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Since Monday, a city effort has reduced the number of makeshift encampments at Boston's intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard from 50-plus to 14 as of Wednesday morning and Mayor Michelle Wu said ... Read more.

More than 500 children and families gathered at Pope John Paul II Park in Neponset on Oct. 26 for the annual Halloween Pumpkin Parade, formerly the Pumpkin Float, for a night of music, games, costumes, and – of course – ... Read more.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week announced nearly $4.2 million to fund seven projects across Massachusetts, including a $1 million grant to help indoor air quality in Dorchester homes.

The ... Read more.

State officials last week used Dorchester’s replica of the world’s greatest deliberative chamber to clarify the Massachusetts “open meeting law” and offer training for those interested in navigating the oft-opaque world ... Read more.

Three lawmakers, all members of the House Education Committee, toured early childhood education sites throughout Dorchester and Roxbury last month to learn more about early childhood education in the government-funded ... Read more.

The Boston City Council last week approved a resolution that calls on the city to change the name of Faneuil Hall because Peter Fanueil was a slave owner.

The measure does not force the Wu administration to do ... Read more.

City officials and veterans groups joined the late William G. Walsh’s family Saturday to recognize a new biography plaque on the hero square dedicated to the late World War II veteran, and announce the square’s relocation ... Read more.

The United State Postal Inspection Service is offering reward worth up to $150,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect who robbed a letter carrier at gunpoint in Mattapan on Oct. 18. It was the latest in ... Read more.

The energy to improve long-neglected Codman Square Park in the heart of Dorchester Center was so great that the community sparked the Parks Department to take action and join in the momentum.

That grassroots effort ... Read more.

Train service on the Ashmont branch of the Red Line resumed on Monday morning to positive reviews from passengers and T officials, who hailed a 16-day October “surge” to make track and station improvements as a success ... Read more.

The city’s newest police officers were sworn-in by Mayor Wu and Commissioner Michael Cox on Friday, Oct. 27 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The graduating class is one of the most diverse in the city’s ... Read more.

Polls open on Tuesday, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Boston’s local election cycle toggles between higher turnout years, with campaigns for City Council and Mayor, and “off years,” with only a race for the ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed Blue Hill Avenue building

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans for a 41-unit, five-story apartment building at 1471 Blue Hill Ave. at Culbert Street in Mattapan.

Eight ... Read more.

The City of Boston began posting notices around Mass. and Cass on Thursday to notify those who live on the street that the city will start removing tents used as homeless encampments on Nov. 1.

While the ... Read more.

More than 100 runners and walkers took part in the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) Neighborhood Fitness Series presented by Boston Children’s Hospital on Oct. 14 in Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester.

Athletes ... Read more.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester (BGCD) has served as a safe haven and caring environment for the neighborhood’s kids for more than fifty years. But the organization is also helping parents — many of them single ... Read more.

A proposal to rename a playground in Ronan Park after the late Maryann Hanley, an 11-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in the park in 1983, continues to roil the neighborhood in controversy, with family members ... Read more.

MassHousing on Monday announced $44.6 million in financing for six new homeownership development projects across the state, including two in Dorchester and one in Mattapan. The local projects are 120-122 Hancock St. in ... Read more.

For award-winning seventh grade math teacher Connell Cloyd of the Henderson Upper School, the secret to reaching a tough age group in a subject like math is to be crazier than they are.

The 43-year-old Cloyd, a ... Read more.

The Green Equity Partnership (GEP) held its kick-off celebration in Four Corners on Monday with an eye on training existing construction workers and those interested in jobs in sustainable construction trades. State and ... Read more.

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