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Mayor Martin Walsh hosted a ‘Mondays with the Mayor’ town hall this week at the Richard J. Murphy School in Neponset where he and residents discussed, among other things, the city-wide development boom, investments in ... Read more.

Get ready for beach games, bounce houses, the Sausage Guy from Fenway, East Coast gaming, Dot Art, face painting, Kona Slush, and around 300 of your neighbors. They are all on tap at the second annual family fun beach day ... Read more.

Boston Police returned to their normal deployment on Monday afternoon after several days of requiring two officers per car for patrols in the aftermath of a sniper attack that left five police officers dead and ten more ... Read more.

This weekend’s annual Festival Betances in the South End is the oldest and longest running Latino celebration in New England. Attracting thousands over the course of its three days, it is the most authentic of the many ... Read more.

Melville Park resident Orlando Cruz, Jr. is a college admissions dean’s dream: exemplary student, award-winning athlete, hip-hop dance instructor, and conscientious member of the community.

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Up to 100 Boston Police officers will test out a body camera initiative for six months, according to an agreement between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association that was announced on Tuesday. A start date ... Read more.

Renew Boston will hold two workshops on energy efficiency for homeowners, renters, landlords and property owners next week at the Grove Hall Library and the Dudley Square Library. They will share how to save money while ... Read more.

Eighteen elected officials of color today released an open letter addressing the spate of violence this past week, which has intensified discussion over alleged racial bias in policing. Referring to the shooting deaths of ... Read more.

Aides who handled Boston City Hall's tourism and intergovernmental relations portfolios pled not guilty Tuesday to federal charges they extorted a music festival early in Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's administration.

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Developers and public officials on Monday broke ground on the Ashmont Station-adjacent mixed-used development known as Ashmont TOD2. The former Ashmont Tire property has been rebranded “Treadmark,” a reference to the site ... Read more.

Just hours after the Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for a marijuana legalization ballot initiative to go to voters in November, the group working to legalize cannabis turned in what it said is enough signatures to ... Read more.

There were no widening tunnels with portals of white light at the end. No slideshows of life dancing before his eyes. No reassuring male voice whispering adages of encouragement and solace. Raheem Baraka, 33, was simply ... Read more.

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is exploring a plan to buy city-owned property near its current location on Blue Hill Avenue to construct a new, state-of-the-art facility. The city of Boston’s Department of ... Read more.

Dorchester has a simple motto: We take care of our own and we take care of each other. Last year, three Dorchester teens — Ryan Sweeney, Peter Cahill, and Timmy Galvin — decided to do just that. They created a roller ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Anne Bowie was recognized for her volunteer work by Citizens Schools at their annual awards event on June 14. Bowie is the public service manager at WilmerHale, a law firm that hosted 14 seventh and eighth ... Read more.

Be honest now. Are there some local attractions like the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Columbia Point that sightseers come from all over the world to visit, but your family hasn’t been to yet ... Read more.

The city’s Department of Neighborhood Development is seeking a buyer to redevelop two large parcels of land — including the former home of the B-3 police station next to the Fairmount Line—at the corner of Morton and ... Read more.

Specialty food store to anchor ground level

Dorchester’s newest mixed-use development will celebrate its new name and official groundbreaking next Monday in a ceremony that will include Governor ... Read more.

Several Dorchester and Mattapan transit investments have been locked in for funding in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s $14.8 billion Capital Investment Plan, which the MassDOT Board approved on June 20 ... Read more.

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