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The Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Institute for the US Senate on Dorchester’s Columbia Point was the setting on Tuesday for a four-hour program that served as a ... Read more.

Outside groups, also known as super PACs, laid out six figures in the preliminary election earlier this month, focusing their efforts on District 3, which is anchored in Dorchester, and District 5, which includes Hyde ... Read more.

Talbot Ave on Fairmount

The Fairmount commuter rail line will be free during the 16-day shutdown of the Ashmont and Mattapan branches of the Red Line, MBTA officials said Wednesday.

A similar policy was in place during last year’s Orange ... Read more.

Mary Skelton Roberts, an Orange Line rider who works in the clean energy sector, is Mayor Wu’s choice to represent the city of Boston on the MBTA’s board of directors.

Boston gained a board seat through a provision ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed Hillsboro Street condos

A developer that that helped preserve artist studios in an old industrial building on Humphreys Street filed plans Friday to build a 21-unit condo building nearby in which all the units would be sold to people making no ... Read more.

The Dorchester-based nonprofit Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI) last week received a $100,000 grant from an arm of the gun violence prevention group Everytown for Gun Safety, which touts its 700,000 donors across ... Read more.

The Boston Municipal Research Bureau regularly offers analysis and updates on city finances. The bureau, an independent and business-backed organization, last week released a memo on the fiscal 2024 budget, which went ... Read more.

After more than a year of delays, construction work has started on a project that will entirely remake the upper and lower portions of the scenic Mother’s Rest Four Corners Park on Washington Street.

Planning for ... Read more.

Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, who represents South Boston and Dorchester as well as swaths of the South Shore, will host an information session at Braintree Town Hall on Sun., Oct. 1, for all high school students ... Read more.

To the Editor:

As Maddie Murphy’s K1 teacher at the Perry School, I still have goosebumps after reading in your Sept. 7 edition about her journey through the many elimination rounds to find herself among a small ... Read more.

Decades ago, Christiana Telesford could be found on the pristine Grand Anse Beach in Grenada. These days, the 100-year-old native of Grenada is still making her rounds and keeping active in Dorchester.

The ... Read more.

The Jones Hill Association (JHA) has been working with St. Mary’s Center on its proposed major renovation and new construction project for the past several months, and so far, leaders at JHA said, the concept has been ... Read more.

When Dorchester rapper kei took the stage at the Forward Future Festival in 2021, she was pretty nervous. She’d never performed in front of a crowd before and her debut project, “baby steps,” was still new at the time. ... Read more.

In an era marked by alarming inequality, economic growth that lacks a focus on inclusion exacerbates the problem. This is especially true in the context of urban development projects. Success requires a steadfast ... Read more.

Professional women’s soccer is set to return to Boston, as an all-female ownership group has won expansion rights. The group, Boston Unity Soccer Partners (BUSC), is working with city officials to renovate the George R. ... Read more.

The MBTA and Keolis, which operates the commuter rail system, recently released their fall/winter schedule this month with a notice that a much-requested additional late-night commuter rail service will be added for most ... Read more.

MBTA officials this week added another pair of partial Red Line weekend closures to a long list of maintenance-fueled disruptions planned for October.

Shuttle buses will replace Red Line service between Broadway ... Read more.

More than 250 people celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Reporter at Dorchester Brewing Company on Thurs., Sept. 14. US Sen. Ed Markey and Mayor Wu were among those on hand to offer congratulations to the news ... Read more.

The second Dorchester Avenue Open Streets event put on by the City of Boston and neighborhood partners took place on a gorgeous afternoon last Sunday. The thoroughfare was blocked off from Freeport Street to Ashmont ... Read more.

Police and neighbors are implementing a new strategy for controlling a situation that has been described as completely of control: the overnight weekend chaos around an illegal street party on Old Road, which runs behind ... Read more.

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