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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 5, 2012…..A move by the state Legislature to strip tens of thousands of legal immigrants from a taxpayer-subsidized state-run insurance program in 2009 violated their constitutional rights, the ... Read more.

Transportation officials are weighing the shutdown of the Mattapan trolley line on weekends as part of a pair of proposals to cut costs and raise money for the cash-strapped MBTA. The proposals under consideration also ... Read more.

City councillors officially started another two-year term on Monday, taking the oath of office and electing City Councillor At-Large Stephen Murphy to a second term as president.

Frank Baker, who once wielded a ... Read more.

The newly-minted Dorchester Boxing Club is tucked away inside a concrete building on the short end of Parkman Street, just off the busy intersection of Neponset Avenue and Adams Street. The gym’s occupants put their work ... Read more.

Despite a shaky national economy, new statistics show Dorchester and Mattapan homeowners saw a significant drop in foreclosures in the past year, with more homeowners holding on to their property across the state.

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Dorchester diners looking for an inexpensive three-course meal at some of the neighborhood’s best eateries should clear their planners and palates in preparation for the third annual Dorchester Restaurant Week.

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“Politics,” The Atlantic magazine’s Alex Madrigal wrote, “is desperate and raw and exhausting, yet on TV it looks so polished and prim. It’s a knock-down, drag-out war in which everyone has to fight in their ... Read more.

Ten months before voters go to the polls and decide whether to give U.S. Sen. Scott Brown a full six-year term, Dorchester political activists met with his top challenger, former Obama administration official Elizabeth ... Read more.

Whether she is anchoring the weekend edition radio show, reporting from the field or publishing a story online, WGBH’s Cristina Quinn loves her work.

“I’m so glad that I’m doing what I’m doing. I’m doing what I ... Read more.

If you’ve started to notice more and more neighbors walking around Adams Corner sporting the distinctive red jerseys of the Chicago Blackhawks this week, there’s a very good reason for the otherwise treasonous offense: ... Read more.

A Dorchester man turned himself in today after police put a warrant out for his arrest on animal-abuse charges related to an alleged dog-fighting ring ... Read more.

The cost of a single subway ride could rise to $2.40 from $1.70 and bus fares could increase to $1.75 from $1.25 under MBTA fare hike scenarios being considered by state transportation officials.

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A three-alarm fire that broke out around 3 a.m. on Tuesday at ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department was busy Monday investigating at least two shootings, two incidents of gunfire without injury and a carjacking.

At least one person was injured when two groups exchanged gunfire around ... Read more.

The first annual Polar Plunge to benefit the Leahy-Holloran Community Center in Neponset attracted a large crowd to Tenean Beach on Sunday afternoon. The plunge— dedicated to the memory of community center namesake Brian ... Read more.

The late Mary Casey Forry wrote this column for publication on New Year’s Day 1987.

Dear Diary:
What an exhilarating day. So much fun doing things for the first time in the new year.

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An Everett man well known to police was arrested on charges he helped hold up two food-delivery drivers in Dorchester after police began to track him down thanks to the GPS that was in the iPhone he allegedly took from ... Read more.

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is pushing a bill that would provide 10,500 employment visas for Irish immigrants. Brown, a Wrentham Republican, filed the bill with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican. Citing a “close bond ... Read more.

Students protested the proposed re-location of Boston Latin Academy. 	Photo by

The Bruins won the Stanley Cup. US troops finally exited Iraq. And pent-up animosity over Wall Street greed and a still-sluggish economy played out in protests across the country. These stories were all big news in ... Read more.

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