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The U.S. Census Bureau is expected to release data at the local level for Massachusetts next week. The data will be used to redraw the state's Congressional, Governor's Council, and state House and state Senate districts. The other states also receiving... Read more
Couple of things worth highlighting in this week's Reporter: -- Stephen Kurkjian, a senior investigative fellow at Watchdog New England, and Northeastern University's Rachel Zarrell and Gal Tziperman Lotan offer up a must-read on the state of the city's... Read more
A top adviser to Newton Mayor Setti Warren is looking for young people with campaigns under their belt to potentially staff his U.S. Senate bid. In an email seeking help earlier this month, obtained by the Reporter, political consultant Deborah Shah wrote... Read more
Pres. Obama: President Obama spoke at TechBoston Academy on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Photo courtesy BPS For Archana Ailawadhi, a college counselor at TechBoston Academy in Dorchester, it was all about the numbers when President Barack Obama stopped by the... Read more
State House News Service reports that Stacey Monahan, a Dorchester resident, is stepping down from her post as executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. Clare Kelly, who worked on Gov. Deval Patrick's re-election efforts in the field, will... Read more
Lower Mills MWRA map. Click to enlarge. Fasten your seatbelts, Lower Mills residents. Starting next month and running into November, Washington Street, Adams Street, and River Street are scheduled to be periodically closed as part of a project of... Read more
Parade GuyThe Dorchester Day Parade Committee is seeking students to compete in an annual essay contest that will earn two winners a $500 US Savings Bond. A completed registration form and essay must be postmarked by March 12, 2011 to be considered for a... Read more
The grandson of Robert F. Kennedy is slated to speak at Dorchester's fifth annual St. Patrick's Day brunch. Joseph P. Kennedy III is an assistant district attorney on Cape Cod whose speech on the Massachusetts State House floor a week after the shootings... Read more
Dave McDonald, a Mattapan-based contractor, gets 75 percent of his business from the city of Boston and has worked on more than 60 housing projects with the help of a block grant program. But his business is now in danger, he says, with President Obama’s... Read more
Instead of dressing up in black and white, fundraisers for the inaugural Cupid Splash benefit for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay will be wearing bows and wings – and maybe even a bathing suit. Nine beaches across the state will host the costumed dip-and-... Read more

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