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The annual Pumpkin Parade drew hundreds of kids and families to Pope John Paul II Park in Neponset last Thursday (Oct. 24) in kicking off the Halloween season.

The annual event was sponsored by the Neponset River ... Read more.

Tuition and other fees will be waived for low-income students who want to attend UMass Boston under a new program announced yesterday during a press conference at the Dorchester campus.

The Beacon Pledge Free ... Read more.

Dorchester is home to dozens of carriage houses, some of them historic, and one of the most notable and charming of the class is currently on the market in the Melville Park neighborhood at the edge of Codman Square. ... Read more.

Last Friday (Oct. 25), Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch its Healthy Food Program that will provide patients with type II diabetes increased access to healthy food, expert ... Read more.

The developers of the proposed Neponset Wharf project in Port Norfolk filed a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court last Thursday (Oct. 24) just hours before a public auction was to commence on the site.

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Harbor Health’s Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center will host a free community health fair on Sat., Nov. 2, 9a.m. – 12 p.m.

The all-ages event will include information tables, activities, giveaways, and flu ... Read more.

As a lifelong progressive, career educator, and someone who believes we need to keep the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement, I am worried that the viewpoints of people like me might be getting lost or muted in ... Read more.

With her existing proposal hung up, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she's hoping to send a new ... Read more.

Boston is slated to gain a new shuttle van network and hundreds of Bluebikes thanks to a federal grant secured by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.

The $21.6 million award, part of the Federal Highway ... Read more.

The sounds of shovels hitting the ground on Oct. 16 was music to the ears of the Conservatory Lab Charter School community as officials broke ground on a new building project that will expand its lower school campus on ... Read more.

Oct. 18 was Ryan Woods Day in the city of Boston. It was a fitting way to salute a fine public servant who spent 24 years working in city government.

As first revealed in The Reporter, ... Read more.

The husband-and-wife team of Stephanie Marson-Sealey and Skyler Sealey will open their first brick-and-mortar retail space for their clothing and fashion jewelry business this Saturday (Oct. 26) in Roxbury’s Washington ... Read more.

A Pumpkin Parade is set for this Thursday (Oct. 24) at 5:30 p.m. at Pope John Paul II Park, Hallet Street, Dorchester. This family-friendly event is free and open to all, with no registration required.  ... Read more.

A trio of Mattapan organizations will host a day-long seminar for homeowners focused on “preserving legacy wealth” this Saturday at the Mattahunt Community Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Mattapan Thrives event is ... Read more.

Battle lines continue to form around a ballot question to change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating politicians who are used to ... Read more.

A plan to raze a veterans’ post on Romsey Street in Savin Hill and replace it with a 4-story, 35-unit residential building that was the subject of a city-sponsored public meeting last Thursday (Oct. 17) drew mostly ... Read more.

With only two months left before Boston’s next tax bills go out in the mail, Mayor Wu and the city councillors are scrambling for ways to ease a possible crunch for homeowners and businesses triggered by a national ... Read more.

The Old Dorchester North Burial Ground – one of the oldest cemeteries in the city – has been shrouded in mystery for many residents, but an afternoon tour on Sunday (Oct. 20) sought to correct that as the gates opened and ... Read more.

Ryan Leeming testifies

In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a significant decrease in crime and quality-of-life ... Read more.

Several years ago, Mattahunt Elementary Principal Walter Henderson led a school that wasn’t on the top of anyone’s list. In fact, by 2017, it was closed for repeated poor academic performance reviews.

Today, ... Read more.

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