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The long-awaited appointments of three priests to serve as pastors of newly realigned parishes in Dorchester and Mattapan are expected to be made public this weekend. The assignments will be announced at parish Masses on ... Read more.

Ashmont Hill Chamber Music launches its 2015 concert with a performance by the Borromeo String Quartet on Sunday, January 25 at 3 p.m. The concert will be held in the newly restored Peabody Hall of All Saints Church. ... Read more.

Thursday (15th) – Adams Street Branch of the BPL begins a weekly class, “Introduction to Watercolor and Creative Problem Solving,” 12:30-2:30 p.m. As part of the Creative Aging program, artist and teacher ... Read more.

Details of who would pay for the facilities and the public infrastructure that would be needed for Boston to host the 2024 Olympic Games remain murky this week. Boston 2024 organizers say they will reveal more about their ... Read more.

In his first "state of the city" address, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Tuesday pressed state lawmakers to endorse a pair of planned proposals creating tax incentives for middle-income housing and setting aside funding for ... Read more.

The owners of the Lower Mills Pub say they have an agreement sell the Dorchester Avenue bar to a prominent Boston restaurant operator. But first they need the Boston Licensing Board to give them eight weeks to unravel a ... Read more.

For the second time in the last week, Boston Police successfully subdued an "aggressive" knife-wielding man on Dorchester's C-11 police district on Monday morning using "less-than-lethal" tactics.

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Boston Public Schools officials expressed hope Monday night that the new superintendent will be selected and seated by the beginning of July.

The timeline was laid out at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School ... Read more.

A gunman held up a Morrissey Boulevard convenience store last Thursday and made good his escape— although his exit was not the smoothest in the annals of Boston crime.

A police report of the Jan. 8 ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports officers used a "less lethal" shotgun Saturday night to capture a man inside an apartment at 383 Geneva Ave. who was armed with a knife and who had turned on all the gas on the stove ... Read more.

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it has selected Boston out of four cities that competed to represent the United States in a bid for the 2024 Summer Games.

The USOC, after a day-long ... Read more.

Maria Market on Dorchester Avenue

The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday gave Maria Market, 779 Dorchester Ave. in the Polish Triangle, a license to begin selling beer and wine as owner John Nguyen tries to transform it into more of an "urban market" ... Read more.

During a visit to Upham's Corner after becoming governor, Charlie Baker on Thursday faced a third grader's call to stop racist law enforcement and promised to continue working with organizations in the community.

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In response to strong opposition from local elected officials, the MBTA has turned down an offer from Boston Preparatory Charter School, a Hyde Park-based charter school, to buy a parcel adjacent to the Mattapan Station ... Read more.

More than 300 people gathered in Adams Corner last week in a rally held to begin the new year with a show of support for local police officers. The Citizens on Patrol group, along with Pope's Hill and Cedar Grove ... Read more.

Next week, as Mayor Martin Walsh steps to the mic to deliver his first-ever State of the City address, he’ll have a laundry list of policy initiatives to roll out. Watch for one of them to be a renewed push to get all ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh is diving into the new year with a legislative agenda that is “all over the road,” he said, and made up of 55 proposals that will be sponsored by members of the Boston delegation when the new ... Read more.

Mayor re-stiches offices that were split by Menino

Mayor Walsh is reorganizing a key city agency this week by ordering the transfer of a dozen employees who work to program youth sports and other ... Read more.

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