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The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot around outside the McDonald's at 511 Gallivan Blvd. on Thursday.

He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where we was pronounced dead, police say ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Dorchester man who was helping somebody who'd just been shot run away from the area of Columbia Road and Glendale Street Wednesday evening.

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State Police report a Dorchester resident who sparked a search of the Charles River Thursday morning was found safe later in the morning at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.

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Alleging a lack of respect for the Dorchester campus's urban mission and its efforts to revitalize itself, students, staff and community members from University of Massachusetts-Boston aired their grievances Wednesday ... Read more.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester will launch an initiative this year that is aimed at lifting families out of systemic poverty with an innovative approach rooted in emerging brain science. Fueled by a $500,000 ... Read more.

Participation in Massachusetts Democratic Party affairs has amped up since November, party officials say, bringing uncharacteristically high numbers to ward meetings and spurring an influx of new delegates.

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It’s called The Industry, a 140-seat lounge and restaurant serving up American comfort food and a large variety of wines and whiskeys, and it’s is on track for a summertime completion in Adams Corner. The eatery will ... Read more.

UMass Boston has a special connection with Krystle Campbell, who was killed in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The Medford woman attended UMass Boston from 2005-2007 and received a degree posthumously.

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The life and work of William Shakespeare will get a contemporary treatment at the Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library on Thursday, April 20, in an event titled “Shakespeare to Hip Hop.”

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South Boston’s Maryanne Galvin will debut a new documentary film that focuses on Dorchester’s own Daily Table and other “food rescue” initiatives across the country at this weekend’s Boston International Film Festival. ... Read more.

Quincy businessman Thomas Farrington, founder of the Prostate Health Education Network, and Reverend Richard Man Chan Law, the pastor for the Chinese Ministry at Wollaston Lutheran Church in Quincy, have joined the Board ... Read more.

Girls ages 7-12 interested in participating in the annual Little Miss and Young Miss Dorchester contests still have time to sign up. The deadline for applications— which is available for download below— is now Monday, May ... Read more.

Separately, Rep. Lynch weighs in on Trump’s Syrian missile strike

National issues consumed the conversation at a town hall meeting hosted by US Congressman Michael Capuano in Mattapan on Monday, ... Read more.

UMass Boston Chancellor Keith Motley on Tuesday offered his support for Barry Mills, the man who will replace him when he steps down from his post this summer. Motley, who announced his intention to resign last week, told ... Read more.

A portion of Commonwealth Avenue and the Boston University Bridge will be closed to private motor vehicle traffic from July 27 to Aug. 14 as the state replaces an overpass above the Massachusetts Turnpike, likely causing ... Read more.

Updated April 12, 2017, 2:15 p.m. --
Even as they applauded the legacy of UMass Boston chancellor Keith Motley, who announced his ... Read more.

College Bound Dorchester reports one of its employees is recovering after being shot at its 222 Bowdoin St. location around 3 p.m. on Thursday.

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Transit officials began the first leg of a community outreach process on the future of the Mattapan High-Speed Trolley on Tuesday by briefing a modest gathering in the Mattapan branch of the Boston Public Library.

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Stan Zuray is a spry, white-haired man in his late sixties. He’s a fast talker with a thick accent picked up during his childhood in Adams Village in the 1950s and 1960s. When he speaks about the places he has been since ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh on Wednesday proposed a $3.14 billion city operating budget for Fiscal Year 2018, a 4.8 percent, or $143.7 million, jump over last year. Walsh says the budget would more fully support Boston’s ... Read more.

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