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If you have ever wanted to own a piece of Dorchester history, now you can. The Dorchester Historical Society has reproduced limited edition plates featuring the Clapp’s Favorite Pear.

The plates are approximately ... Read more.

As the City Council quietly juggled a hot potato tossed by a former colleague, lawmakers on Beacon Hill threw another overheated spud its way.

The sudden resignation of Dorchester City Councillor Maureen Feeney set ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports Rosanna Camilo, 34, was murdered in her apartment at 50 Fairlawn Ave. Her body was discovered around 3 p.m., Monday - as was her 1-year-old son, who was unharmed.

About four ... Read more.

With a new Congressional map signed into law Monday by Gov. Deval Patrick, Democrats and Republicans see a more competitive landscape for 2012 races, with pundits in both parties pointing to the districts held by U.S. ... Read more.

A 12-year-old student at Boston Latin Academy died Monday after falling ill just three days earlier with meningitis.

"At this difficult time our hearts ache for the family and friends of this young ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a Dorchester woman on charges she and a male accomplice burst into the home and then held the occupants up at gunpoint.

Cyndi Rock, 37, was arrested ... Read more.

A flurry of Christmas tree lightings and related parties begin on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The Dorchester Holiday Celebrations Committee and Mayor’s Office hosts a trolley tour and lighting of neighborhood trees ... Read more.

The Uphams Corner Post Office branch will undergo a 60-day “discontinuance feasibility study” to review whether the Roxbury and Fields Corner offices, each located less than two miles away, can absorb Uphams Corner’s ... Read more.

State transportation officials are set to provide an update next Tuesday to Mattapan residents on a bridge replacement effort and several other projects in the area. The Nov. 22 meeting, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the ... Read more.

A Dorchester man was arrested and charged with open and gross lewdness last Thursday after he allegedly exposed himself to a young girl inside the Lower Mills Library. Boston Police were called to the library branch on ... Read more.

If you go back twelve years in Ward 18, the at-large vote for City Council looks like the politics of a different century. Even in 1999, the ward – comprising Hyde Park and Readville, along with parts of Mattapan and ... Read more.

“We’re like a family.” That’s how the staff at Sant Belvi, (Good Life Center, in English,) describes their relationship with their clients.

Some might say that the Dorchester-based center sometimes does a better ... Read more.

The Kit Clark Senior Center in Fields Corner has long been a vital source of support and creativity for seniors in and around the Dorchester area. Last Wednesday, the Dorchester Ave. facility hosted its third annual ... Read more.

For Alice Binns, a childhood spent in Uphams Corner meant football and kickball games. Now a senior at Boston University, she’s headed to Winston-Salem in North Carolina where the Terriers will face off against the Wake ... Read more.

State lawmakers sought to shuttle a number of big ticket bills to Gov. Deval Patrick’s desk this week before taking off for a seven-week recess. Approving the licensing of casinos was at the top of the list as Beacon Hill ... Read more.

The Pine Street Inn did its part to honor America’s veterans on Saturday by revamping and reopening a home for service members who have fallen on hard times. The Hartford Street property, formerly operated by the Veterans ... Read more.

City officials yesterday announced that Boston will be receiving nearly $10 million in grant funding for violence prevention efforts. Mayor Thomas Menino was on hand at the Holland Community Center to tout the mixture of ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 15, 2011…..Legislative leaders huddled late Tuesday night discussing last-minute questions surrounding casino gambling legislation that appeared poised to head to Gov. Deval Patrick’s desk but ... Read more.

Boston Police report their bodies were found inside 50 Harlem St. Monday morning. No further details were available.

They are Dorchester's 24th and 25th murder victims this year ( ... Read more.

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