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Boston City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune has appointed District 4 Councillor Brian Worrell to serve as the chair of the body’s Ways & Means Committee. Worrell, who previously served as vice chair of that ... Read more.

A month ago, John FitzGerald and Enrique Pepén took the oath of office and started their first terms as city councillors. Within days, the men also took on temporary roles as substitute teachers, police officers, and ... Read more.

Environment chief will focus instead on church ministry

When Rev. Mariama White-Hammond steps to the microphone at press conferences, she often calls on everyone present to slow down and take a ... Read more.

Too many left out of process, agency says

The city’s review process for new developments has long been a tug-of-war among stakeholders, often pitting the surrounding community against ... Read more.

Mayor Wu has named Tania Del Rio, the leader of the city’s efforts on addressing the situation at Mass. and Cass and a one-time city council candidate, the next commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department (ISD), ... Read more.

Three residents of Savin Hill Avenue near Playstead Road on Monday sued the Zoning Board of Appeal and the owners of what is now a single family home at 164 Savin Hill ... Read more.

Things are heating up in Franklin Field – and from the ground up.

City, state, and federal officials were on hand at the Franklin Field Apartments on Thursday to announce a pilot program to bring Boston its first ... Read more.

A Roxbury-based brewery and taproom is serving up live jazz alongside its fresh draughts each Thursday night. The proprietors of Long Live Brewery, which is located in the renovated Boston Piano Company building on ... Read more.

No matter how many times Fred Woodard Jr. takes his guitar out of the case, it is always a big deal. The musician, teacher, Berklee alumnus, and organizer of the Dudley Jazz Festival always sees the occasion as an ... Read more.

The most recent stretch of MBTA safety problems involved passengers and bags getting stuck in train doors and another "near miss" on the Green Line, officials said Thursday.

On Jan. 1, a passenger's leg became ... Read more.

Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday she's focused on the "evolving situation" at fiscally challenged Steward Health Care, the company that runs nine hospitals in Massachusetts, with the goal of ensuring stability in the ... Read more.

Senate Democrats rolled out a wide-ranging gun reform bill on Jan. 25, targeting a vote in one week on a police-endorsed measure that is likely to generate considerable opposition among firearm owners.

After months ... Read more.

A Dorchester man who bargained down some hitmen from $10,000 to just $4,000 apiece to kill his his wife and her boyfriend, only to learn the killers were really undercover FBI agents, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts ... Read more.

Registration for the 2024 Summer Sports Centers at Franklin Park, Ronan Park, Garvey Playground, and Hunt-Almont Park in Mattapan will open on Feb. 1, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced Tuesday.

The ... Read more.

The MBTA will host a public meeting at Cristo Rey Boston High School in Savin Hill at 6 p.m. on Thursday of this week (Jan. 25) to discuss its plans for Red Line track improvements aimed at eliminating so-called “slow ... Read more.

Based on my experience as a METCO parent, supporter, and administrator, I’ve always said: “METCO students don’t ask if college is in their future, they ask where they will go to college.” Now we have independent research ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Dennis Lehane will be back in Boston next month to talk about his new novel, “Small Mercies,” which is set amid the tumult of desegregation and busing in 1974 Boston.

He will speak on Sun., March 3, ... Read more.

On Sat., Jan.13, The BASE hosted its 8th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College, Career, and Health Fair at the Melnea Cass Recreation Complex in Roxbury. The fair brought together more than 40 colleges and 20 ... Read more.

The former Our Saviour’s Lutheran church space at 500 Talbot Avenue near the intersection with Welles Avenue is making way for a four-story mixed-use development with 42 rental units, 23 underground parking slots, and ... Read more.

Boston College High School held its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Prayer Service on their Dorchester campus on Jan. 12. Co-hosted by BC High’s Black Latino Student Union, the school welcomed peers from Cristo Rey Boston ... Read more.

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