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The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation will make a $3 million gift for the park being constructed along Fort Point Channel in honor of Martin W. Richard, the Dorchester boy who was the youngest victim of the Boston ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on Tuesday will travel to the nation's capital at the invitation of President Obama to address the White House State and Local Gun Violence Prevention Convening on steps communities can take to ... Read more.

The Boston Public Library Board of Trustees over the weekend voted to offer the job of president of the Boston Public Library to Jill Bourne, city librarian for the San Jose Public Library since 2013. Bourne was deputy ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot shortly after 9 p.m. on Thursday at 87 Southern Ave., near Darlington Street.

He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he died.

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A Dorchester man charged with firing a bullet that grazed a 52-year-old woman's head as she was leaving church in Codman Square was actually aiming at two men who were arguing nearby, a prosecutor said today.

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The Boston Police Department reports arresting James Martin, 22, on charges he fired the shot that sent a woman who'd just left church to the hospital last Friday afternoon.

Police charge that Martin pulled out a ... Read more.

Calling for more funding and less standardized testing, about 200 Boston Public School students walked out of their classes on Tuesday afternoon to attend a rally at City Hall. The scene was in marked contrast to a rally ... Read more.

Supporters of the Catholic Schools Fund, led by Fidelity’s Peter Lynch (shown above) visited the Lower Mills campus of Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy last Thursday, May 5. The visit was 50 part of the annual Inner- ... Read more.

Dorchester will honor those who gave their life in service to the country in Memorial Day parade and observances set for next Monday, May 30. The parade, which annually attracts more than 1,000 people, will begin at 10 a. ... Read more.

Before the James Blake House was moved in 1895 to a part of what was then Dorchester Common near the newly named Edward Everett Square, a pond on the property had to be filled in. Neighbors contributed their trash to the ... Read more.

With his tourism chief due in federal court Thursday afternoon to face extortion charges, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh described 52-year-old Ken Brissette as a "good and hardworking person" and pledged continued cooperation ... Read more.

The City of Boston's tourism office director was arrested Thursday morning after a federal grand jury indicted him in connection with the extortion of a music festival production company," according to federal prosecutors ... Read more.

A playground modernization project at Ventura Park in Lower Mills continues this spring as contractors hired by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) work to complete work by early summer.

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Developers are again moving forward with a condominium complex proposed for a key stretch of Washington Street in Lower Mills. City Point Center, LLC, filed a Letter of Intent with the Boston Redevelopment Authority last ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh stopped by the library on Adams Street last Saturday morning to talk about a planned $12.6 million investment in the branch over the next several years. As laid out in the 2016-2017 capital plan, the ... Read more.

It was “batter up” at Toohig Park in Neponset on Saturday for girls between the ages of 5 and 16 as the All Dorchester Sports League hosted the first girls softball games of the season. ADSL has the only girls softball ... Read more.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Harold and Shawn Coleman of second-degree murder for the ... Read more.

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is now recruiting high school students to participate its Summer Enrichment Program. Established in 2014 by Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins the program provides summer employment for ... Read more.

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