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A Boston police officer shot in the face by a suspect last year and the colleagues said to have saved his life by rushing to his aid, returning fire, and killing the gunman received the state’s highest award for policing ... Read more.

Carney Hospital will benefit from a major infusion of capital set to flow into the Steward Health Care System, which on Tuesday announced the terms of a new equity partnership with publicly traded behemoth Medical ... Read more.

High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat ... Read more.

A proposal to build a housing complex at 123 Hamilton St. for formerly homeless people run by the Pine Street Inn came under scrutiny from neighbors at a city-led meeting on Tuesday night. The plan would raze a long- ... Read more.

Conceptual plans for the frequently flooded and gridlocked Morrissey Boulevard were opened for public viewing and input at a state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) meeting Tuesday night in Neponset.

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Erik Wm. Suter returns to the Parish of All Saints on Sunday, Oct. 2 to perform a free concert on the C. B. Fisk and Skinner organs of All Saints. Mr. Suter will perform the organ music of Maurice Duruflé, in ... Read more.

Addressing a business breakfast crowd Tuesday morning, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh celebrated the success of his city's economy, but concluded that benefits are not reaching enough Bostonians and vowed to tackle racial and ... Read more.

Boston Latin School's interim head master on Tuesday attributed the school's downgrade this year to a "technicality," but state Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester said the 95 percent ... Read more.

A group of leaders that includes civil rights champion and former mayoral candidate Mel King issued a tough rebuke of Mayor Marty Walsh and his administration’s re-boot of the Boston Redevelopment Authority in a ... Read more.

You don’t have the BRA to kick around any more.

Starting today, if you are so inclined, you’ll have to get used to a longer, slightly wonkier acronym as your city government nemesis: the BPDA, which stands for ... Read more.

U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch on Monday reaffirmed his hearty support for a ballot measure that would raise the statewide cap on charter schools. After a tour of the Boston Collegiate Charter School on Mayhew Street, ... Read more.

The Boston Public Schools will adopt a comprehensive strategy to address and prevent racial harassment of its students that will include annual trainings, an annual school-wide survey of the racial climate, and the ... Read more.

The majority of those who spoke on a proposed 18-unit condominium on River Street in Mattapan objected to the project’s density and neighborhood fit at a Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)-hosted meeting Thursday night ... Read more.

Enrollment at the five University of Massachusetts campuses shot up 27 percent over the past decade and surpassed the 74,000 mark for the first time this year, presenting university overseers with a welcome challenge: ... Read more.

Boston Police in District C-11 gathered at the Gibson Street stationhouse on Saturday afternoon for a family day celebration that featured the dedication of a memorial wall featuring Dorchester officers who have died over ... Read more.

A meeting advertised by the city as an occasion for abutters to talk about the application for a beer and wine license for the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock St. erupted into a contentious back-and-forth ... Read more.

Supreme Liquors, a family-run business that has been serving Dorchester since 1934, is in its fourth month of offering a new and improved look – and earning booming sales – at its Gallivan Boulevard store in the wake of ... Read more.

The opening of a small taqueria on Dot Ave., proposed by the owners of the Lower Mills Tavern, received a hearty blessing from the Lower Mills Civic Association at its monthly meeting on Tuesday night, teeing up the ... Read more.

The bustling Red Line, the MBTA’s busiest subway line, could transport an additional 10,000 passengers an hour and keep the time between trains to about three minutes if the agency upgrades the line’s entire fleet, ... Read more.

Trinity Financial and Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty celebrated the opening of a new sales office for Treadmark, an 83-unit mixed-income, mixed-use development now under construction across from Ashmont station, on ... Read more.

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