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The Boston Natural Areas Network, which boasts a 10,000-gardener membership, is currently working on expanding its operations in Dorchester with new programming and community gardens. Upcoming programs include a gardening ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino’s $2.4 billion budget proposal calls for a 2.5 percent increase in spending from the FY 2011 budget, totaling an additional $58.7 million, Menino told reporters last week at a discussion of his budget ... Read more.

Construction began this week on the Fairmount Line’s new Talbot Avenue station – the third station out of four planned for that stretch of commuter rail where work has begun – as elected officials and transportation ... Read more.

The Columbia Point Savin Hill Civic Association on Monday endorsed a master plan for the Dorchester Bay side of the neighborhood. The set of guidelines for developers seeking to build in the area was put together over the ... Read more.

The Blue Hills Boys and Girls Club is tapping the mic in preparation for a show that will pair some of hip hop’s elder statesmen with the club’s youngest talent at the Strand Theatre.

Organizers behind the benefit ... Read more.

The former director of Mattapan’s ABCD Family Services Center, the owner of a local Mobil gas station, and the director of the Mattapan Community Health Center are among the residents and business owners who have been ... Read more.

With candidates vying for an open City Council seat in District 3 for the first time in nearly 18 years, sharp elbows are to be expected, and that includes electronic pokes.

A blast e-mail from a supporter of ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports three men were shot around 7 a.m. Tuesday inside Hicks Auto Body, 10 Talbot Ave.

Police say only one of the men was the intended target; the other two were ... Read more.

Ed Geary, Jr. spent weeks – and recruited several people – planning to propose to his girlfriend ... Read more.

(Updated, June 8, 4:45 p.m.) — The expansion of the popular Neponset Greenway trail hit a potentially fatal roadblock this week as two state agencies stood at ... Read more.

The Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester is auctioning off two pairs of Bruins tickets to tonight’s Stanley Cup match against the Canucks. Bidding will start at $1,000 per seat. Bidders can call Heather Brigham at (617) 288- ... Read more.

Rehabilitation and replacement work of a major water pipeline focused on Adams St. on Monday, opposite the entrance and exit of the Baker Chocolate Factory condominiums. According to an update from the Massachusetts Water ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 22-year-old Mattapan man on a variety of gun and drug charges yesterday, only a few months after he got out of a federal prison on a crack-trafficking conviction.

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Chris Lovett of BNN-TV's Neighborhood Network News interviews Dorchester Youth Collaborative's Emmett Folgert about the controversy surrounding the weekend's disturbances at Carson Beach and Savin Hill, which were ... Read more.

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