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A meeting of the Uphams Corner Improvement Association on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the re-development of the former St. Kevin’s Parish property left many residents with more questions than answers.

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City councillors are weighing heavier restrictions on the sales of knives in businesses, particularly local convenience stores. Noting that knives three inches and longer can be purchased at local stores, Councillors Tito ... Read more.

A Superior Court judge has closed the books on a long-running lawsuit accusing the City Council of violating the state’s Open Meeting Law. In 2008, the 13-member council acknowledged it was guilty of violating the law by ... Read more.

Javann Hall, 26, was arraigned Monday on charges he acted as the driver for a gunman who blasted away at a Readville man about to get his todller out of the car on Saturday night.

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Voters in one precinct in Ward 12 and a pair of precincts in Ward 16 have had their voting locations change for the preliminary municipal election on Sept. 27.

Those living in Ward 12, Precinct 2, will vote at the ... Read more.

The Mattapan Square Main Streets board of directors held a public “visioning” meeting at the Mattapan Branch Library on Tuesday night, the first such event held by the organization since it was officially designated by ... Read more.

Steven Bolley, 29, of Willowwood Street, was ordered held without bail Wednesday at his arraignment in Roxbury District Court on a charge of murder.

Bolley was one of several men who surrounded Justin Albert, 22, ... Read more.

Boston’s development chief on Tuesday offered a bullish assessment of near-term prospects for growth in the city, ticking off projects recently completed and claiming global investors view Boston as one of four or five “ ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office are investigating the discovery of a 14-month-old's body in a van outside 18 Floyd Street Monday afternoon.

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Javann Hall, 26, was arraigned Monday on charges he acted as the driver for a gunman who blasted away at a Readville man about to get his todller out of the car Saturday night.

Assistant Suffolk County ... Read more.

Boston Public Schools superintendent Carol Johnson said she is re-examining a proposal to move Dorchester’s Boston Latin Academy to Hyde Park.

Johnson’s stance on the move was a major cause for concern ... Read more.

RCN, one of the broadband providers serving Dorchester, said Thursday it would be giving an automatic credit to customers who suffered from power outages during Tropical Storm Irene.

The credit, which will be based ... Read more.

The man suing District 3 candidate John O’Toole is asking former co-workers to write letters to this newspaper accusing O’Toole of mischaracterizing his tenure at the Dorchester-based Optimum Mortgage Corporation, ... Read more.

Sixth-grade Students at Dorchester’s Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School are going to use more than a textbook during this year’s science classes.

The Columbia Road school recently announced a new partnership ... Read more.

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