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The public is invited to attend a free celebration of Juneteenth at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts on Wed., June 15. Various works of art such as graffiti, fashion showcases, and performing artists will be showcased ... Read more.

An American Revolution-era flag was unveiled on Monday in the Castle Island exhibit at the Commonwealth Museum on Columbia Point. It will be on temporary display in Dorchester until mid-August.

The 13-star banner ... Read more.

Community members stood outside the Burke school on Tuesday afternoon to greet exiting students with cheers of solidarity. The afternoon event follower a similar action staged this morning, in which men and women gathered ... Read more.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts and downplayed any connection between the attacker responsible for this weekend's mass shooting at an ... Read more.

A Mattapan man who raped and murdered his next-door neighbor in 2011 will not get a new trial. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court upheld Eldrick Broom’s 2013 first-degree murder conviction on Monday. Broom was found ... Read more.

This afternoon (Thurs., June 9), and then again on Saturday evening, four young actors including Dot’s Makiya Polk will bring to life the harrowing reality of the youth sex-trafficking crisis around the world and even in ... Read more.

The National Parks of Boston last Saturday unveiled and dedicated a replica cannon brought to Dorchester Heights from Fort Ticonderoga during the 1776 Siege of Boston. The cannon, resting atop a six-and-a-half ton granite ... Read more.

Boston public school officials hosted a community forum in Roxbury last Saturday as part of an effort to shape the department’s emerging ten-year facilities master plan.

The process, dubbed Build BPS, ... Read more.

The city’s inspectional services department was busy last week, cracking down on two local businesses for violations but opting to work with them to raise standards rather than take a strictly punitive approach.

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The Epiphany School broke ground on its new expanded campus Tuesday morning at a celebration attended by city and state officials, including Governor Charlie Baker. The approximately 2-acre campus will include an early ... Read more.

The hopefuls eyeing the Suffolk Register of Deeds position have crystallized into a group of ten, several of whom have strong Dorchester ties. The candidates, some seasoned campaigners and others running as fresh faces, ... Read more.

Boston still ranks among the state’s highest-risk communities for childhood lead poisoning, but that ranking is not due to a lack of funding, city officials say.

Since the early 1990s, the US Department ... Read more.

On Tuesday, the night before the City Council was scheduled to take its first vote on the city budget, which includes $1.027 billion for the public schools, a few dozen students gathered with school officials in the Bruce ... Read more.

Updated Thurs., June 9 at 11:15 a.m. -- A 17 year-old student was shot and killed and three other people including a woman in her late 60s were injured in a shooting on Washington Street near the Jeremiah ... Read more.

The Boston Fire Department responded to a four-alarm fire at 93 Park St. in Dorchester early Wednesday afternoon.

Firefighters knocked down the blaze just before 1:50 p.m., according to fire officals. They ... Read more.

The Dorchester Park Association and Cedar Grove Gardens have organized a Summer Solstice Garden Tour to benefit Dorchester Park on Sunday, June 19 from 11a.m.-3 p.m. The walking tour will feature ten Dorchester residents ... Read more.

“Inclusion Brings Joy” is the motto of Dennis Walsh’s annual fundraiser for children, teens, and adults with special needs and disabilities. Walsh, a Dorchester native, organizes the donations and volunteers for The ... Read more.

Twenty weeks from now, the first Massachusetts voters will be casting their ballots days before the Nov. 8 election, in the state's inaugural early voting period.

In the meantime, election overseers at ... Read more.

To cap its 20th year helping Dorchester youth fulfill their academic potential, Project D.E.E.P— the Dorchester Educational Enrichment Program— held its annual Volunteer and Student Recognition Night on Friday, May 13, at ... Read more.

A dozen historic homes and carriage barns will swing wide their doors and show off their classic detailing next Sunday for the first Dorchester House Tour in a decade. The Dorchester Historical Society has resurrected the ... Read more.

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