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It’s a girl! Dorchester’s newest resident is a female giraffe calf born last Thursday morning inside a barn at Franklin Park Zoo. After a labor and delivery that lasted about an hour, Jana the giraffe gave birth to a calf ... Read more.

Hayrides through the cemetery, costume contests and even a candlelit pumpkin float on the Neponset River. Dorchester does not play when it comes to Halloween.

• The Harvest Festival hosted by Cedar Grove Gardens ... Read more.

Hassan A. Smith, an independent candidate, hopes the third time’s the charm in his bid for sheriff of Suffolk County, a job for which he says he has a special understanding. “We are suffering. The penal department is not ... Read more.

A historic but endangered Mattapan landmark could soon have a new owner that would ensure that it remains viable for decades to come. Historic Boston Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the Fowler-Clark ... Read more.

Members of the “Don’t Dump on Us” task force have asked the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association to support their fight against the siting of a trash transfer facility in South Boston. “We need as many voices as we can ... Read more.

Construction on the second of three phases of the Neponset River Greenway will soon get under way as the project to connect Readville’s Martini Shell to South Boston’s Castle Island continues on schedule and on budget, ... Read more.

A former Neponset funeral home director has been named in a "sweeping, 278-count indictment" charging him with illegally storing dead bodies for years in a storage facility while bilking customers out of tens of thousands ... Read more.

At 10:16 a.m. next Thursday, Oct. 16, employees and school kids from across the region will be asked to “drop, cover, and hold on” under their desks a la the 1950s when the maneuver was seriously and widely practiced as a ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 7, 2014....As University of Massachusetts officials marched from the State House to Boston Common to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston campus, more than 100 university employees held ... Read more.

A suspect was arrested Monday night after a man was shot on Dorchester Avenue just outside Ashmont MBTA station. The victim, who was shot in the stomach, was transported to Boston Medical Center with what first responders ... Read more.

Luis Miguel Gonzalez-Buzetta, 22, was sentenced this week to nine years in prison and permanent status as a sex offender, after he pleaded guilty earlier this year to child-exploitation charges related to the more than 6, ... Read more.

Simco's, 1509 Blue Hill Ave., will have to serve a one-day suspension after a police lieutenant found them open 45 minutes past their licensed 1 a.m. closing time one night in August.

The Boston Licensing Board ... Read more.

Boston’s city councillors are regrouping after an awkward City Hall hearing about a proposed pay increase on Monday at which councilors were told the proposal as it stands is illegal and punishable by fines and jail time ... Read more.

It sits idle, a relic of Dorchester’s days as a bustling streetcar suburb. Tucked between a weathered supply store and the olde town’s first cemetery, the Uphams Corner Comfort Station— as it was called in its days of ... Read more.

Thursday (2nd) – Gov. Patrick will be guest chef at Men of Boston cook fest— This year’s Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health is shaping up to be another star studded fundraiser for women’s programs in ... Read more.

Hot on the heels of a fiery debate performance with four of other gubernatorial candidates last Wednesday, Evan Falchuk told the Reporter, “This is the way it’s been for me. It’s about being real and genuine.”
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