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On Feb. 6, Ashmont Hill Chamber Music will announce a partnership with Project STEP with a concert and masterclass by the Grammy Award winning Harlem String Quartet. The weekend residency is sponsored by Trinity ... Read more.

Saturday (16th) – Strike out Parkinson’s Disease with Team PAN with a bowling tournament and a silent auction at Boston Bowl, 820 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester. 11 a.m. $25 per person, children under 12 are ... Read more.

Wake Anderson first began developing what would become Lumit Audio during his senior year at Northeastern University. After nine months of work, Anderson, 25, went public with the original music editing software demo at ... Read more.

But Brian Golden knows that boom times don’t last long

Riding the wave of the city’s largest building boom in a half-century, Brian Golden, the chief of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, expects ... Read more.

Both suspects in the murder and disposal of Bella Bond, known for months as Baby Doe, were arraigned on Jan. 6 and are being held pending trial, according to the Suffolk District Attorney's office.

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The work of the new Boston City Council can begin in earnest this week, as the council committees for 2016-2017 have been assigned, Council President Michelle Wu said.

During the first regular meeting of the year ... Read more.

A man was killed in a hit-and-run on Washington Street on Wednesday morning, according to police.

The unidentified man was struck by a driver at about 8:05 a.m. in the area of 323 Washington Street, ... Read more.

Mayor Walsh’s liaison to Mattapan Ruth Georges organized a lively Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) meeting on Monday night. Almost 100 Mattapan residents filled a classroom on the second floor of the Mildred Avenue ... Read more.

Fire at 849 Cummins Highway in Mattapan

A third-floor fire at 849 Cummins Highway went to two alarms not long after firefighters arrived around 6:25 p.m.

One firefighter suffered minor burns, the Boston Fire Department reports, adding the Red Cross is ... Read more.

The past 10 years in Massachusetts have seen decreases in total crime, criminal case filings and convictions, researchers told a working group seeking avenues to reform the state's criminal justice system.

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After a 6-month review of ward and precinct assignments, the Boston Elections Department determined that an additional 370 addresses containing 850 voters were incorrectly assigned, the City of Boston announced Tuesday. ... Read more.

Babson Street fire

A four alarm fire accidentally sparked by dental equipment tore through a Babson Street building in Mattapan late Monday afternoon, injuring two residents, fire officials said.

Boston firefighters responded around ... Read more.

The Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) for Mattapan will meet Monday evening — an early step in an effort by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services to assess the program’s citywide effectiveness and overhaul it to ... Read more.

By Jennifer Smith
Reporter Staff

A Boston Police officer was shot in Dorchester this morning, police said.

Officers got the call at about 10:25 a.m., reporting an officer shot on Mount Bowdoin Terrace ... Read more.

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