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John Barros's mayoral campaign on Wednesday launched a biographical web video that it said it plans to promote on newspaper and ethnic media websites. The campaign is also purchasing ad space on Twitter and Facebook, it ... Read more.
The steeple of the First Parish Church was returned to its proper spot atop the bell tower of the Dorchester landmark this morning. The steeple was removed in November 2006 and has sat on a vacant lot across the street ... Read more.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, a candidate for mayor, on Sunday raised questions about the legality of an East Boston-only vote on a Suffolk Downs casino. Conley added that the 13-member City Council should “ ... Read more.
The city's Inspectional Services Department said today that it has extended the deadline for property owners to register their rental units with the city. The deadline, originally set for today, is now Aug. 31, 2013. A ... Read more.
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One month, three weeks, and two days. That’s how long the Boston mayoral candidates have to lock down their support as they jockey, vie, and maneuver through the neighborhoods outside of their own.
City Councillor ... Read more.
Gov. Deval Patrick, who traveled the country bashing former Gov. Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election, must have felt a special kinship with his predecessor in the last few weeks. Patrick, a close friend of ... Read more.
A new anti-foreclosure and eviction defense program is launching a new effort in Mattapan this week. The Mattapan Initiative is a program of the Legal Services Center (LSC) of Harvard Law School. On Wednesday, July 31, ... Read more.
“It takes six weeks to make a revolution, six years to make an economy, and sixty years to make a civil society.” That’s what one person said when I was in Hungary this month about the challenge to the more than 30 ... Read more.
Mary McCarthy is tired of waiting. A civic leader in Port Norfolk’s neighborhood, she has been pushing for the clean-up of the 14-acre area known as the former Shaffer Paper site for years.
“We’re not sitting back ... Read more.
The 6.25 percent sales tax will be temporarily suspended the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11, under a bill that sailed through the Legislature Wednesday and only requires the governor's signature to become law.
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The city will convene a meeting tonight (Aug. 1) to discuss the proposed re-use of the former Mattapan Library branch on Hazleton Street in Mattapan. The meeting will be held from 6-7 p.m. at the new library branch at ... Read more.
“My husband is running for mayor of Boston,” said Tchintcia Barros, who was standing outside the door as people poured out of the Route 27 bus on a Monday morning. “Good morning, my husband is running for mayor of Boston ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department is investigating two separate incidents of indecent assault and battery near the Ashmont T station on Friday and Monday.
According to police, a woman was walking from ... Read more.
As the Senate resumes debate on a $1.4 billion housing bond bill, immigrant rights advocates are calling on lawmakers to reject a proposal that will align state public housing requirements with federal standards, ... Read more.
A spokesperson for Mayor Tom Menino today said that the mayor believes that a key city-owned parcel along the Fairmount Line in Uphams Corner should be redeveloped as a "transit oriented development"— a strong indication ... Read more.
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