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The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. (NDC), in partnership with Madison Park Community Development, Nuestra Comunidad, Urban Edge, and NeighborWorks celebrated the launch of a newly published collection of ... Read more.

Major Boston property owners may want to double-check that their snow-blowers are in working order as the city could as soon as next week receive the authority to impose much steeper fines for those who fail to keep their ... Read more.

Going into the New Year’s weekend, homicides in Boston had jumped to 46 over the 2015 count of 38, according to figures issued by the Boston Police Department, which also noted that overall measures of major crimes were ... Read more.

Christopher R. Harding, for some 20 years the authoritative voice for the arts in the Dorchester Reporter and a scholar whose passion for Shakespeare animated his teaching career, died on on Dec. 22, 2016, at age 68. The ... Read more.

Here’s a summary of the headlines and story lines you can expect to see in our pages in the coming months:

All Eyes on Columbia Point
Two of the biggest headlines in 2017 could be generated ... Read more.

Boston Police say they have made two arrests in connection with a string of brazen auto-part theft ring that has hit hard in recent months across the Greater Boston region, including Dorchester.

Capt. ... Read more.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will host a year-long celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, who was born in Brookline on May 29, 1917. To commemorate his ... Read more.

On the day marijuana legalization took effect, one of the chief opponents of the new law expressed skepticism about raising the legal age of consumption and said he would not pursue a moratorium in Boston.

“The ... Read more.

In the last weeks of 1906, 110 years ago, change was in the air everywhere for “Dorchesterites” – except for one traditional and venerable mainstay of town life – Christmas and the holiday season.

That landmark ... Read more.

Boston Police are investigating several armed robberies and what they are calling “a rash” of parcel thefts in Dorchester’s C-11 district, moving Capt. Tim Connolly, the district commander, to warn residents against ... Read more.

Reign Drink Lab, a cozy café specializing in nitro-fueled, cold-brewed coffees and teas with a southeast Asian twist, opened its doors in October and is quickly building a loyal and diverse following on Dorchester Avenue ... Read more.

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as the top federal prosecutor in the district of Massachusetts, will leave her post in three weeks, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump ... Read more.

Elba Morales, 47, of 7 Fayston St., was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly stabbed her neighbor to death around 12:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

The victim— Sasha Morris, 34— was taken to Boston Medical Center, where she ... Read more.

A Mattapan man had bail set at $50,000 and his alleged female accomplice had bail set at $25,000 at their arraignment Monday on charges they held up a Papa John's delivery person at gunpoint and then threatened her and ... Read more.

As Shawn Borden vacuumed out his minivan on Dorchester Avenue on a warm October evening, three men slowly drove by him in a rented black Ford Fusion. Ten minutes later, they drove by him once more. And then, Assistant ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting three men on murder charges for the shooting death of Shawn Borden, 41, shortly before 6 ... Read more.

221 Hancock St.

Take a look at a June, 2016 photo of the lot at Pacific Auto Sales, 221 Hancock St. in Dorchester and you see a couple dozen cars, all under bright pennants.

But, ... Read more.

The reinvention of City Hall Plaza into Boston Winter—complete with ice skating, beer hall and shopping chalets — may be a downtown destination, but this innovation has ... Read more.

Equity, both racial and transit, was the focus of a community meeting last Saturday at the Perkins Community Center where residents voiced their dissatisfaction with the Fairmount Line commuter rail corridor that runs ... Read more.

The owner and developer of a 27-unit condominium building nearing completion on River Street near Mattapan Square last week asked for the community’s blessing to change it from condominiums to rental apartments, citing ... Read more.

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