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By almost any metric — and researchers looked at more than a few in a new 122-page report — the region’s housing market remains in dire condition for renters and prospective homeowners.

Despite a modest uptick in ... Read more.

Halloween evenings west of Washington have historically meant time spent in a ghost town – all punning intended. The holiday is one of the great mysteries of life in Dorchester, particularly for residents living near the ... Read more.

Breadon map Oct. 31

Boston City Councillors are expected to take another run at a map that redraws the political boundaries of the city as some are calling for a halt to the process, known as redistricting.

Allston-Brighton Councillor ... Read more.

Three leading Bostonians of Irish ancestry were honored last Friday (Oct. 28) at a luncheon before an audience of 350 guests at the Seaport Hotel in Boston’s Seaport district. 

Legendary Boston College hockey coach ... Read more.

Voters head to the polls on Tuesday for the final day of voting in the 2022 election cycle. If they haven’t cast their ballots by mail or earlier in select locations across the city, voters can head to their neighborhood ... Read more.

Two properties in Dorchester ­– the Tileston House in Lower Mills at 13 River Street, one of the oldest surviving homes in Boston, and an old farmhouse on Howe Street that has a unique tie-in with modern-day special ... Read more.

A key Dot Ave bridge that links Dorchester and South Boston that closed last June will remain shut down through next fall as work continues to replace the aging MBTA-owned span that carries people and cars over Red Line ... Read more.

A flurry of shooting incidents in Dorchester —including the brazen murder of a barber in his own store on Washington Street near Grove Hall— has prompted renewed anxiety about an uptick in violence.

Although ... Read more.

Roxbury Prep rendering

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved Roxbury Prep's plans for a four-story, 800-student high school at 71 Proctor St., across from Clifford Park - which the ... Read more.

Rendering of proposed 13 Norwood St. apartments

City Realty of Allston has proposed replacing a rental-car parking lot with a five-story, 52-unit apartment building at 13 Norwood St., along the Red Line/commuter-rail ... Read more.

In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency’s determination last March that the 3.7-mile section of the Lower Neponset River, from the Walter Baker Dam in Lower Mills to the “Mother Brook Confluence” by Hyde Park ... Read more.

With few incumbents facing challengers, newcomers having cleared primaries and facing little to no opposition in the final election, and Democrats dominating public polling in statewide races, this year’s November ballot ... Read more.

It’s been a Dorchester tradition for a quarter-of-a-century now and last week marked its triumphant return: Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health, the largest fundraiser of the year to benefit Codman Square Health Center ... Read more.

Stefano and Tsedenia Kiros

The Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday approved plans by Stefano and Tsedenia Kiros to open an Italian restaurant called Via Cannuccia at 1739 Dorchester Ave. - the former ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at the Celebrity Cuts barbershop, 145 Washington St. at Glenarm Street, around 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police say the man was declared dead at the scene.

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Three cannabis proposals along Mattapan’s Blue Hill Avenue corridor are advancing through the city’s regulatory review process, with The POT in Mattapan Square getting unanimous Boston Cannabis Board (BCB) approval last ... Read more.

The Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) and New England Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. staged the return of the annual Hazelton Street afternoon block party last Saturday. Wise, who has played for the Patriots since ... Read more.

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing how to fix years of problems at the MBTA while state government stands on the threshold of a major change, and in the opinion of a former US transportation secretary, they should use ... Read more.

About half of the people camped in a stretch of Boston known as “Mass. and Cass” most recently resided in another city or town, underlining the regional nature of the addiction and homelessness crises straining the area, ... Read more.

State lawmakers have sent along to Gov. Charlie Baker a bill that would limit the practice of “step therapy,” which, critics say, steers patients towards cheaper medication options, rather than ones they require.

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