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Heading into his final two years in office when Republicans will hold majorities in both houses of Congress, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a unilateral move to provide some surety for parents who are in the ... Read more.

An early morning police raid of a suspected Stanton Street drug den resulted in the seizure of a high capacity assault rifle and the arrest of a 39 year-old Dorchester man. The Boston Police Drug Control Unit, aided by ... Read more.

Police are chasing a new lead in the Lower Mills shooting on Election Day that has puzzled both the community and investigators.

Police hope a newly identified motor vehicle that was near the CVS parking lot on ... Read more.

The Dorchester Avenue cafe that inspired the effort to get more liquor licenses for Boston won approval to offer alcoholic drinks with its meals on Thursday.

Dot 2 Dot Cafe co-owner Karen Henry-Garrett has said the ... Read more.

Police are searching for the suspect in an armed robbery that took place on the UMass Boston campus just after 11:30 a.m. today, according to university officials.

A man indicated to a student that he had a firearm ... Read more.

A new youth soccer program is under formation in Mattapan— a neighborhood that organizers say is primed to embrace the sport on a beautiful new playing field at Almont Park. Carolyn MacNeil, one of the founders of ... Read more.

Thursday (20th) – Kick off the holiday season at the seventh annual Lower Mills Holiday Stroll from 5:30-8 p.m. Shop, stroll and dine at over 40 local shops, restaurants, and small businesses in the ... Read more.

Boston Police report that a man was robbed of his cell phone, cash and his car last Thursday morning on Welles Avenue— a few blocks from Peabody Square. The victim, who ran to the nearby fire station for help, said he was ... Read more.

Backers of the embattled Grove Hall radio station TOUCH 106.1 took a new approach to returning the station’s signal to local airwaves: a non-binding ... Read more.

When it comes to Boston’s Historic Burial Grounds the buck stops with Kelly Thomas.

As manager of the city’s Historic Burial Grounds Initiative, Thomas is responsible for preserving all of the city’s 16 cemeteries ... Read more.

Mayor Walsh and the Dorchester Holiday Celebrations Committee will light the neighborhood’s holiday trees in a City View trolley-stop tour of ten villages on Sat., Nov. 29. The tour starts at 3:30 p.m. at Port Norfolk at ... Read more.

A gala celebration this evening marks the kick-off of the centennial festivities of The Guild of Boston Artists, known as “Boston’s premier source for contemporary realism.”

Founded in 1914, this non-profit ... Read more.

People from Dorchester are well acquainted with the imposing blue shape set against the horizon just along our southern boundary. It’s Great Blue Hill, and at 635 feet above sea level, it is the tallest coastal elevation ... Read more.

Developers and architects introduced a 92-unit residential housing plan that would replace a forlorn industrial block between Dorchester Avenue and Hancock Streets to the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association Planning ... Read more.

A new report on how black and Latino male students are doing in the Boston Public Schools points out stark racial disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes, assertions that have elicited promises of ... Read more.

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