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The Sept. 24 prelim is 20 days away.

-- At 8 a.m., District 5 Councillor Rob Consalvo takes aim at the “corporate education reform movement” outside the Roosevelt School in Hyde Park, holding a press avail to “ ... Read more.

Officials at Boston City Hall haven't seen many new voter registrations in the weeks leading up to this month's preliminary municipal elections, but are bracing for a possible blitz of new voters generated by mayoral ... Read more.

The Sept. 24 preliminary is 23 days away.

-- This came in from the Marty Walsh campaign last night: “We believe we will report $383,000 for the month, which puts us in the vicinity of $1.1 million since the start ... Read more.

In response to a News Service questionnaire, ten of the 12 candidates for mayor of Boston offered their positions on how state law could be altered to allow for more liquor licenses for the city. Currently, the ... Read more.

Several members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation called for caution and forethought in the nation’s approach to Syria, which might include military force.

U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, and ... Read more.

On two consecutive recent Tuesday nights, the Dorchester District Court’s Probation Department allowed the Reporter to accompany its officers while they met with probationers. The reporter rode first alongside two ... Read more.

The calendar says it’s almost autumn, but there’s still plenty of time this weekend for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” thanks to the Dorchester-based Brown Box Theatre Project. Shakespeare’s enchanting comedy about fairies ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick, along with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, Congressman Michael Capuano, and Attorney General Martha Coakley, appeared at the Carter Post on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan yesterday for a Democratic “unity” ... Read more.

Lawyers representing the owners of a distressed Mattapan farm property are fighting back against the city of Boston after one of its agencies ... Read more.

On a humid Tuesday afternoon, Bill Walczak was waiting outside City Hall. His mayoral campaign, like the others struggling for attention in a 12-person field, had just been handed a small gift from a few floors above: an ... Read more.

The Sept. 24 preliminary is 27 days away. In today's round-up: City Councillor Michael Ross releases his first TV ad, while fellow City Councillor Rob Consalvo highlights a blighted property in his new ad.

-- Ross’ ... Read more.

There are 28 days left before the Sept. 24 preliminary and 70 days left before the Nov. 5 final election.

-- Bill Walczak’s campaign has released its first television ad, scheduled to air on WCVB during the 6 p.m. ... Read more.

In July, the Dorchester Reporter prepared its own questionnaire for mayoral candidates and asked each of the 12 candidates on the Sept. ballot to participate. To date, nine of the 12 candidates have submitted the survey, ... Read more.

Nine of the twelve mayoral candidates have weighed in on a host of topics – from gun violence to the names of their role models – that were included in a questionnaire they received from the Dorchester Reporter. They ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino created Boston Main Streets, a program that offers financial and technical assistance to local businesses, in 1995, and it has grown in size and scope since then. The city funnels federal grant funding ... Read more.

East Boston is in the pole position when it comes to reaping jobs and vendor contracts from a proposed resort casino at Suffolk Downs. But the partners behind the project are starting to reach out to Boston’s other ... Read more.

It all started with a conversation between Adams Village resident Clifford Odle and Barbara Lewis, who heads the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass. They agreed that a retrospective ... Read more.

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