convened at the State House for the National Association of Social Workers’ annual Legislative Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD), which ... Read more.
Dorchester artist L’Merchie Frazier will receive a $75,000 stipend after she was selected for an arts fellowship by the Wagner Foundation, which, says its founder and president, Charlotte Wagner, is driven by a belief ... Read more.
Ayo Edebiri, the Emmy-winning actress, writer and Dorchester native, returned to her alma mater last Thursday — this time, without a rolling backpack in hand.
“So, a lot’s changed,” Edebiri told an auditorium full ... Read more.
The immigration arrest of a man facing trial in Boston has led to a high-stakes legal showdown that is pitting a local prosecutor and a local judge against top federal prosecutors in Massachusetts.
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The Codman Square Neighborhood Council (CSNC) added a short last-minute visit by Police Commissioner Michael Cox and a regiment of police brass, captains and local officers to its meeting agenda on Wed., April 2, to ... Read more.
A Suffolk County jury on Monday convicted a 35-year-old Quincy man of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Arnold Woodrum, 59, of Dorchester on Devon St. on in June 2019. Prosecutors say Lalance Smith fired the ... Read more.
A six-story mixed-use building with a small grocery and fitness studio on the ground level is expected to open next month at 500 Talbot Ave. a few blocks from Ashmont station on the former site of a Lutheran church.
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If every “Happy Budget Day” is alike, the City of Boston’s event for FY26 was unhappy in its own way. After four years of steepening budget increases enabled by surge in development set in motion before the Covid-19 ... Read more.
Groundbreaking this week at Mt. Vernon Street site
The Fieldhouse+ project on Columbia Point has been a dream drawn on paper for seven years now, but the facility was brought into three-dimensional ... Read more.
