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At-Large City Councillor Michael Flaherty has endorsed Republican Charlie Baker, he told the Reporter.

“I’ve given this race a lot of thought and consideration and I know and like both candidates,” ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 14-year-old and her 15-year-old friend on charges that responded to a request to leave the Codman Square McDonald's by beating the manager - and a woman who tried to ... Read more.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority will host a public meeting next Wednesday to review a developer’s proposal to convert a former Neponset Avenue store and warehouse into a four-story condominium complex with a restaurant ... Read more.

While two recent surveys suggested more clear leads in the gubernatorial race, a MassINC/WBUR poll released Tuesday found the race basically unchanged from last week with Republican Charlie Baker holding a 1-point lead ... Read more.

Crews are now working seven days a week to prepare two dormant public-health buildings in Mattapan for long-term use as for residential programs that had been housed on Long Island.

The city is also looking to rent ... Read more.

While four states have reportedly established quarantine protocols for people who have been in contact with Ebola patients in West Africa, Gov. Deval Patrick said Massachusetts will be following Centers for Disease ... Read more.

Former Boston City Councillor Rob Consalvo will join the Walsh administration in a key role within the city's Department of Neighborhood Development. Consalvo, who ran for mayor last year, will be appointed Deputy ... Read more.

If Saturday morning’s rally with union leaders and Mayor Marty Walsh is any indication, the Martha Coakley campaign is using recent poll numbers to seize the opportunity to whip supporters into action.

Labor was ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh will veto the City Council’s $107,500 pay raise approved by the council earlier this month, the Reporter has learned.

A source close to the mayor says he filed a response back to the council ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick gave his qualified support to Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics in a speech at the 27th annual Governor’s Travel and Tourism Conference on Thursday afternoon.

“I think the Olympic bid is wicked ... Read more.

Minor flooding briefly forced lane closures along Morrissey Boulevard as traffic was funneled to one lane just south of the UMass Boston entrance just before noon today.

The roadway was flooded by high tides that ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 22, 2014.....Seeking to secure a revenue stream for transportation projects, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh threw his support Wednesday behind the effort to defeat Question 1 on the Nov. 4 ballot. ... Read more.

Question 1: Eliminating gas tax indexing
Yes: Would eliminate the requirement that the state’s gas tax be adjusted annually according to the consumer price index.

No: Would make no change to ... Read more.

It was a school night, but that didn’t stop the 75 or so young people clustered in St. Mary’s Church in Uphams Corner from heading out to knock on doors in the evening hours of Wed., Oct. 15. Many of them were teen-agers ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick will be checking out the newest academic building to rise on the Dorchester campus of UMass Boston today as one stop on a whirlwind trip across the commonwealth to visit higher education institutions ... Read more.

A Dorchester man who struck and killed a cyclist on Morrissey Boulevard in 2012 was convicted of felony motor vehicle homicide last week in Suffolk Superior Court. Jurors found that Michael Ahern, 49, was drunk and ... Read more.

On Monday, students, parents, teachers and lawmakers gathered at the State House for a ceremony to commemorate the 375th anniversary of the Mather School. The school, which sits atop Meetinghouse Hill in Dorchester, is ... Read more.

A trio of artists— each hoping to win a competition for the chance to create a new sculpture inside Town Field in Fields Corner— displayed models of their proposed works at a community meeting on Monday evening at the ... Read more.

Mayor Marty Walsh said that recent false alarms and lessons from Texas and abroad are helping Boston prepare for what he considers a low probability of an Ebola case in Boston.

“If we get an Ebola case, clearly we’ ... Read more.

The path to the corner office runs through the Haitian community for any aspiring governor, according to Gov. Deval Patrick – and he would know. “You cannot win without the Haitian community. You shouldn't even try ... Read more.

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