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Mattapan’s Nichole Sillice, 13, a student at the Tony Williams School of Dance who attends the Edith Baker School in Brookline, will be featured in the ‘Urban Nutcracker’ production at the Shubert Theatre beginning this ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Troylene Ali been recognized for her efforts to combat bullying and to prevent suicides among austistic kids and teens. She won an award from Vinfen, a non-profit in the Health and Human Services space at ... Read more.

The second annual Get LIT Thanksgiving Cook-off took place on Nov. 16 in Florian Hall and pitted rival cooks from Boston’s fire and police departments whose offerings were judged by elected officials and community leaders ... Read more.

Football players are used to acronyms like QB, OT, and WR, but last Tuesday night, New England Patriots players Demontrey Jacobs, Caleb Jones, and Tyrese Robinson had a new one to work with: AI, or artificial intelligence ... Read more.

The owners of a popular Haitian-American food truck operation are looking to open a 49-seat restaurant in Codman Square, hopefully with a new liquor license and, separately, a “fast-casual” location on Blue Hill Avenue ... Read more.

Youth hockey teams from across Boston – including Dorchester Youth Hockey (DYS) - will hit the ice to compete for the title of “Boston’s Best” at the 2024 Mayor’s Cup Ice Hockey Tournament. Hosted by the ... Read more.

A Dorchester-based developer unveiled plans for a 5-story, 25-unit condo building on Granite Avenue abutting Cedar Grove Cemetery during a virtual meeting organized by the Boston Planning Dept. on Monday evening that drew ... Read more.

Inspired by similar events in Lower Mills and other parts of Boston, merchants and neighbors in Adams Village are organizing a “holiday stroll” for this Saturday (Dec. 14) from 3 to 7 p.m. to celebrate the season and the ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Dec. 3 approved plans by the owners of Spukies N Pizza at 1159 Washington St. in Lower Mills to replace their building and parking lot with a 4-story, 14-unit condo building with ground-floor ... Read more.

With many former Dorchester residents now living in their new homes in Randolph and other South Shore communities, Codman Square Health Center (CSHC) is planning to follow them by opening a full-service facility in ... Read more.

Cannabis entrepreneurs Drudys Ledbetter and Leslie Pascual presented their plans to open an adult-use dispensary in Fields Corner at an abutters’ meeting last month and will bring their proposal before the Fields Corner ... Read more.

The controversial property-tax shift bill proposed by the Wu administration that has driven months of debate will not receive a vote in the Senate, the chamber’s top Democrat said on Monday night. Senate President Karen ... Read more.

Trinity Financial Inc. today acquired the Fitzpatrick Brothers Auto Body property on Centre Street next to Shawmut MBTA station for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is the culmination of a seven year process in which ... Read more.

A man was shot and killed on Monday night (Dec. 9) on Devon Street, a side road off Columbia Road, and Boston Police said that they arrested two men who are suspects in the fatal incident. According to a BPD account, ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed four-story apartment building on Humboldt Avenue

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a four-story building with 26 affordable apartments to wrap around the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church at ... Read more.

A cat named Fats, who climbed high up a tree in an Uphams Corner backyard and got stuck for four days, was rescued by an intrepid staffer from the Animal Rescue League of Boston on Nov. 29.

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Mayor Wu Still Wants Action, But Biz Groups Say Pause And Analyze Data

Business groups that in October backed a controversial Boston tax proposal last Thursday called for lawmakers to pause any ... Read more.

Fire on Columbia Road

Boston firefighters responded to 679-683 Columbia Road in Edward Everett Square around 6:50 a.m. on Sunday for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire.

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FBI agents arrested Boston City Councillor Tania Fernandes Anderson at her Dorchester home last Friday morning (Dec. 6) and federal prosecutors later accused her of orchestrating a kickback scheme with a staffer to obtain ... Read more.

The singer-songwriter’s ‘Misneach’ festival launches here in March

Editor's Note: This story was first published in Boston Irish Magazine on Dec. 4, ... Read more.

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