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A Dorchester ward committee has endorsed Allison Cartwright in her campaign for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. The Ward 14 Democratic Committee announced their endorsement on Monday.

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A man found suffering from stab wounds on Friday night in Peabody Square later died from his injuries, according to Boston Police, who arrested a 38-year-old Dorchester man for the murder on Saturday.

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A Worcester developer and a local architecture firm say they will soon file detailed plans for replacing the closed Dorchester Trust at 555-559 Columbia Rd. in ... Read more.

It happened again.

With a U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing on the schedule for Thursday afternoon and no sign as Wednesday evening approached of movement on the deals that Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday, Steward ... Read more.

Lenders Say State Rejected Five Proposals, Isn't Interested In Negotiating

The firms that control the real estate of St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton rejected what they say is the state's ... Read more.

Boston Lights re-opened this month at Franklin Park Zoo in a bigger and better format than ever before – with additional areas of the zoo now open for a longer tour of even more amazing, illuminated creatures.

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In the battle of neighborhood hoop squads, Dorchester came out on top in the highly anticipated Crew Love basketball tournament in Harambee Park the weekend of Aug. 10-11. The showcase games of hoops talent, now in its ... Read more.

To the Editor:

As someone lives four blocks from Carney Hospital, whose family and relatives have been patients there and whose father-in-law worked there for over 30 years, I can tell you: we’re worried sick about ... Read more.

The state and city government needs to do its job and save Carney Hospital. The Department of Public Health (DPH), the Attorney General, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Speaker of the House, the ... Read more.

One of the few attractions we have around West of Washington is the Franklin Park Zoo – with amazing animals and other attractions at our doorstep that people come from all over to see.

I haven’t always valued that ... Read more.

“The cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy,” said Jane Addams who was a Progressive Era suffragette, reformer, social worker, a leader of the settlement house movement, co-founder of Hull House, philosopher, ... Read more.

Three alternative plans are being eyed for the potential reconfiguration of Kosciuszko Circle — the notoriously-clogged traffic rotary near Columbia Point. Often referred to as “K-Circle,” the rotary is currently being ... Read more.

After weeks of claiming that she could “do nothing” to alter the fate of the imperiled Steward hospitals, Gov. Maura Healey last Friday announced that her administration would seize control of St. Elizabeth’s Medical ... Read more.

Gov. Healey’s plan to seize the St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton and arrange for its transfer to Boston Medical Center will come under more intense scrutiny in coming days as lawmakers —most of them staunch ... Read more.

The proposed opening of national pizza chain Papa John’s in a now-vacant Dorchester Avenue storefront continues to cook-up controversy in Fields Corner this week.

Franchise owners Joe and Ralonda Johnson have a ... Read more.

September 10 looms as a critical date in an ongoing bankruptcy case involving a waterfront property in Dorchester’s Port Norfolk neighborhood that is set for re-development but has been bogged down in a legal quagmire for ... Read more.

A complaint sent to the Attorney General’s office by a Dorchester man on Monday alleges that Steward Health Care is violating the civil rights of Black and Latino Bostonians by closing Carney Hospital and thus denying “ ... Read more.

The early-morning J’ouvert parade that kicks off the annual Boston Caribbean Carnival will take place in a new location this weekend as city leaders and event organizers seek to pre-empt any violence that has disrupted ... Read more.

Codman Square Health Center has a new CEO. Dr. Guy Fish, who most recently led the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, assumed the leadership post last week. The 64-year-old physician succeeds Sandra Cotterell, who ... Read more.

The state primary election is set for Tuesday, Sept. 3, but early voting opportunities start on Sat., Aug 24 at select locations in Boston. Unlike traditional polling, registered voters in Boston can vote at any assigned ... Read more.

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