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The Boston Police Department reports two teens, one 16, one 14, were found shot around 3:20 p.m. on Sunday outside 253 Geneva Ave.

Both were taken to Boston Medical Center. The 16-year-old died not ... Read more.

Boston Police report a man was fatally shot around 9:20 p.m. Thursday at 15 Abbot St.

Police identified the victim only as black and 29. He is Dorchester's 20th murder victim this year ( ... Read more.

Most members of the Dorchester delegation in the state House of Representatives sided with the majority of their colleagues last week in voting to support a bill aimed at bringing three casinos and one slot facility to ... Read more.

Voters in Districts 2 and 7, both of which include parts of Dorchester, will head to the polls on Sept. 27 to pick the candidates who will advance to November’s final election.

Incumbents in both districts are ... Read more.

A Boston development firm has begun working on a “conceptual” plan to acquire and re-develop several tracts of land along Boston Street adjacent to the South Bay Mall, according to civic activists who discussed the ... Read more.

Boston Police arrested a 31-year-old Sydney Street man on Monday morning in connection with a series of violent attacks early on Sunday morning in Savin Hill, including the rape of one woman who was assaulted at gunpoint ... Read more.

A mini-grant program will offer non-profit, volunteer groups funding to plant new trees as part of a citywide effort to improve Boston’s tree canopy cover. The Grow Boston Greener (GBG) initiative will provide $500 - $2, ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, SEPT. 15, 2011…..Religious leaders and advocates for minority communities called on Gov. Deval Patrick Thursday to reject any redistricting maps that fail to “amplify” the voice of black, Latino and ... Read more.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, visiting Boston with Denver business leaders, told Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday that people all over the country talk about him as “a likely presidential candidate.”

At an event ... Read more.

Federal and local officials ... Read more.

A meeting of the Uphams Corner Improvement Association on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the re-development of the former St. Kevin’s Parish property left many residents with more questions than answers.

About 20 ... Read more.

City councillors are weighing heavier restrictions on the sales of knives in businesses, particularly local convenience stores. Noting that knives three inches and longer can be purchased at local stores, Councillors Tito ... Read more.

A Superior Court judge has closed the books on a long-running lawsuit accusing the City Council of violating the state’s Open Meeting Law. In 2008, the 13-member council acknowledged it was guilty of violating the law by ... Read more.

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