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The city of Quincy moved its battle against a new Long Island Bridge into court on Thursday, asking a judge to overturn the state's approval of Boston's proposed bridge reconstruction, which would let Boston rebuild the ... Read more.

MBTA commuters might bump into at least one mayoral candidate in their travels this week.

Josh Kraft— who announced his plan to run for ... Read more.

Every year since 1904, on the first Sunday of June, thousands of people line Dorchester Avenue to watch a 3-mile parade led by the honorary mayor of Dorchester.

This year, the mayor might look a little fluffier ... Read more.

Peter O’Malley’s journey, his son Joe records, “started in a small farmhouse in Ireland, trudged through much uncertainty, and eventually led him to solid ground in Dorchester.” Last Saturday, his family and friends took ... Read more.

My neighbor Debbie Weathers, who died on Dec. 19 at age 69 after a short bout with cancer, was always smiling, always pleasant, and her time-tested composure is very much missed in our West of Washington (WOW) ... Read more.

As a small business owner, I’ve experienced first-hand how difficult it is to establish and maintain a business in Boston. After a fire destroyed the Blue Hill Avenue building that housed my business, The Biz Barbershop, ... Read more.

So, Boston will have a mayor’s race after all.

And that, no matter where your loyalties lie now or come November, is a good thing.

Our city’s model of government is sometimes referred to as a “strong mayor” ... Read more.

Jada Trench of Mattapan, a junior at Howard University studying Pre-Law, is the newest recipient of a City Kids scholarship.

The group, founded by City Realty, awards ten $1,000 scholarships each year to ... Read more.

The principal at Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Lower Mills campus and one of her star pupils will be honored for their service to community during an award ceremony this weekend in Boston’s Seaport district.

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The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center (TLCC) of Massachusetts, a new hub for Haitian culture in Boston next to TD Garden, is planning to open to the public for the first time on Thurs., Feb. 13.

An initiative ... Read more.

Marty Martinez, who served as Boston’s health and human services chief for the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, will start on March 31 as the next president and CEO of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. ... Read more.

A federal judge in Boston last week sentenced Devante “D-Lopes” Lopes, 31, of Quincy, to five years in prison and James “Bummy” Rodrigues, 34, of Boston, to three-and-a-half years for their criminal roles in Dorchester’s ... Read more.

City-sponsored open house to share the design of a new community center in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester on Thursday of this week (Feb. 6) from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Grove Hall Branch of the ... Read more.

Mayor Wu this week announced a plan that would require food-delivery companies to obtain city permits, buy insurance for their delivery people, and hand over data to the city on where all those people are going with their ... Read more.

A Fields Corner commercial building at 1576-1580 Dorchester Ave. was sold in late December to Hajjar Management Co. of Milton Village and Braintree’s Barznab Khan, operator of Richdale Food Shops.

The building ... Read more.

A person was shot and killed at the intersection of Morton and West Selden streets in Mattapan on Thurs., Jan. 30, around 10:30 p.m., according to Boston Police who are investigating the homicide. Details about the victim ... Read more.

Members of a panel set up to make recommendations about the re-use of the shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester gathered for their eighth meeting on Jan. 30. The 33-member working group is co-chaired by Dr. ... Read more.

Yvonne Benson swung open the mustard-yellow colored door to the new Yeanie’s Burger and Social restaurant at the corner of Dorchester Ave. and Savin Hill Ave. last Saturday and inside, the eatery’s chef and co-owner, ... Read more.

The historic lantern tower that sat above the Second Church in Dorchester for more than 200 years before being taken down for repairs in 2023 is back where it belongs – high above Codman Square.

Last Wednesday ... Read more.

State officials are preparing to announce $9 million in funding that will be used to expand public access along the Neponset River in Mattapan and Hyde Park. Aided by an infusion of $2 million from a federal ... Read more.

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