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Dorchester’s Anne Bowie was recognized for her volunteer work by Citizens Schools at their annual awards event on June 14. Bowie is the public service manager at WilmerHale, a law firm that hosted 14 seventh and eighth ... Read more.

Be honest now. Are there some local attractions like the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on Columbia Point that sightseers come from all over the world to visit, but your family hasn’t been to yet ... Read more.

The city’s Department of Neighborhood Development is seeking a buyer to redevelop two large parcels of land — including the former home of the B-3 police station next to the Fairmount Line—at the corner of Morton and ... Read more.

Specialty food store to anchor ground level

Dorchester’s newest mixed-use development will celebrate its new name and official groundbreaking next Monday in a ceremony that will include Governor ... Read more.

Several Dorchester and Mattapan transit investments have been locked in for funding in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s $14.8 billion Capital Investment Plan, which the MassDOT Board approved on June 20 ... Read more.

Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation and the Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. (POAH) reported on their proposal for the Mattapan Station mixed-use development at a public meeting organized with the MBTA on ... Read more.

The 170,000-pound steel frame swung slowly over the Neponset River. A high arch settled over a long, straight stretch that will later support pedestrians and bicyclists alike joined the Mattapan path to one on the Milton ... Read more.

A Dorchester-based charter school that was forced to close its doors this year has sold its Hancock Street campus to another Dorchester charter school for $3.2 million. The Conservatory Lab Charter School has purchased ... Read more.

Tensions continue between the owners of the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock Street and nearby community members. The restaurant has been open for three weeks in the wake of sustained pushback from abutters and ... Read more.

Dorchester’s own All Saints Church has received a 2016 Massachusetts Historical Commission Historic Preservation Award. Secretary William F. Galvin, who serves as chairman of the commission, presented the award at a ... Read more.

Columbia Point is once again the center of stadium-sized speculation this week as talks between the New England Revolution and UMass continue to weigh the merits of building a professional soccer venue at the former ... Read more.

After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a ... Read more.

Donald Trump's appearance at the Langham Hotel in Boston aims to bring in campaign dollars for his presidential campaign, though many elected Republican lawmakers may be more focused on business before the House and ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh expressed concern Wednesday after the second top member of his administration was arrested on charges that he extorted a music festival, pressuring it to hire union workers.

On Tuesday a ... Read more.

The Neponset River Greenway trail will see its second bridge crossing installed this week, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) officials said. A dramatic arched walkway over the Neponset River will complete ... Read more.

A federal grand jury has indicted a second Boston City Hall official in the alleged extortion of a music festival, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, furthering a federal probe that is rocking Mayor Martin ... Read more.

A Dorchester man who caused the death of an 18 year-old bicyclist last May has been sentenced to serve 8 to 12 years in state prison for the crime. Gregory McCoy entered a guilty plea to manslaughter charges on Tuesday. ... Read more.

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