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For the first time since last fall, the Ashmont Farmers Market will be open for business in Ashmont-Peabody Square this Friday afternoon from 3 to 7, providing residents the chance to buy fresh, locally-sourced produce, ... Read more.

Last Tuesday, Valentino Perrina, the CEO of Nutre Meal Plans, delivered several boxes containing more than 200 pre-prepared meals to InnerCity Weightlifting’s Dorchester gym, the second of several deliveries planned as ... Read more.

In May, TechBoston Academy lost Keith Love, its longtime leader, to cancer at age 52. The school is now on summer break, but the students and teachers are taking action to memorialize their beloved administrator, who was ... Read more.

A dramatic expansion of mail-in and early voting in Massachusetts is now law, and Secretary of State William Galvin is preparing to quickly mail applications to all 4.5 million of the state’s registered voters by a ... Read more.

Cam Charbonnier, one of four candidates on the ballot for the September 1 election for state representative in the 12 Suffolk district, suspended his campaign today, citing the dynamics of the pandemic and the "inspiring ... Read more.

Carolina lives in East Boston with her husband and four kids, the newest of whom was born at the start of the pandemic in March.

The couple lost their cleaning jobs shortly after their baby’s birth, and the family ... Read more.

Over the past several months, communities nationwide have seen many of the deeply entrenched inequities and injustices in our society laid bare. The dual public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh has announced that the City of Boston Drive-In Movie Series, an initiative open to Boston residents, will screen movies at outdoor locations in South Boston and Roxbury on the remaining Wednesday nights ... Read more.

Massachusetts moved into Phase 3 of its reopening plan on Monday, but businesses and patrons in Boston will have to wait until next Monday to kick things off.

Gov. Baker and Mayor Walsh discussed the developments ... Read more.

‘Deeply troubled’ Rollins credits police work with her office

A 15-year-old Dorchester boy was killed in Roxbury and four people were murdered in Dorchester and Mattapan over the long, noisy, ... Read more.

At the family child care center she runs out of her Dorchester home, Dottie Williams has started asking parents to send teddy bears along with their kids.

Ms. Dottie's NeighborSchool serves children between five ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh today condemned a rash of violence that left 7 people dead in the city over the last week, including the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed last Thursday in Roxbury.

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While managing the ongoing response to an outbreak of one sometimes-fatal virus state officials are gearing up for an active summer season for another one, but the messaging to keep residents safe shares many similarities ... Read more.

The body of adult male was discovered shortly after 6 a.m. today along the Neponset Greenway trail near Granite Avenue in Dorchester.

According to a spokesman for the State Police, the "investigation has revealed ... Read more.

Planners from Boston Parks & Recreation and the Franklin Park Coalition are seeking community feedback during two virtual Zoom workshops on July 14, at 12 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., kicking off a month of virtual engagement ... Read more.

A dramatic expansion of mail-in and early voting in Massachusetts is now law, and Secretary of State William Galvin is now preparing to quickly mail applications to all 4.5 million of the state's registered voters by a ... Read more.

Gov. Charlie Baker has until Sunday to decide whether to sign a massive expansion of early and mail-in voting that would alter the way campaigns and elections are run in 2020, but if he waits, he would give Secretary of ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Senate plans to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging police reform bill that would create a process for certifying and de-certifying officers and impose new limits on the use of force, including a ban on ... Read more.

The U.S. Senate should cancel its recess and immediately return to Washington D.C. to pass a massive economic stimulus package featuring aid to state and local governments, according to Sen. Edward Markey.

While it ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports Boston's seventh murder - and Dorchester's third - in less than a week: A woman shot to death at 37 Stonehurst St. around 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Kristian Maraj, 22, of Dorchester, ... Read more.

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