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The 5th annual Deatrich Wise Block Party took place last Saturday (Oct. 5) with Hazelton Street blocked off and the Josh Kraft Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) playing host to what has become a popular fall event in the ... Read more.

With her proposal to address the impending increase stalled in the Senate, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's office said city residents' taxes could increase 28 percent — a large quarterly jump but less than originally estimated ... Read more.

The former St. Ambrose School on Adams Street – most recently occupied by a charter school that closed last summer – will not be sold, according to parish leaders, who are instead weighing new tenants for the Fields ... Read more.

While the problems at Steward Health Care have absorbed the spotlight over the past nine months, many other hospitals across Massachusetts continued to struggle financially in what an industry group called a “deeply ... Read more.

Massachusetts has consistently ranked first in the nation when it comes to education. Whether or not we stay there is on the ballot this November. The way we determine whether or not our students are prepared for college ... Read more.

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It has been a whirlwind week for Frederick Richard, the ... Read more.

A new scholarship fund in the name of the late Thelma D. Burns will launch on Oct. 11 with a ‘Boston’s Got Talent’ fundraiser in Jamaica Plain. Burns, a long-time community leader and civil rights activist who served as ... Read more.

The Irish Cultural Centre’s second annual Brian J. Donnelly Award for Leadership in Public Service was presented to Kathleen M. O’Toole on Sept. 19 at Venezia in Dorchester. The award is named for the late congressman who ... Read more.

The New England Free Jacks, back-to-back Major League rugby champions, dropped into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester last month with their Championship Shield to host a rugby clinic for members of all abilities. ... Read more.

So far this season the Boston College Eagles are undefeated in three games at Alumni Stadium (though it’s a different story on the road), and for fifth-year defensive back Bryquice Brown, playing on home turf brings a ... Read more.

The BASE, a youth sports and enrichment program, has purchased its headquarters building on Shirley Street in the Newmarket section of Boston next to Dorchester’s South Bay with plans to expand its operations on adjacent ... Read more.

A pizza chain’s controversial plan to open a franchise location in the Fields Corner business district was dealt a setback last week when the area’s civic association took a position against the store’s opening in a ... Read more.

Congressman Stephen Lynch told business leaders last Wednesday (Oct. 2) that he “would not be surprised” if President Joe Biden called Congress into session before the November election, potentially breaking up the ... Read more.

Neighbors joined officials alongside the Neponset River in Hyde Park last Friday to mark a milestone as the federally led program has cleaned up a key section of the river that was left contaminated by decades of ... Read more.

Getting lead water pipes removed has never been so affordable – in fact, it is free via a citywide program targeting owners who want to eliminate the lead health concern from their homes. The removal effort is a top ... Read more.

Gov. Maura Healey last month signed state legislation that will make 225 new liquor licenses available to businesses across Boston’s neighborhoods over the next three years. Proponents hope the hard-fought reform will ... Read more.

The co-owners of the Daily Market outlined their plan to add a bar and restaurant called The Nightly to their property at 110 Savin Hill Ave. to members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association at the group’s monthly ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed Dudley Street building

The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved plans by the family that has long owned two one-story commercial building at Dudley and Virginia streets in ... Read more.

A virtual public meeting will be held next Thursday (Oct. 17) from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss the small project review application and proposal for 29-33 Romsey St., Dorchester, the site of the 77-year-old James J. ... Read more.

A man who Boston Police say was apparently intent on committing “suicide by cop” was talked out of his intentions by Boston Police officers during an intense, early-morning exchange near Fields Corner on Sunday (Oct. 5 ... Read more.

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