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Rendering of proposed six-story apartment building

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a six-story, 59-unit apartment building on what is now a parking lot next to the Fortress self-story building off I-93 in Dorchester, once famous for its giant ... Read more.

One of 5 responses to city’s call for health-career academy’s new home

The city of Boston is reviewing five proposals — including one from a team that includes the current owner of the largely ... Read more.

Two developers last week filed detailed plans for two 18-story residential towers with a total of 754 apartments where WLVI used to have its studios on Morrissey Boulevard - the first phase of a re-do of a roughly 9-acre ... Read more.

A civil rights group filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston on Monday that seeks to block the Trump administration's accelerated roll-back of protections for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants who are living in the US ... Read more.

Zachary Dimona-Viveiros died Dec. 12 from injuries he suffered when another man on an inbound Red Line train sitting at JFK/UMass suddenly decided to bash him in the head with a fist-sized piece of quartz around 8:50 p.m ... Read more.

A former mixed martial arts (MMA) professional fighter hailing from the Codman Square area returned to the neighborhood last month to shine a spotlight on the Level Ground MMA gym, which is free of charge to those 19 and ... Read more.

Members of the ‘1975: A Vietnamese Diaspora Memorial’ project appeared at the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) in February to officially present their project to the group, getting rave reviews and support for ... Read more.

Chef Olorie Roberts, the visionary behind the popular Caribbean fusion restaurant ZAZ, first opened the doors of the Hyde Park eatery in 2011. With a deep passion for blending ... Read more.

Mayor Wu won a ringing endorsement from the city’s largest public safety unions— the Boston Police Patrolmen Association (BPPA) and the association’s affiliated EMS partners— during a press conference held at the BPPA’s ... Read more.

Results of the first public poll of the 2025 mayoral election cycle show incumbent Boston Mayor Wu with a sizable lead over her high-profile challenger Josh Kraft with roughly six-and-half months to go until the ... Read more.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate hosted US Sen. Ron Wyden and Jim Acosta, former CNN Anchor and White House Correspondent, for a live discussion about Wyden’s work and his new book,

It Takes ... Read more.

Opetoritse Adefolalu, the children’s librarian at the Lower Mills branch of the Boston Public Library, strives to make the Richmond Street building an oasis for everyone who walks in the door. The children he serves ... Read more.

Despite a surge in influenza cases across the City of Boston seen since December, the city’s top public health official says the latest data indicate a downward trend in reported cases and emergency department visits in ... Read more.

All five employees of the JFK Library who were laid off last week have been rehired, Director Alan Price confirmed.

“We’re all thrilled to have the team back,” Price said.

The rehired staff work in ticketing ... Read more.

Boston’s reliance on new housing to help fund affordable units, periodically escalating since 2000, is facing pushback in this year’s race for mayor, amid wider political and economic disruption.

Last week, mayoral ... Read more.

Visitors from near and far descended on the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester last Wednesday (Feb. 19) when it reopened after an abrupt closure the day before amid a series of layoffs triggered ... Read more.

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin will appoint a receiver to oversee Boston’s election division in the wake of “serious problems” with the city’s admin-istration of the 2024 state and federal elections, his ... Read more.

Massachusetts’s elected officials are urging President Trump to reverse his decision to end an immigration program that protected around half a million Haitians living in the US. The Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, ... Read more.

Leaders within the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association intend to mount and fund their own planning initiative aimed at the Dorchester Avenue-Hancock Street-Freeport Street section known as Glover’s Corner. The group, ... Read more.

The Holland Tech (formerly Burke) High School boys’ basketball team capped off an undefeated City League season last Thursday at Madison Park gym with a 71-49 victory over English High School to win the city championship ... Read more.

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