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The city’s unions are continuing to split their support among several candidates for the District 3 race.

SEIU Local 888 said this week it’s backing Savin Hill labor lawyer Matt Patton.

Tom McKeever, ... Read more.

Three young men from Dorchester and Mattapan graduated from St. Sebastian’s School during the school’s commencement exercises this month.

They are Jordan J. Atkinson, who will attend Trinity College; Zion R. ... Read more.

Growing up in Southern California, my favorite books were filled with girls climbing trees, hosting clubhouse meetings in their tree houses, and swinging beneath leafy branches. The palm trees in my neighborhood offered ... Read more.

When the Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) valedictorian, Jaylen Scott, leaves in August for Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University, it will mark one of the first times in years that the Centre Street resident won’t be ... Read more.

It’s probably more appropriate to ask Jeremiah Burke High School valedictorian Alicia Rose what accomplishments she didn’t achieve in high school, rather than what she did.

From varsity volleyball and dual ... Read more.

Luigi “Lou” Pasquale grew up in Quincy, and he and Terry, his wife of 74 years, were longtime residents of Braintree.

But Lou, who died ... Read more.

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox has launched a series of meetings in neighborhood settings aimed at giving the public a better understanding of the statistics, trends, and strategies at play as police leaders seek ... Read more.

Mayor Wu last Friday rejected the City Council’s proposed cuts to requests in the budget she submitted in April involving the Boston Police and a host of other city departments, including veterans’ affairs and the Boston ... Read more.

A MBTA proposal to overhaul its Mattapan trolley line with new passenger platforms and vehicles could also bring massive changes to Ashmont Station, which serves the Red Line and the trolley line. MBTA officials said ... Read more.

Patrick O’Brien, a state transportation official and Army veteran from Adams Village, has withdrawn his candidacy in the race to replace Dorchester City Councillor Frank Baker in the District 3 seat.

In a statement ... Read more.

The end could be in sight for the City Council’s redistricting saga.

Councillors on May 24 voted, 10-2, to approve a map that redraws the boundaries of the nine district seats. US Judge Patti Saris threw out the ... Read more.

Two unions — Iron Workers Local 7 and Laborers Local 223 — on Tuesday said they’re swinging support over to John FitzGerald, a Boston Planning and Development Agency official, in the race to succeed outgoing Dorchester ... Read more.

A neighborhood group that includes a top adviser to former Mayor Marty Walsh, the first chief equity officer at City Hall, a former prosecutor, and a real estate executive has been digging through history records as part ... Read more.

A small group of Roxbury and Dorchester activists sounded off Friday morning against Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to move the John D. O’Bryant High School from Roxbury Crossing to the former West Roxbury Educational Complex ( ... Read more.

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Mayor Michelle Wu on Friday rejected the City Council’s proposed cuts to Boston Police and a host of other city departments, including veterans affairs and the Boston Public Library.

Councillors voted 7-5 earlier ... Read more.

When Codman Square’s Gisselle Jimenez heard about the One Plus Boston mortgage, which helps public housing or Section 8 voucher holders achieve homeownership with up to $75,000 in assistance, she thought it sounded too ... Read more.

Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, located in Lower Mills, is celebrating 40 years of creating opportunities through its scholarship fund. Since 1983, the union has contributed more than $2.2 million to the futures of local ... Read more.

Cristo Rey Boston High School in Savin Hill celebrated its graduation on Sat., June 3, at St. Teresa of Calcutta in Dorchester. This year’s graduating class of 38 students will attend eighteen colleges and universities ... Read more.

The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, a major Dorchester union, has announced that John Walsh, an 18-year-member, will join its senior management team as chief operating officer. He will work with ... Read more.

Mattapan’s Mount Hope Cemetery extends along one side of Walk Hill Street, where residents can mourn the lives of dear ones passed. On the other side sits an oasis of green that offers the rebirth and protection of nature ... Read more.

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