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A public meeting set for Thursday night (Jan. 8) at St. Peter’s Teen Center will review the city of Boston’s current system for reviewing civilian complaints against police officers. The meeting will feature comments from ... Read more.

A 23 year-old Dorchester man died from influenza on Jan. 4, the Reporter has learned. The death is the first fatality of the season in Boston caused by the disease, according to Dr. Anita Barry, the director of the city's ... Read more.

Charlie Baker will ship up to Dorchester for his first Friday night as governor, thanking supporters with a special concert featuring the Dropkick Murphys at the Strand Theater in Uphams Corner, his office confirmed ... Read more.

Insisting the city of Boston should be considered a host community for the planned casino in neighboring Everett, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday filed a lawsuit against the state Gaming Commission with the goal of ... Read more.

Attorney General-elect Maura Healey intends to make combating opiate addiction her first order of business, laying the groundwork before she takes office for a task force to help bolster state efforts to reduce heroin and ... Read more.

Police say two teens who robbed two women - and pistol whipped one of them - near Ashmont station early Sunday were arrested not long after when officers activated the tracking app on one of the phones.

The Boston ... Read more.

Boston Police detectives continue to look for the person who fatally shot Jimmy Velasquez, 49, around 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 14 at 14 Glenarm St.

Velasquez, originally from Honduras, left his wife Catalina ... Read more.

Fire at 34 Bellevue St.

A two-alarm fire at 34 Bellevue St. Friday night also caused extensive exterior damage to the neighboring three decker, the Boston Fire Department reports.

The department says the fire, reported shortly ... Read more.

Mark your calendars: Registration for the Boston Public Schools 2015-1016 school year begins this month for children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades six and nine.

Parents are encouraged by ... Read more.

A non-profit program that assists high school students who are homeless and without parents or guardians will begin operations at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Grove Hall. The YouthHarbors, which was launched six ... Read more.

In order to ensure a “full community review,” Boston City Hall has announced a public meeting for concerned residents ahead of any plans to site recovery programs in Mattapan for homeless people displaced by the closing ... Read more.

For Dot’s political junkies looking for a fix, 2014 was not a year to disappoint. Starting with a Dorchester native’s inauguration at Boston College in January and moving along with a series of special, primary, and ... Read more.

Wednesday (31st) – First Night Boston 2015’s from 1 p.m. to midnight at The Hynes Convention Center, Copley Square, Boston Common and other venues. First Night admission buttons cost only $10 and are ... Read more.

In what will kick off the construction phase of the Casey Overpass near Forest Hills, state officials will provide its first construction update in a public meeting in late January, according to the Massachusetts ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh says that a spike in suspected overdoses from heroin and other opioids is cause for alarm in hard-hit neighborhoods, especially Dorchester, where a pre-Christmas rash of incidents prompted health ... Read more.

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