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A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Friday acquitted Brian McElhinney, 24, on a charge of manslaughter for the 2016 death of Brian Hingston of ... Read more.

A former Dorchester resident who federal law enforcement official say stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refund money using identity theft pled guilty to the scheme in a Boston courtroom this week.

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For six days, Boston looked like the maritime hub of the 1850s, with wooden masts grazing the sky and sails carrying ships through the harbor. On Saturday, Sail Boston’s Grand Parade of Sail saw 54 Tall Ships from 14 ... Read more.

Almost every neighborhood in Boston has that nightmare property – the house that sags under the weight of burned-out beams, seems ... Read more.

Farmers markets in and around Dorchester are gearing up for the summer, with many of them looking to open in the next couple of weeks.

The Ashmont Farmers Market will be among the first to set up shop as it begins ... Read more.

The yellow siding was gone. The two chimneys were gone. The only distinctive exterior marker remaining at 45 Alban St. last week was the front porch, its delicate white columns intact as workers busied themselves on the ... Read more.

A proposal to build a 57-unit apartment building on land, including the site of the former Molloy funeral parlor on Washington Street, will begin to move through the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) process, ... Read more.

Police on Wednesday arrested 17 rival gang members and confiscated 22 guns as part of a year-long, multi-agency task effort dubbed Operation Hanover and focused on Dorchester and Roxbury.

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Attorney General Maura Healey said she plans to continue to advocate on behalf of the vulnerable during a town hall event in Codman Square last Thursday that was consumed by talk of criminal justice, financial fraud, and ... Read more.

World-renowned jazz musician Bill Lowe will stage Pieces of CANE/KABNIS!, a 21st century adaptation of Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer’s critically acclaimed novel CANE, at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall for three 8p.m. ... Read more.

The Boston area’s only winter-time Celtic festival will once again make a warm-weather appearance when Club Passim in Harvard Square hosts the third Summer BCMFest on July 2, with 12 hours of some of the best local Celtic ... Read more.

Two recent high school graduates from Dorchester— Merline Mathieu and Nicholas Correia — were among the recipients of the 20th annual Kirby Perkins Scholarship Award presented by WCVB Channel 5 last week. The two students ... Read more.

Increased rents, higher property taxes, rising insurance costs, and concerns about the affordability of new units are just a few of the issues surrounding fair housing that Mattapan residents are talking about, most ... Read more.

Dorchester resident John O’Neil, Nurturing Fathers’ Program Director at the Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts, will be honored at the Whittier Street Health Center’s 17th annual Men’s Health Summit on Saturday, ... Read more.

The Maguires, a family band from Wicklow, will stop at the ICC on June 29 as part of its first US tour. The quartet is composed of 17-year-old Emma (fiddle, flute, concertina, piano, whistle), 15-year-old Aoife ( ... Read more.

Mary Franklin, a Boston mayoral hopeful who did not secure the 3,000 verified signatures required to make the citywide ballot, alleged this week that two candidates who did clear the hurdle to join the race used ... Read more.

Sr. Ana Virginia Figueroa, who worked to fight poverty and end homelessness in Dorchester for more than three decades, died on June 15 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at age 94.

Born in Yauco, Puerto Rico ... Read more.

Landlords have about two weeks left to register their rental properties with the city, part of an annual program that helps Boston officials assess the vast numbers of private rentals within their borders.

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Old Boston Globe plant

In the wee hours of Mon., May 12, 1958, the roar of printing presses and the revving of truck engines announced the arrival of The Globe Newspaper Co. at its new home, 135 Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester. For the ... Read more.

Enhancements to Franklin Park, the redesign of Columbia Road as an active green corridor and the completion of the Emerald Necklace are part of the Imagine Boston 2030 final draft plan for Boston’s largest park. Last ... Read more.

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