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Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter School — one of the first five charter schools established after the Education Reform Act passed in 1993—is now looking to expand to include a high school.

The school on ... Read more.

A deal to sell Sonny’s restaurant in Adams Village has been upended due to concerns about environmental contamination under the property. Longtime owner Richard Elia told the Reporter this week that more tests need to be ... Read more.

Boston has a wealth of much-needed housing assistance programs, splintered throughout the city. The new Office of Housing Stability hopes to unite those resources and help existing residents to stave off displacement. ... Read more.

Tony Collins sat in the principal’s office of the Edward Everett Elementary School on Pleasant Street last Thursday. His hands folded, a Pro Bowl ring prominent on his right pinky, the former Patriots running back ... Read more.

Friends are mounting a major fundraising campaign to assist a retired Boston Police officer and Dot boxing coach who is battling back from a life-changing motorcycle crash in 2013. Mark DeLuca, Sr. – a 57 year-old father ... Read more.

The Boston Public School Committee held the first of three public hearings on proposed budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday evening at the Lilla G. Fredrick School on Columbia Road. An audience mostly ... Read more.

The Mayor’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing will hear a petition from a new Massachusetts Avenue bar and restaurant to add entertainment until 2 a.m. The ... Read more.

Catherine T. Brandley, the current principal of St. John Paul II Catholic Academy’s Neponset Academy, will take on a new role as regional director at the end of this academic year.

The academy’s board of trustees ... Read more.

The University of Massachusetts announced Tuesday that it plans to open its 1,000-bed residence hall in September 2018. Through a public-private partnership model, mulled by the university for the past year, construction ... Read more.

A volunteer group called the Campaign for Digital Fourth Amendment Rights will push Thursday for Massachusetts to join South Carolina as one of two states to mandate police body cameras.

Legislation (H ... Read more.

Dorchester architects Eric Robinson and Kevin Deabler have become practiced hands at designing developments suited for a neighborhood bursting with growth, their work today a far cry from the small-scale projects that ... Read more.

Editor's Note: A BRA-sponsored public meeting on the DOT Block proposal will be held tonight (Feb. 23) from 6-8 p.m. at the Paul R. McLaughlin Youth Center, 1135 Dorchester Ave. Contact Gary Uter, BRA project manager ... Read more.

Uphams Corner residents got their first look at the Indigo Block redevelopment project at a Boston Redevelopment Authority meeting in late January, an early step in the public vetting of the proposal for a vacant ... Read more.

Franklin Park is saying goodbye to one of its most dedicated supporters, Christine Poff, who has helped transform the space over the past decade and a half as executive director of the Franklin Park Coalition.

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Thursday (4th) – Mattapan Neighborhood Response Team meeting at 2:30 p.m. at Mildred Avenue Community Center, 5 Mildred Ave. The focus of the meeting will be Open Constituent Concerns.  Please join if you ... Read more.

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