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On second thought, don’t save the date. In a spectacular goof earlier this month, Gov. Deval Patrick and state lawmakers signed off on a bill that switches next year’s statewide primary from a Tuesday to a Thursday and ... Read more.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week announced a $1.8 million grant to the city of Boston for planning and land acquisition related to mixed-use and transit-orientated development along the ... Read more.

The Boston Public Library’s Board of Trustees last week approved a new strategic plan that it says will “guide the future of the institution.” The unanimous vote was taken at its regular board meeting on Nov. 15.

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MBTA representatives held a meeting at the Mattapan Branch Library on Monday evening to discuss the possible redevelopment of a state-owned parking lot next to Mattapan Station. Located on River Street, the site was first ... Read more.

A dark stretch of the southeast expressway near Savin Hill — where a circuit problem has snuffed out a long row of street lamps— is getting some attention from state highway officials this month. The state’s Department of ... Read more.

With municipal elections in the rearview mirror and a potential end-of-the-year deadline approaching, Boston city councillors this week plunged into the process of redrawing the boundaries of the municipality’s nine ... Read more.

State transportation officials have unveiled new plans for a Morton Street Bridge repair project that will include the removal of a long-unused and derelict police station that has become a major blight in Morton Village ... Read more.

A 7-Eleven convenience store — that was planning to open up shop in a vacant storefront space on Granite Avenue in the coming months— has pulled out of the deal, according to the building’s owner. The company had come ... Read more.

Lance Greene is having a great year. A senior at UMass Dartmouth, the 6’7” center already has 69 points and 53 rebounds for the Corsairs men’s basketball team. He is responsible for 12 of the team’s 20 blocked shots and ... Read more.

City workers are busy revamping Cronin-Wainwright Park in response to a series of requests by the St. Mark’s community. The $925,000 rehab, slated for completion by June of 2012, has been underway since September and is ... Read more.

A rash of armed street robberies in and around Savin Hill hit a new low last week when a father walking with two small children was robbed by two teenage suspects in the parking lot of a strip mall on Dorchester Avenue. ... Read more.

Mystery box

A Boston Fire Department hazmat crew removed a box that a meter showed was emitting a very low amount of radiation from a Julian Street three-decker on Wednesday.

On Thursday, a federal nuclear inspector opened the ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports busting up a home invasion at 153 E. Cottage St. near Edward Everett Square shortly after midnight on Tuesday.

According to police, officers responding to a report of a man with ... Read more.

Cornelius Evans, 36, of Dorchester, admitted today he shot a mechanic to death outside Dorchester District Court to help out a friend's wife, who didn't like the engine the man sold him, the Suffolk County District ... Read more.

When President Barack Obama presumably strides onto a North Carolina convention hall stage next September to accept the 2012 Democratic nomination for president, Massachusetts voters and elected officials will be in the ... Read more.

A rash of armed street robberies in and around Savin Hill hit a new low last week when a father walking with two small children was robbed by two teenage suspects near the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester. One of the ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a pair of Milton residents who they say hailed a cab in the 1100 block of Blue Hill Avenue and had him drive around for awhile before directing him to the nearby Mac's Guest ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a local man on charges he broke into a car after the car's owner started tracking his missing iPhone via its GPS.

Police say Ismael Diaz, 49, was one of two men who ... Read more.

The House last week voted to crack down on repeat offenders, cutting off parole and furloughs for felons convicted three times of major crimes. The proposal, known as the “three strikes” bill, lists major crimes as murder ... Read more.

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