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The Boston Police Department reports it is looking for a man who held up the McDonald's at 605 Washington St. at gunpoint Wednesday night.

Police say the man handed a note to a cashier demanding money, ... Read more.

Most companies that win contracts for publicly funded building projects in Boston continue to fall well short of city-mandated minimum-hiring thresholds, according to a Reporter analysis of city reports. The Boston ... Read more.

The St. Mark’s Area Civic Association met on Tuesday night and voted 11-5 to keep a referendum on a Boston casino confined to the ward in which the gambling facility would be located. The vote followed a discussion among ... Read more.

The saga of City Hall vs. the Star Five Oil Company may have reached a turning point.

City officials said this week that an abatement order is in effect, preventing the company from parking heavy duty ... Read more.

The Ethos Equality Fund launch on February 16 proved to be an unexpectedly good night for the non-profit agency based in Jamaica Plain. Ethos hosted a fundraiser at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square featuring a ... Read more.

Yacht club fire.

A pier fire at the Dorchester Yacht Club off the Southeast Expressway erupted late Wednesday afternoon and went to two alarms because of the difficulty of fighting it, the Boston Fire Department reports.

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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 29, 2012…..The Legislature, which has extended numerous fiscal lifelines to the MBTA over the years, is taking a wait-and-see approach to the agency’s latest bout with financial turmoil although ... Read more.

UPDATE: Police report LaRue was found and returned safely home Wednesday evening.

The Boston Police Department is seeking the public's help to find LaRue Henderson, 13, who hasn't been seen since yesterday ... Read more.

Fearing night-time disruptions from trash pick-ups, the civic group for the Ashmont Hill neighborhood is backing a push to regulate the timing of commercial trash collection.

The Ashmont Hill Association last week ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 27, 2012……Massachusetts heads towards its March 6 presidential primary with about 80,000 fewer registered voters than October 2010, a month before the last statewide election.

Figures ... Read more.

The FBI has launched a campaign to find John J. Hartin, a Dorchester man who fled the area after being charged with five counts of statutory rape in 1993.

The FBI says there's a $25,000 reward for ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. 23, 2012…..Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday that his administration is considering the use of excess snow-and-ice removal funds to help limit the service cuts proposed by the MBTA, as the cash- ... Read more.

Neponset brush fire. Photo by Boston Fire.

Firefighters had to lay several hundred feet of hose Wednesday night to battle a brush fire along the Neponset River in Lower Mills.

The brush fire, reported around 7:15 p.m., consumed brush behind Ventua Street, ... Read more.

Boston Public School officials this week called for district-wide improvements in order to ensure a re-designed school assignment plan is fit for public approval by its December 2012 deadline.

Superintendent Dr. ... Read more.

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