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Volunteers helped to assemble 500 toddler beds for Boston area families last Saturday at a service day at the headquarters of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters on Dorchester Avenue. The initiative was led ... Read more.

Fulfilling a promise he made on May 22 after members of the Boston Taxi Drivers Association staged a protest near South Station, Mayor Walsh has appointed a committee to address mounting problems in the industry.

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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 29, 2014....Defense attorney Lisa Grant does not think having spent her entire career as a criminal defense attorney will hinder her from being an impartial judge.

Grant, 47, who was ... Read more.

Republican Charlie Baker's tearful debate story Tuesday night about a fisherman from New Bedford and his two sons may go down, win or lose, as one of the more memorable moments of the 2014 campaign for governor.

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At-Large City Councillor Michael Flaherty has endorsed Republican Charlie Baker, he told the Reporter.

“I’ve given this race a lot of thought and consideration and I know and like both candidates,” ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 14-year-old and her 15-year-old friend on charges that responded to a request to leave the Codman Square McDonald's by beating the manager - and a woman who tried to ... Read more.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority will host a public meeting next Wednesday to review a developer’s proposal to convert a former Neponset Avenue store and warehouse into a four-story condominium complex with a restaurant ... Read more.

While two recent surveys suggested more clear leads in the gubernatorial race, a MassINC/WBUR poll released Tuesday found the race basically unchanged from last week with Republican Charlie Baker holding a 1-point lead ... Read more.

Crews are now working seven days a week to prepare two dormant public-health buildings in Mattapan for long-term use as for residential programs that had been housed on Long Island.

The city is also looking to rent ... Read more.

While four states have reportedly established quarantine protocols for people who have been in contact with Ebola patients in West Africa, Gov. Deval Patrick said Massachusetts will be following Centers for Disease ... Read more.

Former Boston City Councillor Rob Consalvo will join the Walsh administration in a key role within the city's Department of Neighborhood Development. Consalvo, who ran for mayor last year, will be appointed Deputy ... Read more.

If Saturday morning’s rally with union leaders and Mayor Marty Walsh is any indication, the Martha Coakley campaign is using recent poll numbers to seize the opportunity to whip supporters into action.

Labor was ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh will veto the City Council’s $107,500 pay raise approved by the council earlier this month, the Reporter has learned.

A source close to the mayor says he filed a response back to the council ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick gave his qualified support to Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics in a speech at the 27th annual Governor’s Travel and Tourism Conference on Thursday afternoon.

“I think the Olympic bid is wicked ... Read more.

Minor flooding briefly forced lane closures along Morrissey Boulevard as traffic was funneled to one lane just south of the UMass Boston entrance just before noon today.

The roadway was flooded by high tides that ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 22, 2014.....Seeking to secure a revenue stream for transportation projects, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh threw his support Wednesday behind the effort to defeat Question 1 on the Nov. 4 ballot. ... Read more.

Question 1: Eliminating gas tax indexing
Yes: Would eliminate the requirement that the state’s gas tax be adjusted annually according to the consumer price index.

No: Would make no change to ... Read more.

It was a school night, but that didn’t stop the 75 or so young people clustered in St. Mary’s Church in Uphams Corner from heading out to knock on doors in the evening hours of Wed., Oct. 15. Many of them were teen-agers ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick will be checking out the newest academic building to rise on the Dorchester campus of UMass Boston today as one stop on a whirlwind trip across the commonwealth to visit higher education institutions ... Read more.

A Dorchester man who struck and killed a cyclist on Morrissey Boulevard in 2012 was convicted of felony motor vehicle homicide last week in Suffolk Superior Court. Jurors found that Michael Ahern, 49, was drunk and ... Read more.

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