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After 38 years of teaching English in the Boston school system, notably at the John D. O’Bryant School, one of the city’s three exam schools, Brenda Chaney has left her classroom days behind. She could have retired years ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports two women have been grabbed by a man at Boston and Mayhew streets in recent days.

A woman told police she was walking at the intersection around 1:15 a.m. on ... Read more.

In an effort to strengthen his campaign to impose a 2 percent tax on alcohol sold in Boston, City Council President Bill Linehan and City Councillor Frank Baker visited Hope House in Dorchester on Tuesday to outline how ... Read more.

Ask any Boston exam school student or parent and they will expand on the hours of intense preparation and studying for the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE).

The Boston Public School system has three exam ... Read more.

Thursday (17th) – Family Fun Movie night at Mattapan Community Health Center, 1575 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan, 6-8 p.m. features Up, rated PG. All kids under 6 must be accompanied by an adult. Limited ... Read more.

Two longtime Dorchester tire businesses have formed an alliance this summer.

Dorchester Tire Service and Ashmont Tire are now being managed by a single entity, according to Gary Saks of Dorchester Tire Service, ... Read more.

Students, faculty and staff crowded into a University of Massachusetts ballroom Wednesday morning to decry recently-approved student fee increases, which they said are akin to "digging an ever-deeper well of student debt ... Read more.

Plans for the DOT Block development are being adjusted after the owner of three properties at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Hancock Street backed away from an agreement to sell them to the project’s developers. ... Read more.

While Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said he is in the dark about Uber's background check system, his predecessor - now an adviser to the ride-hailing company - said Tuesday he had met personally with the ... Read more.

Ridgewood Street fire aftermath

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire in a three decker at 25 Ridgewood St,. sent a man to Mass. General in critical condition early this morning.

The fire, reported at 3:50 a.m., went to two alarms.

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Gov. Charlie Baker has vetoed a bill that would have allowed retired Boston police officers to serve on police details, writing in a letter to lawmakers that the legislation would have caused Massachusetts unemployment ... Read more.

Dominic Shiner, 33, was ordered held without bail today at his arraignment on a charge he stabbed Sean Dwyer to death in front of Dwyer's barbershop on Adams Street in Dorchester last December. He was arrested Friday ... Read more.

Dominic Shiner, 33, of Malden, was arrested Sunday on charges he stabbed Sean Dwyer to death in front of Dwyer's Adams Street barbershop ... Read more.

Suspects wanted for holdups

The Boston Police Department on Saturday arrested two men in Dorchester on charges they held up 11 convenience stores, gas stations and fast-food restaurants, mostly in Mattapan and Dorchester.

Gerald ... Read more.

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