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As tax season returns, so does Codman Square Health Center’s free tax clinic, which provides free tax preparation, filing and financial guidance to income-eligible Boston residents. The clinic— housed at 450 Washington ... Read more.

Mattapan senior citizens have always been active and on the move, but starting this week they won’t have to look far to find a high-quality program geared towards their age group.

The Mildred Avenue Community ... Read more.

If you are a renter or a homebuyer struggling to stay in Boston where the average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment is over $3,000 and starter homes are out of reach for all but the most affluent, the last thing you need is ... Read more.

To the Editor:

I’m writing in support of the Trinity Financial development proposed for 150 Centre St.  I live .2 miles from the site. 

I’m writing this letter from the comfort of my home, same as I’m sure ... Read more.

To the Editor: 

As is often the case, hindsight is better than foresight. I wish the neighbors proximal to Shawmut Station could have met to develop a shared vision of development. I would predict we would agree on ... Read more.

To the Editor:

I’ve known Mike Prokosch for over 50 years, and have tremendous respect for his contributions to the Dorchester community over many of those years, so I want to take his question seriously: what is ... Read more.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB), the city’s largest youth-serving nonprofit organization, partnered with AT&T to host its Teen Career Fair, an event to promote and ensure digital access among local families, ... Read more.

Metro Housing Boston provided more than $162 million through the state-funded Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program in 2022, with almost half of funds going to rental arrears assistance and over ... Read more.

State transportation officials plan to completely replace the crumbling John J. Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard as they continue to contemplate a large overhaul of the coastal roadway.

The replacement of the ... Read more.

Developers who are steering two large projects in Dorchester have signed on as advisers to Mayor Michelle Wu as she seeks to overhaul the city’s development process.

Wu on Friday announced the members of an ... Read more.

Mayor Wu has named ten people to serve on the city’s new Reparations Task Force, a group with a focus on studying the lasting impacts of slavery in Boston. Wu assembled the task force to include a variety of leaders in ... Read more.

The Boston City Council is expected to begin discussions this month about the next steps in governance reform for the Boston School Committee, which is currently appointed by the Mayor. However, Boston residents voted ... Read more.

It is now February 2023 and since 1991, Boston has been the only municipality of 351 without an elected School Committee.

In 2021, Boston voters sent a resounding message that the 30-year experiment is over when ... Read more.

The definition of insanity, the saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. In Boston, we’ve tried both electing and appointing a school committee. Neither got good results for the ... Read more.

Firefighter on rear deck of 20 Leston St.

Boston firefighters responded to 20 Leston St. in Mattapan around 8 p.m. on Tuesday for what turned into a two-alarm fire.

The Boston Fire Department ... Read more.

On an ancient hill in Dorchester, all signs pointed to the future Monday when city officials broke ground on what is only Boston’s second new fire station in 40 years. The new Meetinghouse Hill Fire Station got underway ... Read more.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by Rainbow Adult Day Health Care Center to open a new facility at 60-64 Hill Top St. in Dorchester.

Rainbow, which ... Read more.

Marty Walsh, President Biden’s labor secretary and a Lower Mills resident, will leave his federal post to head the NHL’s players union, according to multiple media reports Tuesday. The news was first reported by ... Read more.

An alleged Morse Street gang member arrested on federal drug charges on Friday was charged Monday with murdering Tyler Lawrence, 13, of Norwood at Babson and Fremont streets in Mattapan on Jan. 29, the Suffolk County ... Read more.

When current high school seniors at the Boston Community Leadership Academy (BCLA) were recruited years ago for the new BCLA-McCormack 7-12 School on Columbia Point – they were promised that they would move onto a fully ... Read more.

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