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The Boston Redevelopment Authority's board of directors has given its blessing to another significant mixed-use development across from Ashmont station. A proposal to build a new 64-unit apartment complex on what is now ... Read more.

One of the pieces of legislation Gov. Charlie Baker tapped as among his priority bills for the waning days of formal sessions -- a package of municipal government and finance reforms -- inched closer to his desk after ... Read more.

Some of the city-owned parcels speckling Boston have stood vacant for decades, unused and frequently described as “missing teeth” in the face of a neighborhood. New hope for those properties is on hand, the Walsh ... Read more.

According to the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, its Student Loan Assistance Unit – a team of insurance and financial services attorneys assembled in 2015 – has so far “helped hundreds of borrowers ... Read more.

The thousands of active gas leaks in the city of Boston were again on the table at a City Council hearing Tuesday afternoon as experts and residents weighed in on an ordinance proposed by City Councillor Matt O’Malley ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh hosted a ‘Mondays with the Mayor’ town hall this week at the Richard J. Murphy School in Neponset where he and residents discussed, among other things, the city-wide development boom, investments in ... Read more.

Get ready for beach games, bounce houses, the Sausage Guy from Fenway, East Coast gaming, Dot Art, face painting, Kona Slush, and around 300 of your neighbors. They are all on tap at the second annual family fun beach day ... Read more.

Boston Police returned to their normal deployment on Monday afternoon after several days of requiring two officers per car for patrols in the aftermath of a sniper attack that left five police officers dead and ten more ... Read more.

This weekend’s annual Festival Betances in the South End is the oldest and longest running Latino celebration in New England. Attracting thousands over the course of its three days, it is the most authentic of the many ... Read more.

Melville Park resident Orlando Cruz, Jr. is a college admissions dean’s dream: exemplary student, award-winning athlete, hip-hop dance instructor, and conscientious member of the community.

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Up to 100 Boston Police officers will test out a body camera initiative for six months, according to an agreement between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association that was announced on Tuesday. A start date ... Read more.

Renew Boston will hold two workshops on energy efficiency for homeowners, renters, landlords and property owners next week at the Grove Hall Library and the Dudley Square Library. They will share how to save money while ... Read more.

Eighteen elected officials of color today released an open letter addressing the spate of violence this past week, which has intensified discussion over alleged racial bias in policing. Referring to the shooting deaths of ... Read more.

Aides who handled Boston City Hall's tourism and intergovernmental relations portfolios pled not guilty Tuesday to federal charges they extorted a music festival early in Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's administration.

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Developers and public officials on Monday broke ground on the Ashmont Station-adjacent mixed-used development known as Ashmont TOD2. The former Ashmont Tire property has been rebranded “Treadmark,” a reference to the site ... Read more.

Just hours after the Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for a marijuana legalization ballot initiative to go to voters in November, the group working to legalize cannabis turned in what it said is enough signatures to ... Read more.

There were no widening tunnels with portals of white light at the end. No slideshows of life dancing before his eyes. No reassuring male voice whispering adages of encouragement and solace. Raheem Baraka, 33, was simply ... Read more.

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center is exploring a plan to buy city-owned property near its current location on Blue Hill Avenue to construct a new, state-of-the-art facility. The city of Boston’s Department of ... Read more.

Dorchester has a simple motto: We take care of our own and we take care of each other. Last year, three Dorchester teens — Ryan Sweeney, Peter Cahill, and Timmy Galvin — decided to do just that. They created a roller ... Read more.

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