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The Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) and New England Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. staged the return of the annual Hazelton Street afternoon block party last Saturday. Wise, who has played for the Patriots since ... Read more.

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing how to fix years of problems at the MBTA while state government stands on the threshold of a major change, and in the opinion of a former US transportation secretary, they should use ... Read more.

About half of the people camped in a stretch of Boston known as “Mass. and Cass” most recently resided in another city or town, underlining the regional nature of the addiction and homelessness crises straining the area, ... Read more.

State lawmakers have sent along to Gov. Charlie Baker a bill that would limit the practice of “step therapy,” which, critics say, steers patients towards cheaper medication options, rather than ones they require.

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In one corner of the room sits a large pile of laundry waiting for a wash while in another corner there’s the home office and a big work project with a looming deadline. In yet another other room, a couch beckons with the ... Read more.

Responding to a request for proposals issued by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) earlier this year, two teams vying to redevelop a city-owned block in Uphams Corner presented differing visions to the ... Read more.

City councillors were barreling toward the finish line on redistricting, with a plan to vote Wednesday on a map redrawing Boston’s political boundaries. But a last-minute complaint from South Boston groups of an Open ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today agreed to reconsider its decision in May to reject a plan by the Polish- ... Read more.

Martin Richard Field House rendering

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by the Martin Richard Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester for a three-story field house on Mt. Vernon Street in Dorchester that will include ... Read more.

State Police report a man trying to walk across I-93 near South Bay made it across the southbound side and the median OK ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reportss a woman was shot to death at 40 Fairlawn Ave., in the SoMa Apartments complex off Cummins Highway and Richmere Road in Mattapan, ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports that a man who was found shot in the head at 39 Baird St. around 1 a.m. on Saturday was taken to a local hospital, where he was ... Read more.

City councillors have five maps in their hands as they seek to redraw the political boundaries of the nine districts. But they still haven’t fully decided which route they want to take.

Most of the 13-member ... Read more.

Firefighters at Brookview Street fire.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters used a ladder to rescue two adults and a child from a two-alarm fire at 31 Brookview St. in Dorchester early Friday morning.

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A common theme in the latest redistricting process over the past month is everyone has his or her own map. So, I’ve also decided to release my own map – the “Moe Map.”

As a Charlestown resident here on the very ... Read more.

Dorchester Open Studios will be held this weekend, Oct. 22-23, from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. at two locations: Humphreys Street Studios and Dorchester Art Project in Fields Corner. Organizers say they expect 45-plus artists at ... Read more.

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden has named Migdalia Iris Nalls as chief of the office›s juvenile unit. Nalls has served as a trial attorney in the Committee for Public Counsel Services Youth Advocacy Division since ... Read more.

Mass Humanities recently announced it has awarded $713,876 in Expand Massachusetts Stories (EMS) grants to 42 cultural nonprofit organizations across the state, including four projects in Dorchester totaling $74,576. ... Read more.

Annissa Essaibi George

Annissa Essaibi George, a Dorchester native and former mayoral candidate, will start as president and CEO of Big Sister Boston, a nonprofit organization focused serving 2,500 women and girls in the Greater Boston area. ... Read more.

Mayor Wu last week announced the first members of Black Men Lead Boston, a new program launched by the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Advancement (BMA) that is designed for Black men between the ages of 18 and 35 in the ... Read more.

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