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The city of Boston has formed a partnership with the Fiddlehead Theatre Company, which will be officially named the “resident theatre company” at the Strand Theatre during a public event scheduled for today. The ... Read more.

A proposal to build 184 units on Columbia Point aimed at young professionals has received the go-ahead from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the city’s planning and development agency. The project is just one of ... Read more.

Hundreds of apartments in properties in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan are being overhauled and saved from foreclosure, according to an independent state agency charged with financing affordable housing. The ... Read more.

Man in custody for second assault that may be linked to homicide

A South Boston woman who was abducted and later stabbed to death and dumped in a wooded section of Hyde Park was first driven to ... Read more.

In the face of claims that higher taxes will hurt a slowly recovering economy, the House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Gov. Deval Patrick's veto of legislation raising taxes by $500 million to invest in ... Read more.

There are 62 days, or two months, left until the Sept. 24 preliminary election.

-- Boston.com will be hosting mini-debates next month, set up similar to the MassINC/CommonWealth magazine forums at the Palm ... Read more.

Neighbors in Lower Mills can expect to hear a series of loud bangs on Thursday (July 25) morning and afternoon, according to the state’s Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The booms will be sonic tests that are being ... Read more.

Update (Thurs., July 25)— The manager of Ashmont Market, Jay Patel, said today that the store has re-opened for sale of groceries, beer and wine, despite a Monday fire that closed its doors for three days. The store's ... Read more.

Parking lot will be overhauled as part of project

Boston Sports Club has agreed in principle to a ten-year lease agreement that will make the health and fitness chain the main tenant in a prominent ... Read more.

Charlotte Golar Richie on TV, upcoming fundraisers for Felix Arroyo and Bill Walczak wading into the debate over a search for a new superintendent -- all that and more in an update on the mayor's race.

-- Civic ... Read more.

Police are investigating four shootings in Dorchester and Mattapan, two of which sent people to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Around 11 p.m. on Saturday, a 16-year-old and a 23-year-old ... Read more.

City Councillor Rob Consalvo is pressing a national education reform group, which has a Massachusetts chapter backing a rival for mayor, to stay out of the race.

In a letter addressed to the chair of Democrats for ... Read more.

Heads up, MBTA customers: Shuttle buses will be replacing Red Line service between JFK/UMass and Ashmont this weekend and next (July 20-21 & July 27-28). The replacement service is prompted by an ... Read more.

Dorchester native Gina McCarthy will head up the federal agency charged with developing and enforcing environmental regulations. McCarthy had been one of the nominees tied up in the Senate, a logjam that was broken when ... Read more.

The Boston firefighters union, Local 718, endorsed state Rep. Marty Walsh’s mayoral campaign on Thursday night.

The union, which is based at Florian Hall in Dorchester, is headed by Rich Paris.

Other unions ... Read more.

Beacon Hill's march towards a $500 million tax hike to make transportation investments continued Thursday, with Gov. Deval Patrick offering faint praise for the plan while holding to his pledge to veto a bill he says won' ... Read more.

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