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A previously announced plan to build a five-story, $50 million apartment complex next to the JFK-UMass MBTA station is moving ahead, but with a new owner in the mix. The “Residences at Morrissey Boulevard” project, which ... Read more.

Crowd of 3,000 attended Cedar Grove observances

An estimated 3,000 people, many of them dressed in enough red, white, and blue to put Independence Day to shame, turned out on Monday to observe ... Read more.

(Updated 3:10p.m.)— A key stretch of Dorchester Ave. between Columbia Road and Freeport Street has been re-opened to traffic at this hour. It has been closed for a period of more than an hour this afternoon after a gas ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 1:25 p.m. on Wednesday at 742 Dudley St.

He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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Nearly a month after his release from jail after serving time on assault charges, Carlos Henriquez is back home in the community he represented on Beacon Hill for nearly four years and beginning his adjustment to life as ... Read more.

You use a wheelchair to move around and go shopping shop in your neighborhood business district. But, in summertime, outdoor cafes make the sidewalk too narrow for you to get by.

You live in South ... Read more.

The weather was typical for late spring in Boston: warm (80 degrees), dry, and windy (20 mph) out of the southwest.

It was Friday, May 22, 1964, and given the climate of the day, it wouldn’t take much to have a ... Read more.

Fifteen Dorchester cyclists will be among the 5,500 cyclists who’ll pedal in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) this summer. The two-day event (Aug. 2 and 3) raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the ... Read more.

This weekend’s Boston Calling (BC) festival must have already “arrived,” even though it’s just in its second year. Entertainment Weekly is naming it in the same breath as other 2014 Memorial Day weekend aural orgies like ... Read more.

When the first half-inning of Savin Hill Challenger baseball ended on Sunday afternoon, the pitcher, Billy Farrell, lingered on the mound for a good, long minute. A long-time civic leader and volunteer coach from Meeting ... Read more.

Photos of Dorchester soldiers killed in Vietnam are sought

Each year, 4.5 million people visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. The names of all Americans killed in the conflict are ... Read more.

Michael Ball and Robert Flynn are like many young men of their generation who hail from Dorchester. Both grew up playing little league baseball in Cedar Grove, hanging out at Toohig Park and going to school at their ... Read more.

The annual Haitian Unity Parade begins today at 1p.m. in Mattapan Square on Blue Hill Ave. and follows a route to Talbot Avenue. Watch for road closures between River Street and Talbot between 1-3 p.m. More than 200 local ... Read more.

The owner of Peggy O'Neil's, 1310 Dorchester Ave., has agreed to pay a $80,000 fine to settle a lawsuit charging it with refusing entrance to blacks, Hispanics and Cape Verdeans, the state Attorney General's office ... Read more.

A longtime eyesore on an otherwise desirable Cedar Grove side street is getting a complete makeover this month and will soon be sold to a first-time homeowner. The small, single-family home at 88 Milton St. is part of an ... Read more.

A snapshot of key events happening in and around Dorchester this week. Check out the Reporter's full calendar for more.

Saturday (17th ... Read more.

State Attorney General Martha Coakley has fined former Enterteenment Magazine owner Wallis Amanda Mills $17,000 in penalties and restitution payments after receiving a complaint from Teens Lead at Work, a division of the ... Read more.

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