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The MBTA will pump $7.9 million into a repair project that will keep its fleet of PCC trolley cars running on the Mattapan High Speed Line for “the near future” as an independent review of the line’s infrastructure ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man driving a minivan reported stolen in Quincy Friday night crashed head on into an MBTA bus stopped at Talbot Avenue and Lithgow Street around 9:50 a.m. on Saturday.

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Carney Hospital last Thursday celebrated the completion of a newly renovated and expanded Emergency Department (ED) with local community leaders. The $2 million modernization project includes 11 private exam rooms and 6, ... Read more.

Legislative leaders finalized committee assignments for the current session last week, and every one of Dorchester’s elected representatives received a boost in assignments and salaries.

State Sen. Linda Dorcena ... Read more.

With many residents frustrated over drivers careening down neighborhood side streets, some individuals and community groups are looking to the city’s Neighborhood Slow Streets program for relief.

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The city will begin holding public meetings next month to solicit input into the re-design of two heavily used Dorchester parks. Mayor Walsh’s administration has budgeted more than $8.3 million for improvements to Garvey ... Read more.

Boston police arrested a student at the Jeremiah E. Burke high school last Thursday on firearm charges.

The 17-year-old suspect from Dorchester was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. after he allegedly brought a handgun ... Read more.

The family of Kevin Cellucci announced Sunday that he had died, three and 1/2 years after a speeding West Roxbury teenager rolled his SUV across the Arborway and plowed into Cellucci's pickup as he drove to a carpentry ... Read more.

Prisoners would have greater opportunities for early release, even if they received a mandatory minimum sentence, under legislation resulting from the cooperation between all three branches of government on criminal ... Read more.

No one will be allowed to move into the property at 96 Milton Ave. that city inspectors determined has been illegally used as a lodging house until its owner winds his way through the appropriate zoning and legal process ... Read more.

A proposed four story mixed-use development on Bowdoin Street was discussed last Thursday night at a public meeting that drew roughly thirty people to the St. Peter’s Teen Center, where several residents raised their ... Read more.

After the John W. McCormack Civic Association’s unanimous vote in its favor Tuesday night, Boston Collegiate Charter School will now move forward with plans to construct a 3,000-square-foot “cafetorium” on its Mayhew ... Read more.

A company that manages three Boston health care facilities purchased a rehabilitation center at 405 River St. in Mattapan in a multi-million dollar sale, continuing its operations as Vero Health & Rehabilitation of ... Read more.

Entering its third year of operation, the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action at Boston College provides students with an innovative real estate curriculum, internship program, and speaking events ... Read more.

TotalCare Home Care Provider on Dudley Street honored Muriel Walker as she celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 16. The celebration was held at the MLK Towers in Roxbury. Born in Cambridge in 1917, she has ... Read more.

Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan dedicated a Forever stamp commemorating the centennial of the birth of our nation’s 35th President, John F. Kennedy on Monday at Dorchester’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and ... Read more.

The number of people dying from opioid overdoses in Massachusetts each year continues to climb, according to a new state report projecting an estimated increase of between 13 and 24 percent from 2015 to 2016.

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A Sudanese mother who adopted five orphans from her war-torn country and a veteran of Boston's busing crisis stood alongside U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III on Tuesday as they pledged to confront the ... Read more.

Cape Air CEO Dan Wolf, the former Democratic senator from Harwich who opted against seeking a fourth term in November, wants to re-engage in state Democratic politics ahead of the 2018 election and has not ruled out ... Read more.

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