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Voters in Dorchester and Mattapan overwhelmingly supported the Democratic ticket for president and vice-president on Tuesday, despite a red surge nationally that has delivered another four-year presidential term for ... Read more.
Massachusetts voters approved a ballot law Tuesday giving the state auditor the explicit authority to audit the Legislature, backing a measure championed by Auditor Diana DiZoglio.
The measure grants the auditor's ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting one of two men they say ran from officers investigating a report of men with guns behind the Joseph Lee K-8 School on ... Read more.
The state's top elections official anticipates record voter turnout in Massachusetts this November, exceeding the almost 3.7 million voters who went to the polls in 2020.
"We have 1.7 [million] almost having ... Read more.
Members of a committee tasked with charting the future use of the Carney Hospital site in Dorchester met for the first time at Boston City Hall on Thursday. The 90-minute session was “designed to set the foundation for ... Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved a proposed Papa John's at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner after the franchisee agreed to add salads, and possibly other healthy offerings to its menu - and to require ... Read more.
Construction has begun on a 91-unit affordable family housing project on Columbia Road in Uphams Corner, according to Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative, Inc. (AHSC), which purchased the site recently.
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Beginning in 1943, the US War Department published a series of pamphlets for US Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled “Army Talks,” the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better- ... Read more.
There is reason for excitement for customers of the Fields Corner library, as a brand-new branch should be in place in about two years. But last Saturday (Oct. 19), community members gathered to say ‘goodbye’ to the 1969 ... Read more.
The developers of the proposed Neponset Wharf project in Port Norfolk filed a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court last Thursday (Oct. 24) just hours before a public auction was to commence on the site.
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The former Expressway Toyota dealership at the corner of Morrissey Boulevard and Freeport Street was sold this month for $21.5 million to an LLC controlled by owners of a long-time car dealership company based in Rhode ... Read more.
Researchers say they are close to a medical breakthrough for those with severe cases of multiple sclerosis, thanks to a two-year study that focused on residents at The Boston Home (TBH) on Dorchester Avenue.
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A forum held in Roxbury’s Nubian Square last week took a look at the role of Black male voters in the presidential election and whether or not that constituency might break in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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City transportation leaders this month unveiled preliminary plans for a re-design of Mt. Vernon Street on Columbia Point that would include trimming vehicle lanes, adding two bus lanes and two bike lanes to accommodate ... Read more.
Last week, Mayor Wu and four major business groups struck a compromise that would increase property taxes for both residential and commercial owners in Boston and avoid a significant increase only for homeowners.
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Before Massachusetts created the MCAS graduation requirement as part of its Education Reform Act of 1993, Latino students faced disproportionately lower graduation rates, college admissions, and pathways to careers with ... Read more.
This story was first published by WBUR on October 21, 2024. Listen to it here.
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A plan to temporarily shift more of Boston's property tax burden onto commercial owners is headed back to Beacon Hill after the City Council approved a revised version with a lone objection.
The council voted 12-1 ... Read more.
More than 350 guests gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester last Friday afternoon for the 14th Boston Irish Honors luncheon, an event organized by The Reporter’s affiliated ... Read more.
Before Massachusetts created the MCAS graduation requirement as part of its Education Reform Act of 1993, Latino students faced disproportionately lower graduation rates, college admissions, and pathways to careers with ... Read more.
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