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Friday (11th) – Jose Mateo Theatre Company’s The Nutcracker opens at Dorchester’s Strand Theatre, 7 p.m. Tickets start at $20. Other dates include: Sat., Dec. 12 at 2p.m. and 6 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13 at 2p.m ... Read more.

Questions about crime and punishment dominated the Mattapan installment of Mondays with the ... Read more.

In anticipation of another brutal winter, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released updated flood maps that will go into effect next March, and that will mean some additional Dorchester residents will ... Read more.

As the college application season draws to a close for aspiring graduates, high school juniors are just beginning the college search. The new federal “Scorecard” website, ranking colleges according to graduation rates and ... Read more.

For smaller Boston restaurants that can’t afford a costly liquor license, an alternative would be possible via a city council proposal that would allow patrons to bring their own beer and wine to dinner.

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(Updated— Wed., Dec. 9) — Mayor Martin Walsh signed an executive order on Wednesday that sets up a new tri-tiered system to build and fund new units of affordable housing in the city of Boston. On Tuesday, the mayor and ... Read more.

Two Vietnamese restaurants on Dorchester Avenue that don't have liquor licenses were cited by police detectives, who say they found patrons drinking beer out of tea cups last month.

On Wednesday, meanwhile, the ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports Anthony Sinclair, 28, was stabbed around 12:30 a.m., Tuesday, at 5 Nightingale St. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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A Framingham man was killed last night after a collision between a motorcycle and a car at the intersection of Gallivan Boulevard and Adams Street. The incident happened at about 11 p.m.

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The Lower Mills campus of Saint John Paul II Academy was re-dedicated on Wednesday morning at a ceremony that included remarks by Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry and the ... Read more.

Dorchester native Paul Murray, at left, left the neighborhood for the Big Apple years ago, but he is doing big things in the world of non-secular music. He and the choir of the Church of Our Saviour released their Advent ... Read more.

Thursday (3rd) – Congressman Stephen F. Lynch will host a 7 p.m. forum at Milton High School, 25 Gile Rd. about increased levels of airplane noise in local towns and neighborhoods that are impacted by ... Read more.

Neponset’s John Hanlon has been tapped by Mayor Walsh to oversee the management, maintenance, repair, security, and operations of Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza, Faneuil Hall and other municipal facilities as the ... Read more.

The City Council pay debate is back up for discussion, this time regarding the methodology by which councillors’ salaries should be determined going forward. An ordinance sponsored by at-large Councillor Ayanna Pressley ... Read more.

The art world can be intimidating and difficult to navigate for artists and art lovers alike. ART 100 Boston— staged at the Piano Craft Gallery on Tremont Street— is designed to alleviate that problem. The two-week ... Read more.

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