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Local lawmakers and members of Mayor Thomas Menino’s cabinet flocked to the Cedars of Lebanon’s hall in Jamaica Plain for a fundraiser last Sunday morning. More than 400 people attended the small-dollar event, one of ... Read more.

Expressions of support and a candidates’ gathering in South Boston helped fill the First Suffolk District state Senate campaign calendar over the last week.

A group of elected officials from Boston signaled support ... Read more.

City Councillor Charles Yancey could face a challenger from Roslindale this year if he runs for reelection in District 4. Steven Godfrey, the 43-year-old executive director of the Community Minority Cultural Center in ... Read more.

On the night of March 4, 1776, the Patriot officers gave the order to 2,000 or so men: no one was to speak above a whisper. As American batteries opened up on British positions in and around Boston to cloak the long file ... Read more.

Here’s an opportunity you definitely don’t want to let slip through your fingers.

Free artsy manicures! The Howard Art Project on the top floor of 1486 Dot Ave. in the middle of Fields Corner is currently offering ... Read more.

About 70 people attended a meeting of the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative at the Hyde Park Municipal Building on Tuesday evening. The purpose of the meeting, hosted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), was to ... Read more.

Three traditional Easter Egg Hunts will be staged in Dorchester on consecutive weekends this month.

On Sat., March 23 the 21st annual Spring Egg Hunt will be held at Pope John Paul II Park on Gallivan Boulevard in ... Read more.

Plans to further expand the South Bay shopping center may not be definite yet, but residents living near the mall aren’t waiting for development plans to materialize before putting in their two cents.

At a meeting ... Read more.

A Plymouth man was ordered held without bail Wednesday on charges he murdered Rayshawn Few on Woodruff Way on Feb. 17, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Kewon "Killer" Kelley, 26, ... Read more.

Superintendent Carol Johnson is taking a leave of absence after the death of her husband Matthew late Monday. The chief financial officer of the school system, John McDonough, will take over as acting superintendent. ... Read more.

Richard Sullivan Jr., the state secretary of energy and environmental affairs, is exploring a run for statewide office in 2014 and could be interested in running for either governor or lieutenant governor, according to ... Read more.

Local lawmakers and members of Mayor Thomas Menino’s cabinet on Sunday morning flocked to the Cedars of Lebanon’s hall in Jamaica Plain for a fundraiser. Over 400 people attended the small-dollar event, one of several ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports officers found two men shot in a gray Toyota Corolla at Columbia Road and Hancock Street around 6:30 p.m., Saturday.

One man was pronounced dead at the scene, the other was ... Read more.

A clearer picture of the First Suffolk Senate field emerged this week while candidates staked out positions on a controversial topic that emerges nearly every year: The traditional St. Patrick’s Day parade through South ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick is using transportation projects in Dorchester and Mattapan to pitch his tax-hike plans to lawmakers and members of the public.

The transportation plans include the filling-in of the missing ... Read more.

Residents along Dorchester’s northern border have long dealt with the double-edged knife of convenience and frustration that comes with living next to a major shopping center. As developers look to expand the ... Read more.

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