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An elderly woman has died after a two alarm fire broke out in her Greenwich Street home this morning, according to the Boston Fire Department.

The fire was reported shortly after 6 a.m. and went to two alarms ... Read more.

Franklin Park Snow Festival - Saturday, January 31st 1:00-4:00pm.* Meet at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, One Circuit Drive, Dorchester, MA 02121. Bring your sled or borrow one of ours. Build a snowperson! Hot ... Read more.

Members of Boston's delegation to the State House met with opponents of the Olympics bid on Monday, and left the meeting saying valid concerns were raised about how the undertaking would be funded.

Rep. Michael ... Read more.

The Great Blizzard: Tale of the Tape

The powerful northeaster that walloped New England, especially coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island, over two days in February 1978 (the 6th and 7th), was a ... Read more.

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•Parking ban in the City of Boston will be lifted at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Mayor Walsh.

•Boston Public Schools are closed on Wednesday, January 28. ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports four food-delivery men have been robbed - with one stabbed and two punched in the head - while making deliveries to 56 and 57 Stanley St. since October.

The Boston ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting three men on gun charges after, police say, one of them aimed both an SUV and a loaded gun at pursuing officers.

Police say officers were out looking for a ... Read more.

Heavyweight boxer Donnie Palmer will make his first return to the ring tomorrow after ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh became the target of criticism this week when the ... Read more.

The owners of some of the key Dorchester properties that would be displaced by a plan to construct a massive 170-acre Athletes Village for the Olympics have not yet been contacted by Boston 2024 organizers, despite the ... Read more.

Despite assurances from Boston 2024 that the businesses in the 20-acre food production facility at Widett Circle would have a seat at the table in any ongoing Olympic discussions, that was not the case as the bid was ... Read more.

The University of Massachusetts is moving forward with plans to build its first-ever student dormitory on the Dorchester campus of UMass Boston. A request for proposals will be issued this spring seeking proposals from ... Read more.

Former Dorchester resident Jonathan Fey, 45, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and five years of supervised release by the Boston U.S. District Court on Tuesday, January 20. Fey pleaded guilty of failing to register as ... Read more.

Thursday (22nd) – Senator Linda Dorcena Forry hosts a special meeting with United States Custom & Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians from 6- 8 p.m. at St. Angela’s ... Read more.

In an effort to turn around failing Dorchester Academy, Boston Public Schools and Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) are mulling a partnership that, if approved by the state this spring, would transform the ... Read more.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) hosted a meeting at the Holland Community Center on Jan. 13 to discuss neighborhood planning around the Four Corners /Geneva T stop on the Fairmount Line. The meeting led ... Read more.

Boston City Councillor Michelle Wu is demanding more accountability from Boston 2024, the private group behind Boston’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic games.

A City Council commission focused on the Olympics ... Read more.

A 16-year-old already facing armed robbery and kidnapping charges for two incidents on Jan. 13 was arraigned yesterday on new charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and indecent assault and battery for incidents on Jan. 11 ... Read more.

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