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The candidates hoping to succeed Mayor Thomas Menino will face off in forums in the morning and at night next month. Two forums are scheduled for Wed., June 5, with one at 8:30 a.m., put together by the Boston Society of ... Read more.
More than 100,000 people are expected to turn out for this Sunday’s 50th anniversary Dorchester Day Parade. The parade starts at 1 o’clock from the corner of Richmond Street and Dorchester Avenue in Lower Mills.
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This Saturday at 3 p.m., nearly 300 children and teens will come together from Dorchester and greater Boston for the Boston City Singers’ year-end finale performance at the Strand Theatre. The young people, representing ... Read more.
The Dorchester Day Parade Committee’s annual essay contest was sponsored by the Dorchester Reporter this year. Two winners were chosen among a number of entries. Students in grades 6-8 were asked to write about “an ... Read more.
When Jim Brett was a longtime state representative running for mayor in 1993, he was the only candidate on the ballot who was also a Dorchester resident. He was up against Hyde Park City Councillor Thomas Menino, who ... Read more.
Dorchester residents gathered last Thursday at Codman Square’s Great Hall for a community forum discussing the upcoming opening of a Daily Table store at 450 Washington Street, a space currently owned by the Codman Square ... Read more.
Settled by passengers from the Mary and John about June 1, 1630, Dorchester originally was one of the largest towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and included South Boston, Hyde Park, Milton, Wrentham, Stoughton, Dedham ... Read more.
The water quality at Dorchester beaches is improving, but is still bringing up the rear compared to other regional beaches, according to an environmental report card issued this week by a watchdog group. Save the Harbor/ ... Read more.
State Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry coasted to a win on Tuesday in a special election to fill a state Senate vacancy. Dorcena Forry, a Dorchester Democrat, faced off against Joseph Ureneck, a Dorchester Republican, on an ... Read more.
More than 1,000 people gathered at Cedar Grove Cemetery this morning for the traditional observance of Memorial Day. This year’s keynote speaker was Sergeant Major Kellyane O’Neil, a Dorchester native who is currently ... Read more.
The Senate approved a $34 billion annual state budget late Thursday that makes investments in early education, elder care, local aid and other areas in part by drawing from the state’s reserves and relying on revenues ... Read more.
The Richard Family released the following statement on May 23:
"We are pleased to share news ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports two people were shot around 4:20 p.m., Thursday at 28 Michigan Ave.
One victim, a woman, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The second victim, a man, is ... Read more.
The House unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would move 17-year-old offenders into the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, ending the practice of routinely incarcerating 17-year-olds in adult corrections ... Read more.
Carney sues to block arbitrator's ruling it rehire six nurses in once troubled adolescent-psych unit
An arbitrator says Carney Hospital has to rehire six of the twelve nurses it fired in 2011 in a scandal involving physical and sexual abuse of patients in its adolescent psychiatric unit.
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At UMass Boston, support for on-campus dorms is growing, according to preliminary data released by the university. A survey, conducted by the firm Brailsford and Dunlavey, showed 75 percent of students who responded said ... Read more.
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