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There are many parties to the bankruptcy proceedings in Texas involving Steward Health Care — and several are making their feelings known about Steward’s current proposal to close Dorchester’s Carney Hospital, perhaps as ... Read more.

More than 100 nurses from Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center flooded the hallway outside Gov. Maura Healey's office Wednesday morning, demanding that the state intervene and prevent bankrupt Steward Health ... Read more.

Coming to a Boston street near you: speed humps. This jolting method of speed enforcement involves a large mound of asphalt — 3 to 4 inches tall and 11 feet across — placed several hundred feet apart along many ... Read more.

ABCD Board Chair Sean K. Daughtry, who serves in a public sector seat representing state Rep. Christopher Worrell, will serve another term in the wake of the elections of new officers at the organization’s annual meeting ... Read more.

Between the donut station, the cooler of cold drinks, and neighborhood children engaging in a tug-o-war at the Wellington Hill Block Party on July 20, there was also a memory table and an air of remembrance for neighbors ... Read more.

A developer has proposed a 6-story, 45-unit residential building at 1274 Massachusetts Ave. that would also have an entrance on Boston Street in Edward Everett Square.

The building’s irregularly shaped lot ... Read more.

The city’s Parks Commission approved the overall plan to renovate White Stadium but voted against issuing a demolition permit on Monday in a two-hour meeting that included abstentions by four of the seven commissioners. ... Read more.

A New York City-based company has purchased 17 buildings in the Garrison-Trotter neighborhood that bisects the Dorchester/Roxbury line for $77.5 million. The NHP Foundation (NHPF) says it plans to upgrade and keep ... Read more.

The Mattapan State Hospital Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) voted last week to distribute unused funds to Cruz Construction that would give them the go-ahead to construct a four-unit building for Department of Mental ... Read more.

Boston Police and a South Bay fitness center have joined forces to give local kids and teens access to a safe workout space. The physical fitness program with Backyahd Boston gym is the brainchild of Area C-11 Community ... Read more.

Jack Connors, who died last week at age 82, did many things to help Boston’s neighborhoods over the years. A successful businessman who personally gave away more than $100 million to charities, Jack also rallied others to ... Read more.

Two years after a US Supreme Court ruling that she said posed “a grave danger to Americans as they go about their daily lives in public spaces,” Gov. Healey on July 25 signed an overhaul of state firearms laws that ... Read more.

To the Editor:

I am writing to urgently request the governor’s intervention to save Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, from closure. Founded in 1863, the Carney has a long and storied history as a ... Read more.

To the Editor:

City Councillor Coletta Zapata’s commentary last week (“City can protect its small businesses from increases in any new tax levies”) detailed the councillor’s pursuit of protections for some small ... Read more.

Tairih King, a nine-year-old Dorchester boy diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, was sworn-in as “Co-Commissioner for the Day” for the Massachusetts Probation Service before his family and Probation employees in the Office of ... Read more.

Keolis Commuter Services, operating partner for the MBTA Commuter Rail, completed station beautification efforts at two Fairmount Line stations as part of the company’s Keolis Cares program recently. Volunteers and local ... Read more.

Two women from Dorchester and Mattapan were among six Bostonians honored last month for completing 4,000 hours of service over 20 years for the Experience Corps, a literary program that pairs seniors with elementary ... Read more.

Determined Divas, led by Donna Bowen, and iBlossom Girls Program, led by Lisa Searcy, teamed up with dedicated volunteers to distribute 76,000 pairs of Bombas Socks to multiple community partners who will distribute them ... Read more.

A group of rising seniors in Boston Public Schools explored Dorchester’s art scene last month in kicking off their internships through the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program. The students participated in various ... Read more.

Boston property owners, landlords, and businesses that violate the city’s sanitary code could face significantly higher fees under a home rule petition that gained House approval last week and may be on the move in the ... Read more.

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