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The incoming general manager of the MBTA said she plans to hit every part of the state, including Dorchester and Mattapan.

“I intend to be on the ground,” said Beverly Scott, who has helmed the Atlanta transit ... Read more.

If the 2014 election cycle needed an official start time and date, it got one last week: At 8:32 a.m. on Thurs., Nov. 15, a week and a day after Bay Staters had gone to the polls to pick a president and a US senator, Lt. ... Read more.

On Thursday, November 22, 2012, the aroma of roast turkey and all the trimmings will drift from Dorchester’s kitchens, families gathering around dining room tables piled with all the fixings of the holiday. Three hundred ... Read more.

More than 100 Boston school parents turned out at the Leahy-Holloran Community Center on Monday night to hear school officials and City Councillor At-Large John Connolly offer updates on the push to overhaul the city’s ... Read more.

The BCYF Mildred Ave. Community Center and Valeo Futbol Academy are starting a winter soccer clinic for young players looking to improve their skills. The clinic will run from Nov. 26 to March 14 at the BCYF Mildred Ave ... Read more.

Democratic leaders on Monday put the issue of offering in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants into economic terms, while the House’s Republican leadership called for implementation of the new policy on tuition ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports thieves who made off with several laptops yesterday from the Boston International High School ... Read more.

A federal jury last week convicted Sirewl Cox, a Canton real-estate broker, of fraudulently converting Dorchester and Mattapan apartments into condos using straw buyers in 2006 and 2007 the US Attorney's office in Boston ... Read more.

Minority activists and voters played a major role in boosting Democrats in last week’s elections, dozens of politicians are sizing up the chain reaction that will be caused when Gov. Deval Patrick leaves office, and ... Read more.

Layoffs are expected at Carney Hospital in the next few weeks, the Reporter has learned. The number of layoffs remains unclear, but is likely to be low, according to sources.

Carney executives, including ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man charged with robbing the Tedeschi convenience store at Columbia Road and East Cottage Street Thursday morning also robbed the place earlier this week.

Police ... Read more.

Parents and residents gathered on Wednesday night at St. Katharine Drexel Church on Blue Hill Ave. to oppose proposed changes to the city's school assignment system. Those in attendance – many of whom were members of ... Read more.

The timeline for an advisory committee’s sign-off on a plan to overhaul the city’s student assignment policy has been pushed into mid-December as the group struggles to come up with a final proposal.

The 27-member ... Read more.

With a voter-approved law allowing the set-up of medical marijuana treatment centers expected to go into effect in January, City Councillor Rob Consalvo is pushing for strict zoning that will keep the centers out of ... Read more.

The annual Holiday tree lighting trolley tour of Dorchester villages organized by the Mayor’s Office will be held on Sat., Nov. 24 beginning at 3:10 p.m. in Lower Mills at Meetinghouse Bank. The tour will make nine ... Read more.

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