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Students returning for the first day of school were greeted with a rousing welcome from neighborhood men who lined the entryway of the Mattahunt Elementary in Mattapan this morning. The event — inspired by similar events ... Read more.

City council candidates from Districts 4 and 7 made one of their last pushes to distinguish themselves before voters take to the polls on Tuesday for the preliminary municipal elections. At a candidates’ forum Thursday ... Read more.

An alert Dorchester resident’s curiosity led to an unusual political discovery, after she found that her Adams Street housing complex was incorrectly assigned to District 3 instead of District 4.

The ... Read more.

Despite concerns from abutters and civic leaders, the Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved a petition from the owners of Sam Maverick’s, a new Adams Village eatery slated to open later this year, to allow outdoor ... Read more.

In a continuing effort to address parking and traffic difficulties well-known to Bostonians, along with making the city a bit more green, the Walsh administration is bringing 80 new car-share vehicles to the streets. ... Read more.

A Milton real estate agent with an office in Dorchester was arrested last week on federal wire-fraud charges, according to the US Attorney’s office. Daniel J. Flynn, III, 52, has been under investigation for a scheme in ... Read more.

Saturday (5th) – City of Boston’s Poet Laureate visits the Dudley Branch Library at 2 p.m. This fall,Danielle Legros Georges will meet and engage with aspiring and practicing poets. Interested ... Read more.

Voters in select parts of Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan will go to the polls on Tuesday, Sept. 8 in a city preliminary election that features only two district seats in contention. With only five candidates seeking one ... Read more.

Bicyclists in much of Dorchester are out of luck if they want to go for a convenient bike ride around their neighborhoods but don’t own their own bikes. However, a new Active Transportation Director and more Hubway ... Read more.

A Mattapan man was ordered held without bail Monday on charges he murdered Jean Louis, 20, and injured a teenager on Bailey Street on July 11.

Among the evidence against Tyshawn Pereira, 21: Tracking data from the ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports three people were shot around 2:40 a.m. on Saturday at 29 Creston St.

All were rushed to local hospitals. One victim was pronounced dead; the other two are expected to survive ... Read more.

Boston Police report charging Tyshawn Pereira of Mattapan, 21, with the July 11 murder of Jean Louis on Bailey Street. Two other men, Michael Johnson-McNeil, 19, and and Bobby Robinson-Gilmere, 21, both of Dorchester, ... Read more.

Yves Dambreville was a kaleidoscope of identities -- Boston police officer, community liaison, Haitian, American, veteran, family man. The 66-year-old former officer was shot and killed in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, ... Read more.

Three city council hopefuls have spoken out to deplore the continuing push for a pay raise by a number of sitting councillors.

A board assembled by Mayor Martin Walsh to assess an appropriate pay hike for the ... Read more.

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