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Polls opened at 7 am, with statewide offices, Congressional and State House races, and policy questions on the ballot. Polls are set to close at 8 pm.
The statewide offices include governor, lieutenant governor, ... Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 108 Woodrow Ave. in Dorchester for ... Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports two people were shot, one fatally, at 10 Orlando St. in Mattapan around 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, followed by another person shot at 92 Westview St. in Franklin Field around 9:40 p.m.
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While the owners of Chez Vous roller rink make their living moving on wheels, the family-owned business isn’t going anywhere. The smell of fried chicken, a freshly polished maple wood floor, and the sound of rolling ... Read more.
To the editor:
Massachusetts patients are not getting enough out of their dental insurance premiums. Studies show that 1 in 4 Massachusetts residents do not have dental insurance and 16.6% have avoided necessary ... Read more.
Arthur Jemison, who took over as Mayor Michelle Wu’s chief of planning in May, recently sat down with the Dorchester Reporter to talk about his first six months on the job, moving back to the Ashmont-Adams area and other ... Read more.
An effort to reshape Mattapan into a “10-minute neighborhood” and add housing density could come with financial and logistical help for homeowners looking to add units to their lots, Mayor Michelle Wu’s chief of city ... Read more.
The Dorchester-based Joseph J. Corcoran Company and its public and private partners recently broke ground on a unique project in Chelsea, Massachusetts. At the Innes Redevelopment, 96 units of public housing built in the ... Read more.
Fields Corner residents, asked to decide between two finalists for the better use of a ground-level retail space in the new Dot Crossing apartment building now under construction next to the MBTA station, voted to support ... Read more.
Boston Police are asking for the public's help to identify a young woman who was found dead in a historic cemetery near Codman Square on Monday night.
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After weeks of acerbic arguments and backbiting over the city’s political boundaries, councillors voted 9 to 4 to send Mayor Wu a City Council map that reshapes districts anchored in Dorchester and South Boston.
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The Walgreens store at 90 River St. in Mattapan is slated to close within a month, a move that drew comments from the neighborhood’s city councillor. The store was formerly a Rite Aid Pharmacy before being renovated and ... Read more.
Hundreds of goblins, werewolves and superheroes populated Pope John Paul II Park on Thursday night, Oct. 17 for the annual Pumpkin Parade, which has been ongoing for many years (previously it was the Pumpkin Float). ... Read more.
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.
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.
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