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It was still in the early innings of a Saturday morning baseball game at Town Field when Jim Collyer – Dorchester’s answer to Johnny Pesky – went over to the first base line and opened up his fold-up chair. Soon after, ... Read more.

A Blue Hill Ave. restaurant was abruptly closed today after a city task force discovered filthy conditions and a dangerously clogged air vent above the stove. City officials — who descended on the 300 block of Blue Hill ... Read more.

Nearly two weeks after Mayor Thomas Menino sent them back to the drawing board, the City Council on Wednesday voted 7 to 6 in favor a map crafted by City Councillors Tito Jackson and Matt O’Malley and aimed at redrawing ... Read more.

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown distanced himself on Tuesday from remarks Mitt Romney made at a private fundraiser where he said 47 percent of the country is “dependent upon government” and believe they are “victims.”

"That ... Read more.

The Boston Public Health Commission said today that a Dorchester man had contracted West Nile Virus— the second confirmed human case in a Boston resident this year. The man in his 40s was hospitalized, but has been ... Read more.

Holding slim leads in a pair of new polls and coming off a campaign rally Saturday with Gov. Deval Patrick, U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren planned to tout support from small businesses Monday morning at an event ... Read more.

Family and friends of 16 year-old Jaivon Blake, who was shot to death on Geneva Ave. last September, will hold a candlelight vigil in his memory on the anniversary of his death— Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 7-10 p.m. Shameka ... Read more.

A man riding his bicycle southbound on Morrissey Boulevard was thrown from his bicycle and killed early Friday morning, State Police report.

The collision happened near Malibu Beach around 12:30 a.m. No charges ... Read more.

A Dorchester man convicted of a firing a gun at a Boston cop in 2006 faces arraignment Friday on new charges that he fought and injured a Boston Police sergeant during an arrest off Talbot Avenue this week, the Suffolk ... Read more.

Mounting concerns about pedestrian safety on Morrissey Boulevard prompted a roadside huddle this afternoon featuring elected officials, State Police and state transportation officials, who promised to "immediately make ... Read more.

The Mattapan Community Health Center celebrated its 16th annual Health Care Revival on Saturday morning on the lawn of the Foley Senior Residences on River Street. With gospel music playing in the background, and a ... Read more.

Last Saturday afternoon about 40 art lovers gathered for the opening reception of the latest exhibition at the HallSpace gallery, tucked away in the farthest right corner of the 950 Dot Ave complex. Three of the four ... Read more.

A group of about 30 Savin Hill residents gathered in front of the Boston Collegiate Charter School last week to hash out neighborhood grievances over an increase in rats.

The Friday morning meeting was pulled ... Read more.

The few incumbents in Boston who faced primary challengers fended them off in a rare election last Thursday as just over 10 percent of voters turned out to cast ballots.

Embattled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, ... Read more.

Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a professor of law at Harvard Law School in a free program on Fri., Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held in ... Read more.

Sal LaMattina had money, friends in semi-high places, and a desire to give up the hustle-bustle of the City Council for the relative repose of the Suffolk County Registry of Probate.

But something funny happened on ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino last week rejected a controversial plan to redraw City Council boundaries, pointing to District 4’s high concentration of voters of color as a factor.

“I am returning, with ... Read more.

After more than two years of on-again, off-again negotiations, a tentative agreement between Boston teachers union leaders and the city of Boston was reached on Wednesday morning. The new six-year contract, if approved, ... Read more.

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