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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.

The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot to death at 10 Ripley Rd. around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

Anyone with information can contact homicide detectives at (617) 343-4470 or the anonymous tip ... Read more.

He emerged from the tunnel to roars of applause, in a foreign country, with thousands of hungry eyes eagerly anticipating the imminent clash of helmets and bodies.

As he looked around, a state of shock taking ... Read more.

Disturbed by recent arrests involving Uber drivers accused of assaulting passengers, state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, who backed an unsuccessful effort earlier this year to fingerprint drivers of app-based ride-hailing ... Read more.

Peabody Square will be transformed into a beer garden ringed by food trucks next week as Greater Ashmont Main Streets stages the first-ever Dorchester Bike & Brew Fest. The event kicks off on Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. at the ... Read more.

One side of the Forest Hills MBTA station platform closed this week to allow for continued work at the station as part of the Casey Arborway reconstruction project. Crews will be performing electrical work in preparation ... Read more.

CVS Pharmacy will require its staff to check the state’s prescription monitoring program database before filling certain abuse-associated opioid prescriptions under a newly announced settlement with Attorney General Maura ... Read more.

Dorchester resident Vincent F. Rocchio, PhD, has just published his third book, “Christianity and the Culture Machine: Media and Theology in the Age of Late Secularism.” Rocchio, 55, will celebrate the launch of the book ... Read more.

Through the generosity of the Free For All Concert Fund, Ashmont Hill Chamber Music will be presenting Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble members Mike Block, cello and tabla player Sandeep Das in a concert on September 18, at ... Read more.

Boston Public Schools officials have made no determination on potential closings, but they are ramping up efforts to monitor student needs and activities throughout the course of this year, said Superintendent Tommy Chang ... Read more.

Two Dorchester incumbents in the House of Representatives are seeking to stave off challenges to their seats today: Rep. Daniel Cullinane has two challengers as he seeks his second full term: Jovan Lacet, a Mattapan ... Read more.

The population of UMass Boston is becoming increasingly multigenerational, and one reason for the mix is the number of Dorchester’s senior citizens who attend and, in many cases, teach classes through the university’s ... Read more.

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) has honored Daniel J. Driscoll, President and CEO of Harbor Health Services with the Cornell Scott Excellence in Leadership Award. The award honors outstanding ... Read more.

Mattapan Community Health Center (MCHC) will host its 20th annual Health Care Revival on Saturday, September 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Boston Public Health Commission Campus at 249 River St., Mattapan. The ... Read more.

The Fields Corner Civic Association considered proposals for two neighborhood developments at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night, paving the way to an opening for an Asian-inspired bakery while waiting on more ... Read more.

An attempt to rezone two parcels of Cedar Grove Cemetery land abutting Granite Avenue was put on hold on at a zoning hearing Wednesday after neighbors and Zoning Commission members aired concerns about the future use of ... Read more.

A Dorchester man was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail Tuesday on charges he drunkenly ran down a woman crossing Morton Street Saturday night.

Johnette Sims, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene on Morton ... Read more.

State Police report Johnette Sims, 46, of Dorchester, died around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday when hit by a drunk driver on Morton Street at Canterbury Street, across from the VFW post.

State Police say Anthony Buchanan ... Read more.

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