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A water main replacement on Savin Hill Avenue could cause low water pressure on some streets in the area over the bridge through Aug. 16, according to Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC).

“As part of this work ... Read more.

John Linehan, the president and CEO of Zoo New England, has announced his plan to retire after heading up the organization, which includes the Franklin Park Zoo, for the last 22 years.

For 43 years, Linehan’s ... Read more.

Codman Academy teacher Nick Lee has just returned from a three-week assignment at sea with real-life experiences to share with his students.

The 25-year-old Lee joined NOAA Fisheries’ Teacher at Sea program from ... Read more.

The Mayor’s Office of Housing and the Planning Department hosted a virtual public meeting on July 29 to discuss the potential re-use for community space of two empty parcels owned by the city of Boston on Norfolk and ... Read more.

The annual Neighborhood Summer Block Party encompassing Shawmut, Melville, St. Mark’s, and Codman Square will take place in front of the Epiphany School on Sharp Street this Sat., Aug. 10, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The annual ... Read more.

More than thirty years ago, a kid from Dorchester received a scholarship from Suffolk University that changed his life forever. Now, Adam Russo, a lawyer and entrepreneur, has established his Russo Family Scholarship Fund ... Read more.

Kevin Zarnoch Jr. began his baseball career in Dorchester when he was 4 years old. Some 19 years later, he has taken his talents beyond the city and onto Cape Cod, where he continues to pursue a dream.

When the 23- ... Read more.

Summer time is science time at Walker Playground in Mattapan, where Mothers for Justice and Equality (MJE) sponsor a drop-in science-related program for young people that is overseen by MJE members and youth peer leaders ... Read more.

The St. Brendan’s Gaelic Athletic Club-Boston, founded in 2008, resembles a family – one big Irish family, that is. 

The youth club offers both hurling and football, but most of the athletes prefer the latter. ... Read more.

The City Council on Wednesday urged the Boston Public Health Commission and Gov. Healey to declare a public-health emergency as a tool to keeping Carney Hospital in Dorchester open beyond the end of the month, when its ... Read more.

About 100 patrons tipped their pints last Monday to 61 years of good memories at the Blarney Stone in Fields Corner. The Irish-themed pub, once known for being the first in America to serve “a proper” Guinness, is now ... Read more.

The decisions by Steward Health Care and the federal bankruptcy judge in Texas to close the Carney Hospital would seem to spell the end of this hospital, which was created in South Boston in 1863 by a bequest from Andrew ... Read more.

A federal judge last week sentenced a man to 77 months in prison for robbing a series of businesses in Boston in 2023 while he was on probation for a series of armed robberies in New York. Akeem Lahens, 34, brandished “ ... Read more.

A summer job program for young people in Fields Corner has turned into a summer business venture, as a number of teens have used their summer to learn how to take a business from concept to opening.

The fruits of ... Read more.

Arthur Jemison, recently named head of Boston’s Planning Department, will leave his position next month and return to Michigan, where he will serve as executive director of the Detroit Housing Commission.

His work ... Read more.

Boston-area Catholics got their first look at their new archbishop – the region’s seventh – on Monday when the Most Rev. Richard G. Henning, the 59-year-old bishop of Providence, joined retiring Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley ... Read more.

The owners of a small pharmacy that operates in a space just off the lobby of Carney Hospital are sharing the anxieties of their customers this week. Like them, they are scrambling to figure out their future in an ... Read more.

The state Department of Public Health, taking note of Steward Health Care’s intention to close the Carney Hospital later this month, has scheduled a pair of public hearings on the matter, one in person and one remotely, ... Read more.

A US bankruptcy judge in Houston issued a ruling on Tuesday afternoon that clears the way for Steward Health Care to close Carney Hospital – and another Steward-owned facility in Nashoba Valley – by the end of this month ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Monday that Suffolk County prosecutors can't use the drugs police say they found hidden in a packet under a man's genitals as evidence against him, because the Boston officers ... Read more.

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