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A state-led commission charged with accelerating plans for an ambitious and costly re-construction of Morrissey Boulevard called for its work to continue deeper into 2025 during a three-hour public meeting held last ... Read more.

Just Book-ish, a new bookstore and community space on the ground level of the Dot Crossing building in Fields Corner, celebrated its grand opening with more than 200 exultant guests on Saturday, including Congresswoman ... Read more.

The Democratic Party has lost important voters with its immigration stance, Congressman Stephen Lynch said on Monday as he reckoned with the results of a national election that saw Republicans win the White House, the US ... Read more.

A new public-private partnership for Boston’s senior citizens will allow them to get up to five free rides with the Lyft ride share service over the winter months via a pilot program that is looking to fill in ... Read more.

More than 300 guests poured into the Fairmont Copley Plaza’s Grand Ballroom last month for Boston Collegiate Charter School’s fundraising dinner. Through sponsorships from companies like Eli Lilly and Company, Cabot ... Read more.

More than 400 high school girls visited the IBEW Local 103 campus in Dorchester last Wednesday (Nov. 13) for the Massachusetts Girls in Trades (MA GIT) Eastern Conference and Career Fair to learn about professions in ... Read more.

More in-depth building assessment needed, says city's Public Health chief

A working group assembled to make recommendations about the future use of the former Carney Hospital met for the second ... Read more.

Neighbors and business leaders along the Blue Hill Avenue corridor got a look at the latest design elements of a state-and-city backed plan to redesign that key roadway during a workshop held at Mattapan’s Morningstar ... Read more.

In a 1940 journal entry, my mother marveled at her five-year-old son’s fascination with radio. “Billy is a radio enthusiast,” she wrote. “He listens to all programs indiscriminately.” One evening, that included a “ ... Read more.

The Codman Square Health Center’s annual Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health gala drew a big crowd to Washington Street on Thurs., Oct. 24. The event featured some of Boston’s best eateries paired up with local leaders ... Read more.

The Democrat told WCVB’s “On the Record” on Sunday that she expects to make an official announcement of another campaign for mayor in the new year. “This is a consequential time,” she said. “I feel so lucky and grateful ... Read more.

Anyone who has volunteered for a politician knows that it can be hard to get people to engage, even when you show up at their front door. But canvassing – or door-to-door contacts – is still an essential part of retail ... Read more.

Two women from Dorchester and Mattapan were honored at the State House last month with Hispanic Heritage Month Excellence on the Hill awards.

Yauri Ruiz, of Mattapan, was hailed by state Rep. Brandy Fluker-Oakley ... Read more.

The Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) boys’ soccer team’s post-season run came to a sudden end last weekend after the team was eliminated from tournament play for violating Massachusetts Interscholastic ... Read more.

Mitigation money from the approval of South Bay Center’s expansion will be distributed for the first time in a competitive process that will allocate roughly $140,000 to eligible non-profits.

The funding has been ... Read more.

Caltor McLean was inconsolable as he watched the commercial building that he owns on Bowdoin Street burn down on the cold winter’s night of Jan. 27, 2022. The fire destroyed three storefronts and, he thought, his ... Read more.

Last Tuesday (Nov. 12), the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail officially launched Sidewalk Stories, a series of trail markers highlighting historic women at the Codman Square branch of the Boston Public Library. 

The ... Read more.

House ablaze on Draper Street, with firefighters on what's left of front porch

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 147 Draper St. in Dorchester for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire around 12:05 a.m. on Sunday ... Read more.

A Dorchester man has been convicted of killing a Randolph man in a shooting that unfolded in the parking lot of Boston Bowl in September 2019.

Brian Joyce, 30, was found guilty of first-degree murder by a Suffolk ... Read more.

Correia's C tattoo

A federal judge this week sentenced Eric "Bubba" Correia, 26, to 15 years in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, who, when not posting YouTube rap videos exulting in the deaths of rival gang members, tried to ... Read more.

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