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State Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry on Tuesday eked out a win in a three-way Democratic primary as part of a special election to replace former state Sen. Jack Hart in the First Suffolk Senate District seat, her campaign said ... Read more.

A Mattapan 14-year-old was arraigned for arson Monday for allegedly setting the front door of the Chez Vouz roller rink on Rhodes Street on fire Saturday night after she was denied entry, the Suffolk County District ... Read more.

As voting got underway Tuesday, ballots that did not include the state Senate race for the First Suffolk District were discovered in two wards in South Boston, according to campaign staff and the Secretary of State's ... Read more.

Predicting about 750,000 of the roughly 4 million eligible voters will cast a ballot in the Democratic and Republican primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat, Secretary of State William Galvin said he hopes a last minute ... Read more.

A newspaper ad featuring a photo of Gov. Deval Patrick and a candidate for the vacant First Suffolk Senate seat is “misleading,” Patrick said Sunday.

“This past week, a group calling itself Communities United PAC ... Read more.

15 Evelyn St. Photo by BFD.

A fire reported around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday at 15 Evelyn St. sent three firefighters to the hospital and did an estimated $500,000 in damage, according to the Boston Fire Department.

One firefighter ... Read more.

Rev. Jeffrey Brown said on Friday that he isn’t endorsing anybody in the First Suffolk Senate race. His statement to the Reporter came after a release from state Rep. Nick Collins’s campaign erroneously claimed ... Read more.

The endorsements keep coming as the special election to replace Jack Hart in the state Senate draws closer: On Monday night, state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry of Dorchester picked up the endorsement of DotOUT, an influential ... Read more.

Peace is possible.

It’s a message of hope. It’s a message of empowerment. And on Sunday, May 12th 2013, it’s the message that survivors of homicide and their supporters will take onto the streets of Dorchester ... Read more.

Candidates hoping to succeed Mayor Thomas Menino slowly returned to the campaign trail this week after most of them had suspended campaign activities following last week’s Boston Marathon bombings.

Suffolk District ... Read more.

The question has been posed dozens of times in the last week from media who descended on our neighborhood from all over the world: What is it about the Richard family —and their Ashmont-Adams community —that is so special ... Read more.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson will step down at the end of this school year, she said this week. She has held the job since August 2007 and is expected to formally retire in July.

“Dr. Johnson ... Read more.

Eight year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in last week's bomb attack at the Boston Marathon, has been laid to rest in a private ceremony ... Read more.

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) will offer free counseling to anyone affected by last week's attacks at a new drop-in center located at 729 Massachusetts Ave. Trained clinicians will be on-site to speak with ... Read more.

More than 100 people— including Mayor Tom Menino — marked the one-week anniversary of the Boston Marathon bomb attack in a silent, respectful ceremony in Dorchester's Peabody Square this afternoon. A group of neighbors— ... Read more.

The Richard family issued the following statement tonight:

Our family wishes to salute the thousands of officers and agents from the Boston, Cambridge and Watertown Police & Fire Departments, Massachusetts ... Read more.

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