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Ron Bell, a longtime community organizer and voting rights advocate, was honored on June 20 by UMass Boston’s Emerging Leaders Program with its Leading the Way Award.

The 51-year-old Mission Hill native was ... Read more.

Summer Program Kicks-off - The on-site Summer program kicks off this week and the first session will run through 7/25. The program is open to members ages 5 to 12 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ... Read more.

While saying relations with the new Department of Children and Families commissioner are an improvement over her predecessor, the president of the union representing social workers told a legislative panel the agency is ... Read more.

Bridge replacement work to shut section Aug 8-17

For ten days next month – from Aug. 8 to Aug. 17 – the well-traveled section of Morton Street above the railroad tracks and near the Norfolk Street ... Read more.

Neponset resident Paula Guerard realized a dream this month: Her first book for children, “Mary Lou Found a Really Big Shoe,” was published through Tate Publishing on June 17.

Guerard, 51, has been living on ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man and woman standing at Washington and Erie streets were surrounded by up to 15 boys and girls, who began beating them when they resisted a robbery attempt around 9:30 p.m. on ... Read more.

City schools and community centers are serving free meals this summer to any Boston child or teen under 18. The program, which started Monday, will run through August 29 at more than 120 locations, including 43 in ... Read more.

A man, 38, walked onto the southbound side of I-93 at South Bay around 1 a.m. on Tuesday and was hit and killed by a car in the left lane, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office and State Police report.

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Boston’s police commissioner has his hands full assisting with logistics for tonight ... Read more.

Saturday (3rd) – Mattapan resident and Berklee Music College standout Clef Nite performs live at the Middle East in Cambridge. Also known as Victor Chukwunonso Nite, the 28 year-old musician will perform ... Read more.

Ventura Park’s playground equipment and baseball field are about to get a major upgrade, thanks to a $250,000 shot of state funding promoted by two Dorchester legislators.

The money, earmarked by state ... Read more.

Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley hopes to make inroads in Boston’s neighborhoods with the opening of a campaign office in Grove Hall.

“We wanted to make sure that we were going ... Read more.

Twenty-five-year-old Dorchester native Omari Hayles, who has twin passions for music and locally sourced food, was recognized this month for his volunteer work at Haley House in Dudley Square, which has provided food, ... Read more.

Kids and teenagers across Boston are telling Mayor Martin Walsh how to spend the city’s money and Walsh is listening.

Over a period of one week in June, some 1,500 Boston youths ages 12 to 25 cast votes for how to ... Read more.

Charlotte Golar Richie, a Dorchester Democrat who finished third in last year’s race for mayor of Boston, will be appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to serve as a commissioner on the Massachusetts Commission Against ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission has approved three structures— one in Mattapan and two in Dorchester— for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). All three buildings have a connection to the ... Read more.

Merchant leaders from the city’s Main Streets districts were honored at the 18th annual Boston Main Streets Awards, which took place at the historic Strand Theatre last Thursday, June 26. Mayor Martin Walsh, Department ... Read more.

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