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In a state that prides itself on having some of the best health care in the world, two communities are bracing for the closure this weekend of community hospitals that serve hundreds of thousands of people -- though ... Read more.

Dorchester residents Marta Carney and Mark Smith were among those who collected kudos at the Mayor’s 28th Garden Contest last week. Four other Dorchester and Mattapan green thumbs were also in the winners’ circle at a ... Read more.

The 52nd annual edition of the Hewins Street block party took place on Aug. 18 with loads of neighbors enjoying traditional BBQ, music, Caribbean cuisine, and old-time games like the tug-o-war and egg on a spoon relay. ... Read more.

The Franklin Field development held its annual CommUnity Day with the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) on Sat., Aug. 17, near the event center within the campus. With fun and games and food for residents of Franklin Field, ... Read more.

To the Editor:

Early on in the Healey-Driscoll-Walsh Administration, officials very publicly identified areas of Massachusetts that experienced the greatest degree of health care disparities. Both Steward hospitals ... Read more.

Nearly two years after a new law created a pathway to provisional licensure for prospective speech-language pathologists, state regulators still have not implemented the law – and recent graduates of local colleges ... Read more.

The resolution of the Steward Health Care saga remains a moving target. For at least the seventh time, a hearing at which the bankrupt company was expected to seek US Bankruptcy Court approval of deals to sell five of its ... Read more.

An underutilized street hockey court at Moakley Park has been transformed into the city’s very first “bike town,” a tot-sized grid of streets where children can learn how to navigate streets. 

The “traffic garden ... Read more.

A man found suffering from a stab wound on Friday night in Peabody Square and later identified as David Abrain, 52, of Roxbury, died from his injuries after being transported by Boston EMS to a local hospital, according ... Read more.

A group of residents and merchants who oppose the idea of a dedicated center bus lane on Columbia Road have been gathering signatures this summer from like-minded people as they seek to pre-empt any official effort to add ... Read more.

The state primary election is next Tuesday, Sept. 3, when polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. But early voting is already underway in Boston. On Thursday this week, voters can go to Florian Hall on Hallet St. in ... Read more.

For 50 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester (BGCD) has been a staple in the community acting as a home away from home for many children and teens, especially during the city’s hot summer months. At the end of ... Read more.

Alicia Gomes, who was recently appointed as the MBTA’s first-ever director of Light Rail after General Manager Phillip Eng separated the operations of heavy rail like the Red Line from light rail, which includes the ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by the owner of Chubbs Taco & Tequila Bar, 750 Adams St. to increase its number of seats and to add live ... Read more.

First-responders with the city’s Emergency Medical Services department (EMS) are beefing up their deployment plans to cover Dorchester and Mattapan starting this weekend amid uncertainty and mounting anxiety about the ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed Boston Street complex

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a local developer's plans for a 90-unit apartment building at 115-121 Boston St. in Dorchester.

The units in ... Read more.

The independent watchdog keeping an eye on care at Steward Health Care hospitals here urged the state, the company, and its lenders and creditors "to take action to lessen the devastation" that the looming closure of ... Read more.

A man found suffering from a stab wound on Friday night in Peabody Square and later identified as David Abrain, 52, of Roxbury, died from his injuries after being transported by Boston EMS to a local hospital, according ... Read more.

The pattern persists: A Steward Health Care lawyer tells a judge the bankrupt company is close on deals to sell five of its Massachusetts hospitals and hopes to present formal proposals soon, then no details of the deals ... Read more.

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.

“On ... Read more.

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