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Rendeirng of proposed Uphams Corner building

A Hingham developer is proposing to put up a new residential building behind Fox Hall on Columbia Road at Arion Street that would include an upgrade for occupants of 15 ... Read more.

Firefighter inside building

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 34 Fessenden St. around 10 p.m. on ... Read more.

There's no shortage of questions about how the Baker administration has approached its effort to vaccinate more than 4 million people. Legislators have critiqued everything from the governor's decision to allow healthy ... Read more.

'Pissed off' Gov. Baker pledges to fix failed website

On a day when officials struggled to get the state’s vaccine appointment system back online after a frustrating website crash this morning, ... Read more.

It was a question from the dentist we all dreaded when we were growing up. “How often do you brush your teeth and are you flossing regularly?” Then, as we aged, we realized how important good dental hygiene is. And, ... Read more.

The Franklin Park Zoo is welcoming guests back to its indoor exhibits now that the facility’s buildings are open in accordance with the City of Boston’s return to Step 1 of Phase 3 of Massachusetts’s reopening plan.

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Boston will offer a new round of scholarships for current EMS members as part of a program to increase diversity and inclusion among the ranks of Boston Emergency Medical Services.

The funds will assist 16 ... Read more.

Over the course of the past year, Boston’s Main Streets network provided vital support to a number of businesses in Dorchester hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond setting up relief funds, several Main Streets ... Read more.

Dr. Daniel Solomon wasn’t just scared of a bad flu season. With the coronavirus still circulating, he was scared of even a normal flu season.

“I was concerned about overwhelming our hospital capacity,” he said. “ ... Read more.

A senior-level director in charge of COVID-19 vaccination equity and an allocation of $10 million to community organizations for outreach and engagement in communities of color are part of a list of five demands outlined ... Read more.

For as long as he can remember, Dorchester’s Ryan Jones has loved to draw. “I was super shy and quiet” as a child, he says, and drawing was the outlet he found to express himself.

At his Newark, Ohio, high school ... Read more.

Massachusetts residents who are 65 and older, those with two or more medical conditions, and people in low income and senior housing will be eligible to make appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations starting tomorrow. Gov. ... Read more.

Erin Murphy, a Dorchester resident, mother of three and longtime public school teacher who ran for city council at-large in 2019, said on Tuesday that she’s going to join a widening field of people who will seek election ... Read more.

People age 65 and older, residents and staff of low-income and affordable senior housing, and individuals with two or more health conditions that put them at higher risk from COVID-19 will be able to start booking vaccine ... Read more.

A group of lawmakers will work in the coming weeks to extend COVID-era elections reforms so that they cover this spring’s municipal elections, then turn their attention toward securing a permanent overhaul to the state’s ... Read more.

To the Editor:

It is not surprising that our current governor is floundering in managing the pandemic. His background in health insurance and his affiliation to the Republican Party suggests a ... Read more.

The murder of 32-year-old Brandon D. Williams, who was shot to death by an unknown assailant outside his family home on ... Read more.

Mass Farmers Markets and the Dorchester Winter Farmers Market unveiled a new structure at the Epiphany School near the Shawmut T station last Thursday that will serve as a food access point in the neighborhood for food- ... Read more.

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