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Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics to the 13-member body. The new ... Read more.
John FitzGerald won a decisive, 17-point victory over Joel Richards in the race to succeed Frank Baker as the District 3 councillor on Tuesday.
A longtime city planner who currently works at the BPDA, FitzGerald, ... Read more.
A small sliver of Boston’s electorate made it to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that may signal a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics of the 13-member body. The new faces ... Read more.
A Weymouth woman was arrested in Dorchester last weekend and charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Jazreanna Sheppard of South Boston outside the Park Street MBTA stop last summer.
Alyssa ... Read more.
A Dorchester man who was arrested in July 2022 for dealing fentanyl-laced fake pills pleaded guilty to conspiracy and drug dealing in a federal courtroom earlier this month. Aexis Radhames Diaz Tejeda, 45, faces at least ... Read more.
It was impossible to bury the jubilation brought to the table by hundreds of little girls and young ladies on cheer teams from Boston, Brockton, and Providence who packed into the Madison Park gymnasium on Saturday for ... Read more.
Prancing gracefully across the dance floor with her striking red crutches, Ellice Patterson performs a modern dance on stage. Elegantly lifting her legs one at a time, she balances her body on her crutches, with each limb ... Read more.
The Bikes Not Bombs organization filled yet another shipping container with bicycles, bike parts, and apparel late last week at its Harvard Street warehouse – this time destined for El Salvador – and celebrated a return ... Read more.
Sixty years ago, North Carolina (NC) was the second poorest state in the United States, with its economy built on tobacco, textiles, and furniture making. Today, North Carolina’s economy is ranked as high as first, and ... Read more.
The annual Deatrich Wise Block Party at the Mattapan Teen Center on Hazelton Street went forward despite heavy rains last Saturday (Oct. 21), attracting numerous community members for an afternoon of festivities.
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Since Monday, a city effort has reduced the number of makeshift encampments at Boston's intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard from 50-plus to 14 as of Wednesday morning and Mayor Michelle Wu said ... Read more.
More than 500 children and families gathered at Pope John Paul II Park in Neponset on Oct. 26 for the annual Halloween Pumpkin Parade, formerly the Pumpkin Float, for a night of music, games, costumes, and – of course – ... Read more.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week announced nearly $4.2 million to fund seven projects across Massachusetts, including a $1 million grant to help indoor air quality in Dorchester homes.
The ... Read more.
State officials last week used Dorchester’s replica of the world’s greatest deliberative chamber to clarify the Massachusetts “open meeting law” and offer training for those interested in navigating the oft-opaque world ... Read more.
Three lawmakers, all members of the House Education Committee, toured early childhood education sites throughout Dorchester and Roxbury last month to learn more about early childhood education in the government-funded ... Read more.
The Boston City Council last week approved a resolution that calls on the city to change the name of Faneuil Hall because Peter Fanueil was a slave owner.
The measure does not force the Wu administration to do ... Read more.
City officials and veterans groups joined the late William G. Walsh’s family Saturday to recognize a new biography plaque on the hero square dedicated to the late World War II veteran, and announce the square’s relocation ... Read more.
The United State Postal Inspection Service is offering reward worth up to $150,000 for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect who robbed a letter carrier at gunpoint in Mattapan on Oct. 18. It was the latest in ... Read more.
The energy to improve long-neglected Codman Square Park in the heart of Dorchester Center was so great that the community sparked the Parks Department to take action and join in the momentum.
That grassroots effort ... Read more.
Train service on the Ashmont branch of the Red Line resumed on Monday morning to positive reviews from passengers and T officials, who hailed a 16-day October “surge” to make track and station improvements as a success ... Read more.
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