
Polls open Tuesday at 7 a.m. for state primary election
August 31, 2026
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.




Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Codman Square Health Center brought its “Barber Shops & Blood Pressure” initiative to Unique Cuts on Dorchester Avenue this month, offering free screenings and health information alongside the shop’s usual services.
The political heavies of the Commonwealth, including the governor, the mayor and the tough-on-crime district attorneys, have pounced on a pair of TV spots
Dorchester Streets. The name itself is somewhat deceiving.
In reality, this new 278 page memoir, written by neighborhood native Robert Louis Sheehan, is more of a tribute to the people of depression era Dorchester than the streets and homes they inhabited.
In particular, it is a moving recollection of the turbulent ’30s and ’40s as experienced by one particularly hard-hit family- the Sheehans. Ravaged by a poverty that was profoundly worsened by the misdeeds of an alcoholic father, it is, in one sense, Dorchester’s very own version of Angela’s Ashes.
Is it just our imagination, or is there a wiff of revolution in the air these days in the old neighborhood? From Codman Square
Nine months on the Boston City Council have done little to change the anti-establishment persona that Chuck Turner groomed over the last 30 years as an activist in Boston’s African-American communities.
The Roxbury resident first swooped across the city’s political radars last fall during the campaign to fill the district seven seat left by two-term councillor Garreth Saunders. With an army of red sign-carrying supporters and a whimsical slogan (“Bold, Bald, and Bright”)
It was, in some respects, your typical “dog and pony” show Tuesday morning on the bus ramp inside the lovely Fields Corner Red Line station. Just about every politician in the 617 area code braved the chilly rain to seek a piece of the credit for bringing home the bacon for Dorchester’s disintegrating train stations. Ironically, the man who most deserved the credit on Beacon Hill- House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran- was not among them.

A mural located in an expressway underpass near Pope John Paul II Park just got a much-needed facelift.

Mayor Wu’s case for White Stadium was always predicated on a truth that her foes in this case too often minimized: The project really is a “generational” win for city kids.

Massachusetts will see higher turnout in next Tuesday’s primary elections than it did in 2022, Secretary of State William Galvin predicted Thursday.

When three candidates running in the primary for the First Suffolk District’s state Senate seat gathered on Aug. 20 for a virtual forum organized by the Ward 13 Democratic Committee, the most contentious differences were between the incumbent, Nick Collins, and a figure not on the ballot—Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

In the race for First Suffolk Senate, contrasting views on how to relieve the tax burden on city residents is the primary topic of debate.

Several political and community leaders with ties to Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan have been named to a series of advisory councils formed by US Sen. Ed Markey’s re-election campaign.

Their legislation — which faces long odds in the current Republican-controlled Congress—would provide $25 billion over five years for transit agencies nationwide to eliminate fares, improve service, or both.

A City Council resolution aimed at affirming local residents’ role in determining what gets developed on publicly owned land in Roxbury was approved 10-0 last month, with three councillors absent.

Vendors, jump shots, and a safe community gathering unfolded for the 17th year on Sat., Aug. 15, at the Save R Streets – Silence the Violence Summer Classic at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Polls across Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro recommended an internal investigation and 10-day pause on the district’s payments to vendors for certain departments.

Mayor Wu’s case for White Stadium was always predicated on a truth that her foes in this case too often minimized: The project really is a “generational” win for city kids.

A mural located in an expressway underpass near Pope John Paul II Park just got a much-needed facelift.