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Thanks to several grants from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Better Beaches Program, two beach festivals will be staged in Dorchester next month. Dorchester-based groups Friends of Savin Hill Shores and the Port Norfolk ... Read more.

If a bill filed in the Massachusetts House last week is enacted, individuals applying to drive for Uber or Lyft will be lining up to have their fingerprints taken.

“An Act Relative to Passenger Safety” (H4050) ... Read more.

Thursday (30th) – Pack up a blanket, lawn chair and picnic for free movies under the stars at DCR’s Pope John Paul II Park on Thursdays through August 27. All movies begin at sundown. This evening’s ... Read more.

The demise of the Boston 2024 Olympic bid was met with a mix of relief —and some regret— from Dorchester residents and visitors interviewed by the Reporter in Uphams Corner, Neponset and Adams Corner on Tuesday.

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Session #1 Concludes - Session #1 of the daytime Summer Program concluded last Friday with our Olympic Day celebration. Over 50 volunteers from the Attorney General’s Office were on hand to assist with ... Read more.

Boston’s Olympic flame–or the aspiration to light it in the summer of 2024–was extinguished on Monday afternoon when the US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 announced that they would be jointly ending Boston’s bid to ... Read more.

The US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 are dropping Boston as the nation's potential host city for the 2024 summer Olympics, ending a months-long debate over what Gov. Charlie Baker called a "ten-year drill" with major ... Read more.

UPDATE (3p.m)— Sources close to the Boston 2024 proposal confirm that the USOC will abandon plans to submit Boston as the host city for the 2024 Summer Games. Developing...

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Citing an unwillingness to sign-off on an agreement that could put taxpayer dollars on the line, Mayor Martin Walsh said today that the city of Boston no longer plans to pursue plans to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. ... Read more.

When he calls into the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker will not alter his wait-and-see approach to the Boston Olympics bid, he said on his way out of the State House on Monday morning.

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Once billed as the most walkable Olympic Games, Boston 2024 is now pitching its proposal as the most underwritten.

"The risk management program is designed to minimize the possibility of costs being incurred by ... Read more.

Last week, two polls showed public support for the 2024 Games had barely increased. The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has made it clear that it wants to see public support pick up “relatively soon.”

“We’re going to ... Read more.

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