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Proponents of an adult-use cannabis dispensary in Fields Corner took up their cause for opening in a now-vacant Dorchester Avenue storefront during the Jan. 7 meeting of the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA).
... Read more.Boston Police continue to investigate a stabbing incident in Mattapan Square around 4 a.m. on Jan. 4 in the wake of a report suggesting that the assault stemmed from an after-hours gathering inside a commercial property ... Read more.
As Boston’s property tax burden falls more heavily on residential owners, city officials are scrambling to provide some relief, but with little sign of help from a quick turnaround in commercial values or growth.
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Newton-based Wingate Companies, through an affiliate, has acquired the historic Baker Chocolate Factory apartment complex in Lower Mills for $41 million. The purchase, brokered by the realtor CBRE for the seller, Makor ... Read more.
About 200 people attended an appreciation dinner hosted by the Vietnamese community’s 1975 Memorial Project at the Saigon Seafood Restaurant in Fields Corner last Saturday evening. The event, which included performances ... Read more.
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Last October, the Boston City Council — at the behest of Councillor Erin Murphy and other council colleagues— asked for full accounting of ... Read more.
Mayor Wu and her family have welcomed a new baby.
"Yesterday at 2pm, Mayor Wu and her husband Conor welcomed Baby Mira Wu Pewarski—arriving at 8lbs, 4oz and 20 inches—to their family and to Boston," a city ... Read more.
Enrollment at the Massachusetts Health Connector is at a record high, with more than 348,000 people accessing coverage through the state's health insurance marketplace, officials said Monday ahead of a key deadline.
... Read more.In a sign of growing unrest in another Massachusetts school district, this time its largest, the Boston Teachers Union plans Thursday to hold informational pickets before school begins at all 116 public schools in the ... Read more.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu filed a new tax relief package Monday to offset increases residents are seeing in tax bills this month, after the Senate last year killed a Boston home rule petition to temper the spikes.
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Voting will start this week in the city of Boston’s new participatory budget process, which will result in the distribution of $2 million in city funds to five projects. There are fourteen finalists in the running for the ... Read more.
The state's highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines ... Read more.
Just before the holidays, Ironworkers Local 7 members visited Rosie’s Place in Boston’s South End with boxes of donated coats, hats, gloves, and other winter items for those living at the country’s first shelter for women ... Read more.
Last month, as Mayor Wu and city officials met with dozens of people who were able to become first-time homeowners in Boston by receiving financial assistance from the city, she said, “I’m thrilled to celebrate these new ... Read more.
A federal magistrate judge agreed last month that a Dorchester man acted reprehensibly in demanding sex and nude photos from women who moved into one of his “sober houses” in attempts to get clean and should pay damages ... Read more.
What does the year 2025 have in store for the neighborhoods on the south side of Boston?
As a new, but familiar, and, for many, a menacing administration takes power again in Washington, it’s also a mayoral ... Read more.
A new legislative session has arrived, and there are already loads of pressing issues that appear ripe for attention from Gov. Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ronald Mariano and the rest of Beacon ... Read more.
Last week’s Reporter included a report on a Dec. 23 event at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 Hall in Lower Mills in which Gov. Healey signed an executive order on ways to increase construction jobs for women and ... Read more.
Turning 70 and dealing with a debilitating back operation has given me the opportunity to reminisce about my early days in Boston and how I learned the culture and politics of the city in my early days here.
I ... Read more.
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