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A Dorchester woman who stabbed her "abusive boyfriend to death this summer was acting in self-defense and will not face criminal charges," according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

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Decrying lackluster education around the state and calling on new leaders to do better, activists and students rallied in front of Faneuil Hall Thursday morning.

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The All Dorchester Sports League (ADSL) dedicated a city-owned field house in Fields Corner to longtime coach and mentor Jim Collyer on Sat., Nov 9. Mayor Martin Walsh spoke at the event which was also attended by State ... Read more.

Thursday (13th) – Community forum on future of Mattahunt Community Center in Mattapan, 5:30-7:30p.m., 100 Hebron St., Mattapan.

Friday (14th) – Elizabeth Seton Academy Autumn ... Read more.

Dorchester native Gerard Healy, who was featured on the front page of the Reporter two decades ago following his return from the Desert Storm operation in Iraq, has written a memoir detailing his experiences growing up in ... Read more.

Dorchester House Multi-Service Center was recently awarded $12,500 in grants from Partners HealthCare and Project Bread to support its food pantry operations and food security in the community. Partners’ donation will ... Read more.

The city of Boston is vetting a trio of proposals submitted by development teams to turn an old Uphams Corner manufacturing complex into a mix of housing and other uses. The former Maxwell Box Company at 65 East Cottage ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Ajani Boyd, 11, got a big hug and a warm welcome from First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday at the White House. Boyd was at the executive mansion with a group from Boston-based Project STEP (Strings Training ... Read more.

Bricks from a Washington Street chiropractic building's exterior facade fell to the ground just after noon on Tuesday, Boston Fire spokesman Steve MacDonald told the Reporter.

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A Spanish sculptor has been selected to create a permanent art display in a plaza near the Town Field playground in Fields Corner. A ten-member committee has awarded the commission to Juanjo Novella, whose "Freedom's ... Read more.

A man wanted for killing his girlfriend in their Bowdoin Street apartment was discovered near his car off I-195 in Rehoboth, also dead, Boston and State police report.

The Boston Police Department had issued an ... Read more.

Boston Police now say that Tuesday afternoon's shooting incident in Lower Mills that left a 30 year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head was "not random."

Keldon Liverpool was shot in the head outside of the ... Read more.

Family members of the 30-year-old man shot in Lower Mills on Tuesday evening are searching for answers.

Keldon Liverpool was shot in the head outside of the CVS on Dorchester Avenue and River Street just before 5 p ... Read more.

During the fall the Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion School has begun a series of changes as part of a five-year restructuring plan that will expand it to a full pre-K-12 school, open up more than 400 additional seats, ... Read more.

Thursday (6th) – Fields Corner Main Street’s 10th annual Dotini cocktail party and fundraiser, 7-10 p.m. at the Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave. Celebrate with friends and neighbors, like world-famous ... Read more.

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