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The city’s elections chief is warning voters to read up on today's ballot, saying its length could lead to longer wait times at the polls. The ballot spans two pages and is 18 inches long due to several complex ... Read more.
State and city officials are urging the public to hunker down today as a massive hurricane swept up the East Coast, with the potential for wind damage, power outages and coastal flooding locally over the next 24 hours. ... Read more.
A three-alarm fire in a six-family three decker at 4 Theodore St. Saturday night sent two residents and two firefighters to the hospital.
The fire, reported at 10 p.m., started in a first-floor bedroom ... Read more.
With Hurricane Sandy working its way toward the East Coast, Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday outlined storm response preparations, including the cancellation of his planned trip to Florida Sunday to campaign for President ... Read more.
This Saturday the fourth annual Boston Book Festival (BBF) will attract thousands to Copley Square for twelve hours of free book-related events. The festival’s events include presentations and panels featuring ... Read more.
City planning officials will host a community meeting next month for residents along the Fairmount commuter rail line as they seek to encourage economic development along the 9.2 mile-long corridor. About 160,000 ... Read more.
Over the weekend, the campaigns of Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren brought in star power in a bid to roust their respective supporters ahead of Election Day.
US Sen. Brown’s rally on Main Street in Melrose ... Read more.
Gregg Bernstein drew his inspiration for a new mural he’s painting this week in Lower Mills from an old postcard. Bernstein, the man behind many of Boston’s largest and most celebrated wall murals, has been commissioned ... Read more.
City councillors yesterday continued their internal debates as they worked to produce yet another map – their third this year – that would shift the boundaries of several districts for the 2013 municipal election. The ... Read more.
Opponents of a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana claimed on Monday that proponents ultimately hope to legalize the drug for all uses, but proponents accused them of using “hysteria and fear” to keep people ... Read more.
Walter J. Ramos, the current vice-president of operations for the Massachusetts Hospital Association, has been hired as the new president and CEO of the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center. The board of directors for ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports a man in his mid 20s was found with gunshot wounds around 1:45 a.m., Monday, behind 36 Whitman St.
The man, shot twice to the chest, was taken to Boston Medical ... Read more.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close lanes on Morrissey Boulevard ithis Sunday, October 21, to accommodate the 30th Annual Boston Firefighters Road Race. The closures will begin at 9 a.m. until ... Read more.
A coyote spent a good part of Thursday morning sauntering around the area of Blue Hill Avenue and Walk Hill Street.
When it mosied over to the schoolyard at the Mildred Street School around 11:30 a.m., ... Read more.
The Boston Irish Reporter, the region’s leading chronicler of all things Irish-American, will host “Boston Irish Honors 2012” on Fri., Oct. 19, in the main ballroom of Boston’s Seaport Hotel. The annual event draws an ... Read more.
Construction on the Neponset River bridge will be largely finished next week, and traffic is expected to return to the same level as before the project started, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said this ... Read more.
Most of the proposals for revamping the school assignment process modestly improve black and Latino students’ access to quality schools, according to an analysis released by regional planning agency.
Boston Public ... Read more.
Jim Gilbert wanted to watch a Celtics pre-season game, but at the Banshee on Tuesday night, he was out of luck: Ten television screens were glowing inside the Dorchester Avenue bar as the clock turned past 9 o’clock and ... Read more.
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