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City officials have started work trying to figure out where to allow the medical-marijuana dispensaries approved by voters in a referendum last month.

At a hearing earlier this week led by City Councilor Rob ... Read more.

City Hall’s top lawyer clashed with District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey on Tuesday afternoon, accusing him of “grandstanding” and calling the councillor’s hearing on the racial make-up of city departments a “farce.” The ... Read more.

City officials have started work trying to figure out where to allow the medical-marijuana dispensaries approved by voters in a referendum last month.

At a hearing earlier this week led by City ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a gun-toting man refused entry into the Lilla G. Frederick Middle School on Columbia Road by officers Monday afternoon snuck back in to continue an argument with somebody at basketball ... Read more.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Dwayne Moore guilty of killing three adults and a toddler on Sept. 28, 2010.

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Champree Dinkins, 24, was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 bail Thursday on charges related to an early morning crash Saturday that sent two pedestrians to the hospital - one of them dying just hours before her ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports it is investigating a string of housebreaks from Ashmont to the Southeast Expressway between Friday and Sunday.

In all cases, the thieves got nothing, either because they were ... Read more.

The Talbot Ave. commuter rail station opened Monday, November 12 to little fanfare, as many residents appeared to be unaware that the station was completed and ready for business.

Construction on the $15.9 million ... Read more.

Codman Academy Charter Public School is unique because it’s open six-days-a-week. Students were initially against the idea of Saturday classes, but they soon realized that it does more good than harm.

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Dorchester resident Kathleen Heffernan, RN, JD, has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Boston Medical Center (BMC). In this role, she will oversee all areas of the hospital to ensure compliance with all ... Read more.

Four of Gov. Deval Patrick’s top Cabinet officials plan to resign rather than commit to serving out the remaining two years of his term in a dramatic shakeup of the governor’s leadership team at turbulent time for his ... Read more.

When Mayor Thomas Menino announced the formation of the “External Advisory Committee on School Choice” last February, he made its mission clear in the press release naming its members: To “help advise” the school ... Read more.

LaShawn Hill, a former aide at the Harbor Pilot Middle School pleaded guilty today to charges he had inappropriate sexual contact with a student there and with another boy at a school in Roxbury.

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Dorchester residents and elected officials sounded notes of support on Monday night for a residential project next to the JFK/UMass MBTA station. But the chair of a task force that set up guidelines for development on ... Read more.

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