

Bishop John M. Borders III, senior pastor of Morningstar Baptist Church on Blue Hill Avenue, enjoyed a ‘Legacy Sunday’ service on Oct. 11, 2026 in honor of his recently announced plans for retirement after 45 years in the pulpit.

A Virginia-based anti-marijuana nonprofit has Massachusetts’s cannabis dispensaries in its crosshairs and advocates of legal weed in the Bay State are girding for battle over Question 8 on the ballot on Nov. 3.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 state election begins this Saturday, Oct. 17, with nine locations opening across Boston, including two in Dorchester. Voters will have two weeks to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, with additional neighborhood locations opening later this month.

If there’s one word that describes 17-year-old student-athlete Kelvin Nworie, it’s “leader” – on the playing field, in the classroom, and at home.

Elsie Dias says that her work at the Cape Verdean Association of Boston on Bowdoin Street helped land her “right where I’m supposed to be,” and that is as the new Cape Verdean cultural advisor for Mayor Michelle Wu.

Stefano Quaresima has a simple goal for his customers in the cafe that he’s opening at the heart of Fields Corner: “I want them to feel like this is a small corner of Italy and France.”

Legal Greens Dispensary in Codman Square opened its doors last week. The recreational marijuana store replaces a dispensary that once operated there and comes after more than a year’s worth of regulatory hurdles from the state and city.

The program uses an app to teach children to play the piano. Photo by Summer LaRose

Healey, who is running for her second term, repeatedly tied Minogue to Trump and argued that the president’s tariffs, war and cuts to federal programs are making life more expensive in Massachusetts.

The USPS plans to close the Adams Street location on Oct. 26.

The five new LINK lines, paid for with $11.5 million in federal funds, would be deployed by 2027.

The event, which raises money for the Boston Fire Department Relief Fund, features a 10K race along a certified course through Dorchester, as well as a 5K run and walk.

“It’s not in me to just sit there and watch it happen,” says Jeremiah Bideau

The latest numbers suggest that the value of producing 41,000 (and dwindling) Boston Globe newspaper copies for sale every day won’t cut it for much longer, writes Tom Mulvoy.

Mr. Woodson worked in Mayor Thomas Menino’s administration as director of the city’s Small and Local Business Office and as a special assistant to the mayor.