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A man was shot and killed on Monday night (Dec. 9) on Devon Street, a side road off Columbia Road, and Boston Police said that they arrested two men who are suspects in the fatal incident. According to a BPD account, ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed four-story apartment building on Humboldt Avenue

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a four-story building with 26 affordable apartments to wrap around the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church at ... Read more.

A cat named Fats, who climbed high up a tree in an Uphams Corner backyard and got stuck for four days, was rescued by an intrepid staffer from the Animal Rescue League of Boston on Nov. 29.

According to a ... Read more.

Mayor Wu Still Wants Action, But Biz Groups Say Pause And Analyze Data

Business groups that in October backed a controversial Boston tax proposal last Thursday called for lawmakers to pause any ... Read more.

Fire on Columbia Road

Boston firefighters responded to 679-683 Columbia Road in Edward Everett Square around 6:50 a.m. on Sunday for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire.

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FBI agents arrested Boston City Councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson at her Dorchester home last Friday morning (Dec. 6) and federal prosecutors later accused her of orchestrating a kickback scheme with a staffer to obtain ... Read more.

The singer-songwriter’s ‘Misneach’ festival launches here in March

Editor's Note: This story was first published in Boston Irish Magazine on Dec. 4, ... Read more.

A Boston senator delayed action on a controversial home rule petition for the second time this week, pushing consideration off after new data emerged about the city's property tax outlook.

Sen. Nick Collins, a ... Read more.

Irish-themed Neponset Avenue venue to open in coming days

Dorchester’s newest eatery — McGonagle’s Restaurant & Pub on Neponset Avenue—is the latest property in the portfolio of Oran McGonagle ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed four-story condo building

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by the owners of Spukies N Pizza at 1159 Washington St. at Dorchester ... Read more.

Beantown Slam decided to venture off the basketball court this fall and organize their first-ever flag football season, which ended on Nov. 26 with the ‘Turkey Bowl’ at Ronan Park.

The six-week, co-ed program for ... Read more.

The NHP Foundation (NHPF) marked the grand reopening of Blue Mountain Apartments on Cheney Street with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 21. The Section 8 multi-building property has been renovated to support low-income ... Read more.

With a packed house in the Great Hall at Codman Square, the annual Hidden Heroes & Sheroes Gala feted a range of neighborhood leaders who typically avoid the spotlight but who, on the night of Nov. 22, found ... Read more.

For several decades I’ve had the privilege of giving public health tours of Codman Square, which I have called a “nonprofit innovation district.” In this half-mile district there are amazing nonprofits that have inspired ... Read more.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester held its annual Grand Drawing Gala on Sat., Nov. 23, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. More than 350 guests were on hand to celebrate this year’s theme: Lights, Camera, Inclusion, ... Read more.

Snow hasn’t hit Boston yet this season, but Dorchester will get a storm of its own this week when Ehud Ettun’s Desert Snow Quartet visits Peabody Hall on Thursday (Dec.5) at 7:30 p.m. 

Ettun is a Boston-based ... Read more.

Boston City Hall's assessing chief on Tuesday voiced an ever-tightening timeline for Beacon Hill to act on the city's property tax plan, while also declining to share data that some skeptical officials have said could be ... Read more.

Holiday tree lighting events were held across Dorchester and other city neighborhoods last Saturday (Nov. 30). The Mayor’s Office helped to organize a series of ceremonies on Saturday afternoon that culminated in a ... Read more.

José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” returns for its 36th season this month with 14 performances scheduled at Dorchester’s Strand Theatre.

This year’s edition of the world’s most popular ... Read more.

The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday this week that Boston City Councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson is being investigated by federal authorities who have issued subpoenas to Boston City Hall. The initial report said that ... Read more.

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