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People walked up to the shuttered Carney Hospital on Sept. 3. Alison Kuznitz photo/ SHNS

An ambulance siren on Tuesday morning pierced the quiet scene near Carney Hospital in Dorchester, but the vehicle didn't stop at the shuttered facility that's now devoid of emergency signs or even signs bearing its name ... Read more.

After years of debate, lawmakers finally came to an agreement on a heady expansion of available alcohol licenses in Boston.

There are 225 new licenses authorized in a compromise bill filed by House and Senate ... Read more.

To the Editor:

In an article published on Aug. 24, the Dorchester Reporter profiles the efforts of two anti-bus lane crusaders in the Uphams Corner area: ... Read more.

Dorchester Park’s “bowl” along Adams Street was filled with food vendors, fun activities, music, and hundreds of school-age children last Wednesday for the annual Corey C. Griffin Foundation’s (CCGF) Back to School ... Read more.

Two city-owned parcels along Cummins Highway in Mattapan are generating significant interest from potential developers who will detail their ideas at a pair of community meetings in September. This summer, city officials ... Read more.

The Savin Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale is this Saturday (Sept. 7) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date: 9/14). For more information or for a copy of the map that will guide you to all the sales, ... Read more.

Train service on the Braintree branch of the Red Line will be suspended for more than three weeks starting this Friday (Sept. 6) as the MBTA’s latest “surge” project gets underway to repair tracks and eliminate so-called ... Read more.

Sean George loves a good three-decker. In fact, he and his business partner, Darren Maguire, are so enamored of the signature Dorchester housing ... Read more.

Allison Cartwright won the Democratic nomination to be the next Supreme Judicial Court Clerk for Suffolk County, defeating Boston City Councillor Erin Murphy in a state primary election on Tuesday that featured few ... Read more.

Lawmakers appear ready to close the tab on a heady expansion of available alcohol licenses in Boston, with House and Senate negotiators filing a compromise Tuesday afternoon.

The 225 new licenses contained in the ... Read more.

I walked the grounds of the now-closed Carney Hospital on Sunday, just hours after they locked the doors. I heard the stone-cold silence of state leaders who violated their own regulations in their rush to shutter the ... Read more.

Two men were shot, one in the head, inside the Exclusive Barber Shop, 184 Washington St. in Dorchester's Four Corners neighborhood shortly before 12:55 p.m. on ... Read more.

Governor's office says it's in talks to re-open Nashoba Valley as 'urgent care' with UMass; no such plans on table for Carney

Hours before it is scheduled to close and lock its doors to the public ... Read more.

Neighborhood House Charter School welcomed students back to their Centre Street campus on Thursday with warm greetings and big hopes that this academic year will be more peaceful and less menacing than last year, when the ... Read more.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Herbert Small, 33, to two years in prison and six years of probation following his guilty plea to charges he sold two guns and cocaine to a man working with the federal Bureau of ... Read more.

Agreement With Boston Medical Center Still Under Negotiation

Steward Health Care has signed "definitive agreements" to sell four of the six Massachusetts hospitals it has been working to offload ... Read more.

Guests at nearly three dozen Boston hotels could experience less-than-desirable visits fueled by staff shortages as early as this weekend should thousands of hospitality workers go on strike due to unsuccessful contract ... Read more.

In a state that prides itself on having some of the best health care in the world, two communities are bracing for the closure this weekend of community hospitals that serve hundreds of thousands of people -- though ... Read more.

Dorchester residents Marta Carney and Mark Smith were among those who collected kudos at the Mayor’s 28th Garden Contest last week. Four other Dorchester and Mattapan green thumbs were also in the winners’ circle at a ... Read more.

The 52nd annual edition of the Hewins Street block party took place on Aug. 18 with loads of neighbors enjoying traditional BBQ, music, Caribbean cuisine, and old-time games like the tug-o-war and egg on a spoon relay. ... Read more.

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