Update (Thurs., July 25)— The manager of Ashmont Market, Jay Patel, said today that the store has re-opened for sale of groceries, beer and wine, despite a Monday fire that closed its doors for three days. The store's ... Read more.

Charlotte Golar Richie on TV, upcoming fundraisers for Felix Arroyo and Bill Walczak wading into the debate over a search for a new superintendent -- all that and more in an update on the mayor's race.

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City Councillor Rob Consalvo is pressing a national education reform group, which has a Massachusetts chapter backing a rival for mayor, to stay out of the race.

In a letter addressed to the chair of Democrats for ... Read more.

Dorchester native Gina McCarthy will head up the federal agency charged with developing and enforcing environmental regulations. McCarthy had been one of the nominees tied up in the Senate, a logjam that was broken when ... Read more.

Beacon Hill's march towards a $500 million tax hike to make transportation investments continued Thursday, with Gov. Deval Patrick offering faint praise for the plan while holding to his pledge to veto a bill he says won' ... Read more.

A pharmacy chain store in Lower Mills may seek to add beer, wine and liquor to its existing inventory of diapers, hair gel and band-aids— a proposition that is already getting some push-back from civic leaders.

Hits car with five aboard; neighbors on Erie St. had asked utilities to make repairs

At first, it seemed like another case of a Boston driver run amok: a dark stretch of roadway, a crumpled-up ... Read more.

Neighborhoods across the city could soon experience a surge in small farms and produce growers, as the Boston Redevelopment Authority approaches changes in how it regulates urban agriculture.

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Boston Public Schools officials are hoping to have a new superintendent in place by early next year, a time frame that would have finalists for the position in place in January or February, shortly after the swearing-in ... Read more.