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Members of the Cedar Grove Civic Association voted last week to support a proposal by the owners of Greenhills Irish Bakery to replace their current one-story building in Adams Village with a four-story building that will ... Read more.

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board voted 4-0 on Thursday night to approve Trinity Financial’s 72-unit affordable rental housing project on the Fitzpatrick Brothers Auto Body site next to Shawmut MBTA ... Read more.

The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday overturned a man's first-degree murder conviction for the shooting death ... Read more.

Nearly three years after the Legislature tasked a panel with recommending changes to the state seal and motto, the group prepared to disband last week by asking to shift its unfinished work onto Secretary William Galvin's ... Read more.

A significant decline in shooting incidents and homicides is driving an overall drop in serious crimes across the city, according to an analysis of statistics disclosed by the Boston Police Department this week. Overall, ... Read more.

On the wall opposite the medical supplies in Debbie Doherty’s office at Jeremiah Burke High School there is an array of photos. One shows a former student – now a colleague – playing college soccer. Another shows a ... Read more.

In another new development with big implications for riders, the MBTA’s push to trade near-term headaches for long-term improvements will soon be put to the test on an unprecedented scale.

Reduced train speeds ... Read more.

Entering and leaving our capital city can be impressive, with our burgeoning skyline of high rises, views of the river and harbor, and nice neighborhoods. But over the past few years, our views coming into and leaving ... Read more.

After going 9-1 in the regular season, the Mattapan Patriots 14-Under football team has been invited to compete in a national tournament in Naples, Florida next month. The team punched their ticket with a come-from-behind ... Read more.

At-large City Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune says she has enough support among her colleagues on next year’s council to take over as the body’s president. Seven votes are required to win a majority on the thirteen-member ... Read more.

A proposal by the owners of Greenhills Irish Bakery to replace their current building with a four-story structure with nine residential units and first-floor retail space will be considered by the membership of the Cedar ... Read more.

In early September, Adams Village Butcher Shop and Deli — a staple of the neighborhood for 10 years— closed its doors for about a month before re-opening in a smaller, newly outfitted, space two doors down from its ... Read more.

Nine holiday trees in Dorchester will be lit on Sat., Nov. 25 starting in Neponset Circle at 4:20 p.m. See graphic here for full schedule.

First Parish Dorchester is holding a homemade pie sale on Sat., Nov. 18, in ... Read more.

More than 200 Boston students will have to find a new school next year. Families at three schools learned in a letter sent last Wednesday (Nov. 8) that their seventh and eighth grade classrooms will close starting in ... Read more.

Northampton or Somerville will take the final spot in a pilot program allowing a limited number of cities and towns to restrict fossil fuels in construction after a pair of other cities — including the state’s capital — ... Read more.

In some ways, this year’s election for Boston City Council was like its predecessor in 2007. There was no race for mayor, no preliminary round for candidates at-large, and a citywide incumbent named Murphy finished second ... Read more.

Store will close after holidays; owner plans transition to floral studio

Cedar Grove Gardens, the iconic floral and gift shop on Adams Street that has helped customers keep their dining room tables ... Read more.

John and Anne Lydon intend to bring a touch of Ireland’s West Coast to Dorchester’s most identifiably Irish business district by early next year. The couple, who own and manage the gateway commercial building at 512 ... Read more.

One of the anchor restaurants in the Adams Corner business district — Blasi’s Kitchen and Bar & the Fat Belly Deli — has reopened after a six-year pause that was prompted by a 2017 fire and extended by the pandemic ... Read more.

Two Dorchester natives who grew up on side streets off Dot Ave., Mark Mulvoy, left, and Marty Walsh, shared a moment on Monday after Mulvoy was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame’s media division at a luncheon ceremony ... Read more.

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