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Last year, Massachusetts launched the largest expansion in health care affordability since the Health Connector was first created nearly two decades ago. As a result, more than 55,000 Massachusetts residents were able to ... Read more.

Sweet Teez Bakery —owned by Dorchester's own Teresa Thompson Maynard — will open a new store on the ground level of Dot Block next year, according to the ownership of the Dot Block apartment community.

Founded in ... Read more.

31 Hazelton St. with smoke rising from roof

Boston firefighters responded to 31 Hazelton St. around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.

The Boston Fire Department ... Read more.

A “working group” charged with making recommendations for the future re-use of the former Carney Hospital convened a listening session on Thursday night to hear from impacted residents in the wake of the hospital’s abrupt ... Read more.

ANTOINE, Eugenio Pierre of Dorchester, on Dec. 1 at age 84.

Born in Jacmel, Haiti, a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, Eugenio touched countless lives with his warmth, generosity, and infectious kindness. ... Read more.

City councillors made quick work Wednesday of setting Boston's property tax rates for 2025 after a months-long campaign to shift the balance beyond normal limits collapsed in the Senate.

The city council voted ... Read more.

After a controversial property tax bill from Boston hit a dead end this week following months of back and forth between Beacon Hill and City Hall, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that the "intensive process" of ... Read more.

A cascade of problems with Boston’s general election on Nov. 5 from ballot shortages to a flood of phone calls stemmed from a single math error.

That was the explanation Election Department officials gave on Dec. 6 ... Read more.

DotHouse Health has won a grant valued at close to $600,000 from the Health Resources and Service Administration, an agency of US Department of Health and Human Services, that will help the Dorchester facility expand its ... Read more.

Mattapan’s Nichole Sillice, 13, a student at the Tony Williams School of Dance who attends the Edith Baker School in Brookline, will be featured in the ‘Urban Nutcracker’ production at the Shubert Theatre beginning this ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Troylene Ali been recognized for her efforts to combat bullying and to prevent suicides among austistic kids and teens. She won an award from Vinfen, a non-profit in the Health and Human Services space at ... Read more.

The second annual Get LIT Thanksgiving Cook-off took place on Nov. 16 in Florian Hall and pitted rival cooks from Boston’s fire and police departments whose offerings were judged by elected officials and community leaders ... Read more.

Football players are used to acronyms like QB, OT, and WR, but last Tuesday night, New England Patriots players Demontrey Jacobs, Caleb Jones, and Tyrese Robinson had a new one to work with: AI, or artificial intelligence ... Read more.

The owners of a popular Haitian-American food truck operation are looking to open a 49-seat restaurant in Codman Square, hopefully with a new liquor license and, separately, a “fast-casual” location on Blue Hill Avenue ... Read more.

Youth hockey teams from across Boston – including Dorchester Youth Hockey (DYS) - will hit the ice to compete for the title of “Boston’s Best” at the 2024 Mayor’s Cup Ice Hockey Tournament. Hosted by the ... Read more.

A Dorchester-based developer unveiled plans for a 5-story, 25-unit condo building on Granite Avenue abutting Cedar Grove Cemetery during a virtual meeting organized by the Boston Planning Dept. on Monday evening that drew ... Read more.

Inspired by similar events in Lower Mills and other parts of Boston, merchants and neighbors in Adams Village are organizing a “holiday stroll” for this Saturday (Dec. 14) from 3 to 7 p.m. to celebrate the season and the ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Dec. 3 approved plans by the owners of Spukies N Pizza at 1159 Washington St. in Lower Mills to replace their building and parking lot with a 4-story, 14-unit condo building with ground-floor ... Read more.

With many former Dorchester residents now living in their new homes in Randolph and other South Shore communities, Codman Square Health Center (CSHC) is planning to follow them by opening a full-service facility in ... Read more.

Cannabis entrepreneurs Drudys Ledbetter and Leslie Pascual presented their plans to open an adult-use dispensary in Fields Corner at an abutters’ meeting last month and will bring their proposal before the Fields Corner ... Read more.

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