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The Boston Transportation Department, in collaboration with the Vision Zero Task Force, wants to make the streets of Boston safer - starting with Dorchester’s Talbot-Norfolk Triangle (TNT) neighborhood.

The pilot ... Read more.

The state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will present current design plans for a Morrissey Boulevard reconstruction project on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at ... Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board could decide next week whether to grant liquor licenses to a proposed taqueria in Lower Mills, a new Italian restaurant in Adams Corner and a proposed Wahlburgers and movie complex at the new ... Read more.

A long-vacant Savin Hill eyesore has a new owner and a new lease on life.

A Dorchester-based developer has purchased the old Savin Hill Variety building at 102-110 Savin Hill Ave. and is poised to turn it into a ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports three men in their early 20s were shot around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday at Nightingale and Wales streets.

One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene, police say. The other two ... Read more.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a bizarre incident on Bakersfield Street last week involving dozens of birds that fell dead or dying from the trees. A cat also died after apparently interacting with them on the ... Read more.

Paul McDevitt, a recovering alcoholic who spent decades generously working with others fighting alcohol disease, died Monday morning of vocal cord cancer. The husband of State Auditor Suzanne Bump, Mr. McDevitt was 74. ... Read more.

With a number of large projects in the pipeline around Mount Vernon Street and Morrissey Boulevard, the city’s inconsistent application of the Columbia Point Master Plan was once more a source of neighborhood frustration ... Read more.

Boston is well on its way to exceeding Mayor Martin Walsh’s stated goal for the creation of new housing units set back in 2014, according to the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), which released figures ... Read more.

A public meeting is planned for next Thursday (Sept. 22) to review the latest plans for a proposed four story, mixed-use building at 73 River St. in Mattapan.

The proposal, put forth by proponent George Tsolirides ... Read more.

Pamela Lewis-Hoyt, 59, of Dorchester recalls receiving little support as a previous caregiver to her husband, who has since passed away from dementia. But for current caregivers, she says, there’s now a solution by the ... Read more.

The owners of the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock St. are once again coming to the community to seek support for a new license to serve alcohol. An abutters meeting to discuss their new application for a beer and ... Read more.

Just as Americans like to celebrate their classic culture as well as their pop culture, so folks in the Polish Triangle and beyond are gearing up to revel in a wide spectrum of their traditions at this coming Sunday’s ... Read more.

An organization dedicated to assisting Gold Star families and empowering veterans since 2010, Mass Fallen Heroes has designed a specialty license plate to convert your car into a ‘rolling tribute’ to honor those who have ... Read more.

Hundreds of motorcyclists, family and friends are expected to gather at Dorchester’s Florian Hall on Sunday morning to set off on the 14th Annual Rick Graham Diabetes Awareness Memorial Ride held in memory of a father and ... Read more.

In a feisty hour-long debate Tuesday over whether Massachusetts should expand access to charter schools, questions of funding and student-body makeup dominated a back-and-forth over a ballot question that Gov. Charlie ... Read more.

The Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed an order for a new trial for Sean Ellis, one of two men convicted of fatally ... Read more.

Updated Sept. 9, 2:41 p.m. -- State Rep. Dan Cullinane secured his 12th Suffolk District seat tonight, beating out second place finisher Jovan Lacet by more than 800 votes after a low-turnout primary.

Cullinane, ... Read more.

Something resembling a large shipping crate that today is sitting in the Mattapan MBTA station parking lot will make its way on Saturday to Fields Corner. Inside the 385-square foot space is a prototype studio apartment, ... Read more.

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