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Ahead of Prince William’s visit in the first week of December for the Earthshot Prize, the JFK Library Foundation has announced the local host committee made up of representatives from local environmental groups, ... Read more.

President Biden’s plan for federal student loan-debt forgiveness has come as a sigh of relief for millions of Americans who together owe nearly $1.75 trillion in student loan debt – $31 billion of that in Massachusetts ... Read more.

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As we continue to see the level of gun violence and physical assaults grow in parts of Mattapan and Dorchester, the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) is requesting that the Mayor’s Office ... Read more.

Lots of MBTA passengers are raving about the long-awaited cars rolling out onto the Orange and Red Lines. Even better, the MBTA says service is mostly back to normal after lengthy shutdowns of the Orange and Green lines. ... Read more.

Somewhere between the ages of 2 and 3, Dorchester’s Mateo Buyu learned to kick a soccer ball in his backyard and develop what became a deep love for the sport that after 15 years of training and devotion has landed the ... Read more.

While violence has occurred in other parts of the city, no other area has been affected as much by lawlessness as the Blue Hill Avenue corridor from Mattapan Square through Dorchester to Dudley Street. Residents and ... Read more.

Nexamp and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 103 celebrated the completion of a solar and energy storage project at IBEW’s headquarters on Freeport Street last month. The project will ... Read more.

This year’s Dexter Southfield School varsity football team contains a one-two punch in a backfield that has been running all over most every opponent in New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) competition ... Read more.

The ‘Farmacy’ at Harbor Health will return to the 10 Minot St. parking lot in Dorchester this Friday (Nov. 18) from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The farmer’s market and health fair is a joint effort of Dick’s Market Gardens, a ... Read more.

A federal judge this week sentenced Omari Peterson, 39, to 66 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to one count of possession of cocaine and crack with intent to distribute and and two counts of being a ... Read more.

One of the city’s finest leaders of the last half-century will be feted on Friday at a gala dinner that benefits the organization he served with distinction starting in 1971. John Drew, 85, retired from his top role at ... Read more.

City officials and local developers are closely monitoring the effects of inflation and higher interest rates on real estate and the construction markets, two areas that have boomed in recent years. City officials are ... Read more.

The annual “Nutcracker” show, a longtime feature by the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre at the Strand Theatre and elsewhere, has slipped off its pointe shoes and ended production for this year’s edition. Citing protocols for ... Read more.

Looking to kickstart the redevelopment of 70 city-owned lots across Dorchester and Mattapan into affordable housing, city officials will launch a community input effort this weekend.

Most of the lots are north and ... Read more.

Gov. Baker last week signed a $3.76 billion economic development package that includes millions for a new Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center and the Dorchester Field House planned for Columbia Point.

The ... Read more.

Redistricting, like elections, is about the future. That didn’t stop at least one councillor, angry over the new boundaries of his Dorchester district and the carving of Neponset, from inexplicably bringing up the ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed apartments at 900 Morrissey Blvd.

Pine Street Inn and the Community Builders have filed plans with the BPDA to convert the Comfort Inn at 900 Morrissey Blvd. into a 104-unit apartment building with ... Read more.

Boston Celtics and New Balance executives joined Celtics sharpshooter Sam Hauser and dozens of young people from the Dorchester YMCA in Codman Square last Thursday to break in a newly refurbished basketball court.

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Fields Corner has become the “hot spot” in the city for Bubble Tea and other Asian drinks and desserts, thanks to its cluster of Vietnamese businesses that were well poised to capitalize on an international surge of ... Read more.

A Linden Street resident who wants to replace a single-family ranch home at 61 Linden St. with a three-story, six-unit building received mixed reviews at the Fields Corner Civic Association (FCCA) meeting on Nov. 1.

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