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The Columbia Threadneedle Investments Boston Triathlon will return to the city this summer. The two-day event will once again be staged at Carson Beach, but this year it will be held a month later than usual, on the ... Read more.

Now that everyone who can get vaccinated against Covid-19 is eligible to do so, Massachusetts is restructuring its vaccine delivery methods. But some things will stay in place as the state anticipates that federal ... Read more.

Mayor Kim Janey plans to sign a proposal this week that will move Boston’s preliminary election a week earlier to help accommodate work associated with mail-in voting.

City councillors passed the measure at their ... Read more.

Venice Pizza, the Dorchester Avenue pizza spot that had been closed since early 2019, has reopened its doors under new ownership. The Savin Hill staple that amassed a loyal following over the course of 40 years in ... Read more.

Since the first uncertain weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) has continued to offer desperately needed services to Dorchester residents even as its physical office ... Read more.

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Local elections impact our day-to-day lives in the most direct way, but ironically, they typically experience the lowest voter turnout rates. In the 2020 general election, ... Read more.

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For too long, we have left young people behind when it comes to empowering them to make their own decisions about dating and relationships. The requirements in Massachusetts ... Read more.

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen kids of all ages doing their best to adapt to the world with masks and social distancing restrictions in place while still ... Read more.

“A Reckoning in Boston,” a new documentary film that focuses on two Dorchester residents enrolled in a night course at Codman Square Health Center, will make its debut at the Independent Film Festival of Boston today ( ... Read more.

About thirty people joined a march along Washington Street in Codman Square last Thursday to push for state lawmakers to adopt a bill intended to halt no-fault evictions in the wake of the Covid pandemic.

The ... Read more.

City Councillor Frank Baker of Savin Hill, who after what he called “a difficult decision,” has decided to run for re-election to the District 3 seat he has held since 2011, says he was nearly ready to step away from ... Read more.

In 2013, as part of our coverage of that year’s race for mayor of Boston, we asked the candidates who made the ballot to respond to a survey prepared by our staff. The questions covered a range of citywide topics, ... Read more.

A man who has been charged with murdering his wife and another woman inside their Taft Street apartment did so in front of two young children who led Boston Police to the dying women on Sunday afternoon, according to a ... Read more.

Dorchester Street Hockey’s fifth season ended Sunday with championship wins by teams in two divisions after games played at Garvey Playground in Neponset. Each winning team— both dubbed “the Rangers”— took home a trophy ... Read more.

1320 Dorchester Ave. rendering

A developer filed plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency on Monday to replace a small commercial building and a parking lot at 1320 Dorchester Ave., at ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports that two women were stabbed at 26 Taft St. in Dorchester shortly before 12:25 p.m. on Sunday.

One woman was declared dead at ... Read more.

Write on the DOT, a literary platform that connects UMASS Boston writers to the wider Dorchester community, is currently seeking submissions for its 6th annual book of local writing ... Read more.

The Boston City Council voted Wednesday to move the city's preliminary election up by a week to allow officials more time to facilitate mail-in voting should the Legislature extend the voting reform through the fall or ... Read more.

Five Boston mayoral hopefuls pitched their workforce development visions and records Thursday, voicing broad agreement on the need to improve access to child care and offering ideas for how to help connect immigrants ... Read more.

Space now used for parking to remain vacant for a year

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday listened to residents’ concerns and rejected a developer’s proposal to build a three-story, seven-unit ... Read more.

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