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There are 34 days left until the Sept. 24 preliminary election and 76 days until the Nov. 5 final election.

City Councillor At-Large John Connolly highlighted his 2011 discovery of expired frozen food in Boston ... Read more.

Firefighters on roof

The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire that started due to poorly maintained ducts did an estimated $400,000 in damage to a block of stores at 772 Blue Hill Ave.

The department says the fire, reported ... Read more.

City Councillor Rob Consalvo is again challenging his rivals to sign onto his pledge to limit the influence of independent expenditure groups in the race to succeed Mayor Thomas Menino. This time, he’s doing it on the ... Read more.

City Councillor Michael Ross on Sunday became the latest mayoral candidate to take aim at state Rep. Marty Walsh, a fellow mayoral hopeful. Standing outside the State House, Ross hit Walsh for voting for a transportation ... Read more.

A Boston city councilor and three mayors are pushing to overturn the state's "antiquated" liquor license law by lifting caps and wrestling control away from the state to give it to local communities.

At Large ... Read more.

MBTA police are asking for the public's help in identifying two young men —shown in the video above— ... Read more.

A longtime Mattapan Square supermarket is now under new ownership and management. The former Farmers Warehouse Market on Cummins Highway has been purchased by America’s Food Basket, a chain with locations in both Boston ... Read more.

From her table in the back corner of Ramsay/Toy VFW Post #8872 on Woodrow Avenue, Post manager Marie Carrington spends Sunday evenings inspired by the sounds of Dorchester saxophonist Kurtis Rivers and his band. ... Read more.

When Ayanna Pressley ran for City Council At-Large in 2009, six other Dorchester residents were on the ballot. Pressley, a Chicago native and former aide to John Kerry, had moved into the neighborhood the previous ... Read more.

A bombastic Roxbury activist, Jamarhl Crawford, plans to wage a write-in campaign for the District 7 City Council seat. Councillor Tito Jackson, a former aide to Gov. Deval Patrick who won the seat in a 2011 special ... Read more.

“Wicked!” and “Awesome!”
That’s the general reaction of Boston audiences to the long-awaited return of “Wicked,” the hit musical about what really went down in the far-from-marvelous Land of Oz. Running now through ... Read more.

Candice Gartley has taken on the position of Executive Director at the All Dorchester Sports League (ADSL) located in Fields Corner. Gartley succeeds Jared Blandino, who has been at the helm in recent years of growth at ... Read more.

The Fairmount Greenway Task Force will host “Fairmount Greenway on the Move,” a guided bike tour along the proposed Fairmount Greenway route this Saturday.

According to Fairmount Greenway Project Manager Michelle ... Read more.

The Boston Landmarks Commission on Tuesday night took testimony from proponents and opponents of granting landmark status to a dilapidated ... Read more.

The second part of DotNews.com's video survey of the candidates running for mayor of Boston focuses on education. Ten members of the 12-person field offer differing views on the city's school committee, charter school cap ... Read more.

City Councillor Rob Consalvo’s mayoral campaign unveiled its first TV spot on Monday night. The ad, titled “All In for Boston,” notes that he worked for the late U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy and his support for a felony gun ... Read more.

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