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Dorchester girls aged 7 to 12 will carry on the 60 year neighborhood tradition of the Little Miss and Young Miss Dorchester contests next weekend. The May 9 event, hosted by the Dorchester Day Parade Committee, will help ... Read more.

The use of outside law firms by the Boston Redevelopment Authority is being reined in. Documents obtained from the BRA reveal that from 2010 to 2014 the agency paid external lawyers $3.6 million to handle many of its ... Read more.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority has extended the public comment period for the proposed Harmon Apartments until June 5, a spokesperson from the authority said today.

"This will allow the development team and ... Read more.

The planned $1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center has been frozen indefinitely by Gov. Charlie Baker, whose administration on Wednesday expressed deep misgivings about the center's ability to ... Read more.

The city of Boston’s fourth public meeting on the 2024 Summer Olympic Games took a familiar turn on Tuesday night in Roxbury as the four-hour forum grew testy. A few new pieces of information did materialize over the ... Read more.

Mayor Walsh and several city councilors on Wednesday supported plans by a group that includes veteran restaurateur Brian O'Donnell and Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey to breathe new life into the Lower Mills Pub. ... Read more.

House lawmakers on Monday night rejected an opportunity to protect tax dollars from being used to directly support a bid for the 2024 summer Olympics despite stated support for that objective in the past from Beacon Hill' ... Read more.

Meetinghouse Bank in Lower Mills will host a special program for potential home buyers on Thursday evening. The event— "Purchasing a Home in Boston: Programs to Help Make It Happen"— will be held from 6:30- 8p.m. at the ... Read more.

Governor Charlie Baker was the guest of honor at a Saturday morning ceremony to open the Cedar Grove Baseball season. The governor threw out the first pitch at Neponset's Victory Road Park. For more on the 2015 season in ... Read more.

As Boston readies itself for a potential summer Olympic Games in 2024, the city has created a department to focus on the development of its plans and policy in the context of the Games. The Office of Olympic Planning will ... Read more.

Friday (24th) – Tony-Award winning rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar opens at the Strand Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. Show runs through May 3 produced by Fiddlehead Theatre Company. Tickets are $25-$45 each ... Read more.

DotHouse Health will celebrate the official dedication of its new name with a ribbon cutting event on Tuesday, April 28 at their Dorchester Avenue facility. Former Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy will officiate at the 12 p. ... Read more.

What most expected to be a sleepy 2015 election in District 3 may turn into a surprise fight for Dorchester City Councillor Frank Baker: a defense of his seat against a political newcomer, the veteran boxer Donnie Palmer ... Read more.

A federal grand jury last week indicted two men on charges they tried to murder a man they thought was talking to the feds about the sex trafficking ring one of them allegedly ran. Raymond Jeffreys, 27, of Dorchester, had ... Read more.

Sitting inside the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Gov. Charlie Baker ruled out following in the footsteps of the building's namesake.

"No, I'm never running for president," Baker said, as he sat ... Read more.

Marking 50 years since the civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. addressed the Massachusetts Legislature, the House and Senate will convene the first joint session of the year on April 27.

The joint ... Read more.

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