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A team of current and former Boston parents is wading through possible ways to overhaul the city’s student assignment overhaul, including a proposal from a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Read more.
Whether Dorchester voters pulled the lever for Scott Brown or Elizabeth Warren – and the numbers indicate most picked the Harvard Law professor and consumer advocate – it’s worth noting that much of the credit for her ... Read more.
Elizabeth Warren has won the US Senate seat, defeating incumbent Sen. Scott Brown in a victory fueled by lopsided vote totals in the neighborhoods of Boston. Brown one a handful of precincts— including the right-leaning ... Read more.
After a record 3.1 million Massachusetts voters cast ballots in 2008, Secretary of State William Galvin on Monday projected that as many as 3.2 million Massachusetts residents could head to the polls on Tuesday with ... Read more.
Massachusetts voters will have a chance in Question 2 on Tuesday’s ballot to allow a procedure where terminally ill patients can end their lives if they meet several qualifications, an option that has been decried by the ... Read more.
A Cincinnati-based transit company will pay the state $7.3 million after allegedly bailing on a contract with the MBTA to operate “The Ride” service, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office said Friday.
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Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray joined the list of opponents of a ballot question that would legalize medical marijuana in Massachusetts, calling the proposal “dangerously overbroad” and fraught with potential for abuse.
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Law enforcement and emergency response officials will practice responding to a simulated emergency this weekend at UMass Boston and other areas in the city. Dubbed “Urban Shield: Boston,” the training exercise will last ... Read more.
The most famous and most valuable painting ever to visit Dorchester is currently on display at the JFK Library and Museum. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has loaned the larger-than-life-size Pablo Picasso canvas “Rape ... Read more.
Leslie Jackson, 66, completed a 1,305-mile bike ride from Joliet, IL to Dorchester last weekend to raise funds for Living Water International, a Christian non-profit dedicated to providing clean water solutions for those ... Read more.
The Apple Grove Neighborhood Association met at Harbor Health Services building on Morton Street last Wednesday. Officers of the B-3 police district joined residents as they discussed safety concerns and the best ways to ... Read more.
Joe Chaisson has seen a lot of change take place all around him over his 80 years on this earth. But this lifelong Savin Hill resident —who has been one of the fixtures of civic life in this part of Dorchester since 1970 ... Read more.
A week before her retirement, the outgoing principal at the Marshall Elementary School lit into Mayor Thomas Menino and Superintendent Carol Johnson, accusing them of neglecting the Dorchester school she has led for ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports arresting Oasis Pritchett, 22, on charges he fatally shot Alfonso Rivas in the head at 14 Lyndhurst St. in ... Read more.
Leading in the latest Suffolk University poll by seven points over U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday said she still wants to debate Brown one more time, and suggested Thursday night ... Read more.
City officials have assembled a team to work closely with home and business owners affected by Hurricane Sandy. Boston Home Center staff will be working with homeowners and senior homeowners to help facilitate any ... Read more.
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