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On Nov. 8, a majority of Massachusetts taxpayers voted to change the Commonwealth’s Constitution to create a tax of 4 percent for income over a $1 million in addition to the existing 5 percent flat-rate income tax. The ... Read more.

They were among the many who said goodbye. Some served in government. Some served the interests of their neighborhoods in public settings while others did so from home. Some offered spiritual direction. Some built things ... Read more.

When cousins Sharieff Andrews and Takai Whitmore were six years old, they played football side by side in Dorchester Eagles Pop Warner uniforms that were a bit too big and their efforts more cute than dominant.

One ... Read more.

The year in crime and public safety was one of major leadership changes from the US Attorney for Massachusetts to the Boston Police and Fire departments. It was also a year of heartbreak in neighborhoods where murders by ... Read more.

Owen Thomas lives in Savin Hill with his wife Hilary and their two children, ages 4 and 1. Last Friday morning, as a wind-driven rainstorm hit the coast in the middle of high tide, Thomas carried his kayak— designed to ... Read more.

Mora Street three decker during fire

A Dorchester woman was arrested Tuesday on charges she set a Mora Street three decker on fire - in a two-alarm blaze in which Boston firefighters rescued several residents, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office ... Read more.

A man was repeatedly at Franklin Hill Avenue and Shandon Road in Dorchester around 11 p.m. on Friday, the Boston Police Department reports.

Michael Collins, Jr ... Read more.

Earlier this month, hundreds of parents filed into the Blue Hills Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Avenue to look at the first-ever showcase of suburban schools in the METCO program – a racial balancing organization that ... Read more.

The board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) last week approved a project that will see the demolition of the Ramada Inn at 800 Morrissey Blvd and the construction of 229 residential units on the site. ... Read more.

The apparel company that is moving its headquarters from South Street downtown into the former Globe headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard, has picked up a prestigious client for its products: The National Football League ... Read more.

Rev. Jacques A. McGuffie, a native of Haiti who served as a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston from 2013-2017, died on Dec. 9 at age 76. Rev. McGuffie served as a priest in Dorchester at Holy Family Parish and St. Peter ... Read more.

Mayor Wu last week reappointed two Dorchester residents, Jeri Robinson and Quoc Tran, to new four-year terms as members of the Boston School Committee.

“Both Jeri and Quoc are champions for all our students and ... Read more.

‘Mattapan The Documentary’drew plenty of acclaim in the community for its professional and thorough portrayal of the neighborhood. Now, the production – led by Mattapan teen Moses Sibley – won first place in its category ... Read more.

Visitors to Franklin Park Zoo can now immerse themselves in a newly renovated outdoor habitat home for Andean condors. Renamed Raptor Ridge, the unit went through an extensive upgrade this past spring and summer, with one ... Read more.

The Dorchester Eagles Pop Warner program took another trip to Florida this month to participate in the national Super Bowl tournament and came back with a third-place trophy and a new name.

The 12U Eagles, one of ... Read more.

Detectives from the Boston Police C-11 precinct are investigating a shooting incident at the end of November that was followed by a flurry of activity nearby. Officer Mike Keaney told members of the Fields Corner Civic ... Read more.

Hasani Little, a third grader at the Shaw Elementary School, played a big man’s role on the morning of Dec. 2 when fire broke out at his home on Lucerne Street.

He was asleep when he became aware of the fire in ... Read more.

Sonia Chang-Diaz

When asked what’s next, outgoing state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz has a tongue-in-cheek answer ready: Eat all the leftovers from all the farewell get-togethers.

Her last day with an office under the golden dome of the ... Read more.

While city officials review a Pine Street Inn plan to convert the Comfort Inn at 900 Morrissey Blvd. into housing for formerly homeless persons, neighbors who oppose the idea staged a protest last Saturday on the sidewalk ... Read more.

Several hundred St. Mark parishioners, sleepy-eyed but spirit-filled, are expected to come through the doors of their Dorchester Avenue church late this Saturday night to celebrate the ongoing renewal of the parish’s ... Read more.

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