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It was more than a week ago when we first spotted what our family has dubbed “Dorchester’s Travelling Teddy” somewhere on the other side of the neighborhood from our house, if I recall correctly – on the far side of Park ... Read more.

Boston College High School last week hosted a celebration of friendship, support, and love honoring senior soccer star Anatoliy Berezyuk, who has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since his diagnosis in ... Read more.

As the mayor’s race shifted into a new gear this week with the entrance of acting Mayor Kim Janey into the four-year fray, newly-released reports show how much money the candidates raised last month to finance their ... Read more.

Visitors making their way along the Neponset Greenway this spring may have wondered why there is a new above-ground pipe running along the trail. It’s part of an ongoing project helmed by the Massachusetts Water Resources ... Read more.

A review of 2021 statistics released by the Boston Police Department on Monday suggest that reported crime incidents are down 25 percent citywide compared to the same time frame last year— and even more precipitously in ... Read more.

Kim Janey, the Roxbury city councillor who has been serving as acting mayor for two weeks following the resignation of Martin Walsh, will seek a four-year term this fall, ending speculation about whether she will try to ... Read more.

As a first-generation American growing up in Fields Corner, Carolyn Nguyen had no idea that she would one day be building rocket launch systems for Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space exploration company. However, she did ... Read more.

The new Price Rite supermarket — which opens today in Fields Corner— signals the return of a grocery market operated by a family with roots in the neighborhood that go back to the 1940s.

The Slawsby family, which ... Read more.

It's official: Boston's acting mayor wants to drop "the acting" and be your mayor for a full four years.

Kim Janey announced her candidacy for a full term in the fall election during a three-minute and 19 second ... Read more.

It's official: Boston's acting mayor wants to drop "the acting" and be your mayor for a full four years.

Kim Janey announced her candidacy for a full term in the fall election during a three-minute and 19 second ... Read more.

Dorchester Brewing Company will release a new beer on Friday honoring the late Travis Roy, a Boston University hockey player who tragically had his career cut short by a spinal cord injury just seconds into his first game ... Read more.

The Strand Theatre opened as a vaccination clinic this morning as part of an ongoing partnership between Uphams Corner Health Center (UCHC) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital intended to provide Covid-19 vaccines to some of ... Read more.

John Barros raised more than $215,000 in his first month as a mayoral candidate, according to a report of his campaign activity that will be posted today at the Office of Campaign ... Read more.

One former state senator is already running for governor on the Democratic side of the ticket, and now a current member of the Senate says she is “seriously considering” a campaign for the corner office next year when Gov ... Read more.

Carla Monteiro, a social worker and Dorchester native, announced her candidacy for at-large city council on Saturday afternoon at the Blarney Stone in Fields Corner. Monteiro, 38, described herself as a first-generation ... Read more.

Last September, the real estate developer Accordia Partners LLC submitted plans to the Boston Planning Development Agency (BPDA) to create “Dorchester Bay City” (DBC), a mixed-use project featuring nearly six million ... Read more.

We stand at a turning point as the nation struggles to fully recover from the havoc Covid-19 has inflicted on the economy. We have a unique opportunity and an obligation to not just bring back jobs, but to establish well- ... Read more.

New, first-of-its-kind research looking at Suffolk County criminal cases has found that declining to prosecute some low-level offenses can actually lead to less crime.

Researchers from three universities analyzed ... Read more.

A new state-of-the-art outdoor gorilla habitat will open this summer at the Franklin Park Zoo. The $8.1 million exhibit, funded by anonymous donors, will comprise more than 360,000 cubic feet of space, including a mix of ... Read more.

A Boston clergyman who was arrested last year amid allegations of child rape was indicted last week after a grand jury inquiry in Suffolk Superior Court. George Swain, 71, will be arraigned next month for seven counts of ... Read more.

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