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The Senate on Thursday voted 31-7 to approve a bill broadening crime-fighting tools, ensuring that certain repeat violent offenders serve their full sentences, and easing prison overcrowding by adjusting sentencing laws ... Read more.

The state Department of Public Health’s bureau of substance abuse services will be able to shoulder the cost of a voluntary training program for sober home operators, the bureau’s deputy director said Thursday.

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James W. Hunt III, Mayor Thomas Menino’s chief of environment and energy, is stepping down at the end of July. The Dorchester native, who first took the job in 2005 and is expected to remain a personal adviser to Menino, ... Read more.

About 20 parents showed up to the Mildred Elementary School on Thursday, July 12 for the Boston Public Schools “what we’re hearing” meeting. Jocelyn Wright, the senior director in the Deputy Superintendent’s office, and ... Read more.

Boston Police are investigating a break-in at the Cristo Rey-Boston high school at 100 Savin Hill Ave. last week that included the theft of computers and one of the school’s passenger vans. The incident was discovered ... Read more.

The Boston Urban Forest Council invites members from the general public to participate in its next meeting on July 24.  The meeting, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at  the Boston Natural Areas Network headquarters at 62 ... Read more.

Operettas, comedies and musicals – oh my!

The Strand Theater on Columbia Road is hosting a myriad of performances during the end of summer and into the beginning of the fall, including two fundraisers. The city- ... Read more.

A vacant eyesore at the prominent intersection of Savin Hill Avenue and Sydney Street may finally get a new lease on life in the coming months. A convenience store magnate has entered into a long-term lease agreement ... Read more.

After calls for her resignation last week, Boston Public Schools chief Superintendent Carol Johnson has been buoyed this week by support from city councillors, her employees and local activists.

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Milton Avenue attic

As the second of two afternoon storms barreled through Dorchester Wednesday afternoon, firefighters responded to an attic and roof fire at 101 Milton Avenue.

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Embattled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, charged last week with assaulting and kidnapping a 23-year-old student, faced new questions this week over his campaign finances after a conservative watchdog group filed its own ... Read more.

Six House and Senate lawmakers, after eight months of negotiations, broke through Tuesday evening with a compromise anti-crime and sentencing reform bill that would make certain three-time habitual felons ineligible for ... Read more.

(Updated 2:35 p.m.)- The John F. Kennedy Library closed its doors on Tuesday after a Boston Water and Sewer Commission water main burst early in the morning. The pipe burst at the end of Mt. Vernon St.

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Mayor Menino has issued a heat advisory reminding residents to stay safe and healthy in today's 90 degree-plus heat. The city's 16 indoor pools will stay open until 9:30 p.m. to help residents stay cool.

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The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Mattapan man for a spree of violence that began with a failed holdup attempt at a Blue Hill Avenue check-cashing place and ended with him firing the gun at passersby around ... Read more.

The lead House negotiator on an anti-crime and sentencing reform bill said on Monday that changes to mandatory minimum sentencing laws for drug offenders remain one of the last unresolved issues between the branches. ... Read more.

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