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The Boston Police Department reports a man crossing the street at Talbot Avenue and Wescott Street around 1:25 a.m. Friday was struck by a black or blue Mazda that sped away.

The victim, 20, was transported to ... Read more.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester will recognize the achievements and accomplishments of more than 100 former New England Women’s Leadership Awards (NEWLA) honorees at a breakfast on Wednesday, May 16 at the Seaport ... Read more.

State Rep. Russell Holmes stood outside the House of Representatives chamber last week with 20 other lawmakers as they decried welfare benefit fraud and called for legislation with stricter controls on the benefits. ... Read more.

Children and families will come together to play outdoors at a Nature Play Date being held at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan on Saturday, April 14. Families can drop in anytime between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The ... Read more.

On April 20 at 5 p.m., a group of people will swarm into a single business in Lower Mills village and purchase items to help pump up the local business and neighborhood economy.

The “Cash Mob”— as its called— ... Read more.

The wheels are finally turning to give the hazardous Morton Street and Gallivan Boulevard intersection a much-needed overhaul. At a meeting held last Tuesday, April 3 at the Charles Taylor School, community members and ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 9, 2012…..Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat contender for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Scott Brown, issued a broadside Monday against the Supreme Court, which she said had gotten "involved ... Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today found "no violation" in the actions of Ups N Downs on Feb. 23, when somebody stabbed seven people, but the bar remains closed and still plans to shut down forever.

The ... Read more.

Last week the beloved Big Apple Circus returned to City Hall Plaza with its 34th season show “Dream Big,” and 19th-century French author Jules Verne must have been smiling down from on high.

Verne, the Father of ... Read more.

In the midst of a building boom, UMass Boston officials plan in the coming weeks to push ahead with a proposed revamping of the Columbia Point campus’s roadways. The university will host a public meeting next Monday at 6 ... Read more.

The White House this week honored Emmett Folgert, the founder and executive director of the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, for his anti-youth violence work. He is one of twelve people the Obama administration has ... Read more.

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