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The Boston Licensing Board today rejected a request from Cristian Market, 411 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall, to add beer to its inventory, because of overwhelming ... Read more.

This story was updated on Thurs., Jan. 4 at 5:30 p.m.

A rollover crash on Morrissey Boulevard around 3a.m. on Thursday left two teenagers dead and a third in grave condition, according to State Police, who ... Read more.

Over the past years, both during and following the pandemic, Massachusetts residents have made major changes to adapt to our new social and economic landscapes. This means more people have been changing jobs, moving, and ... Read more.

Efforts to slow down driving in Dorchester have increased in intensity over the last few months with speed hump installation being prioritized across the neighborhood. Bowdoin-Geneva and the Hancock Street Triangle are ... Read more.

 Boston and four other municipalities have announced plans with Lyft to integrate 750 next-generation electric bikes into the Bluebikes program while also noting the renewal of Blue Cross’s title sponsorship, which was ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) voted in favor of establishing a Historic District in Uphams Corner during a meeting on Dec. 13, sending the matter to the National Park Service for final review and ... Read more.

Community civic associations in the Boston area have recently become the recipients of grants from commercial entities doing business in the neighborhoods the civic groups represent. A strategic infusion of funds to ... Read more.

 Forty years ago, Vijay Selhi, who was born and raised in India, started working at a McDonald’s restaurant in Somerville for $3 an hour. Today, he and his sons Cherag and Anurag own and operate 18 McDonald’s locations in ... Read more.

It was 130 years ago. New Year’s Day, 1894, and Charles Mann was perched in the reporters’ gallery, jotting down the latest intel on the unfolding start to a new term. As court officers and lawmakers busily prepared for ... Read more.

The Salzberg family, long-time retailers in Uphams Corner, filed plans last month to redevelop a key commercial building on Dudley Street by converting it from the one-story Rainbow Fashions clothing shop to a six-story, ... Read more.

Dorchester Brewing Co. and Somerville-based Aeronaut Brewing Company have crafted a plan to align their expertise under one parent entity to be called Tasty Liquid Alliance. 

While the brands will function ... Read more.

It was during a particularly intense early summer Little League game in the former Cedar Grove baseball league when A’s coach Jim English called a timeout to calm his young pitcher, who was getting flustered as the ... Read more.

For some people, the New Year begins with a ball drop or a champagne toast. For others, a dunk into the chilly waters of Dorchester Bay is a better fit.

You can count a bunch of your Savin Hill neighbors among the ... Read more.

The Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (HSNHC) has closed on the purchase of the former Spirit and Truth Baptist Church building (the old Franklin Park Theatre) at 616-624 Blue Hill Ave. and will redevelop the ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Youth Hockey’s Pee Wee A team won the 30th annual Mayor’s Cup ice hockey tournament, which was held over two weeks in December. More than 1,000 players from 7 Boston neighborhoods took the ice in 136 games, ... Read more.

A bid to allow Boston residents who are not US citizens to vote in municipal elections may make its way up to Beacon Hill — where at least one supporter expects it would “essentially die with other home rule petitions.” ... Read more.

The BPDA will host a virtual public meeting on Thurs., Jan. 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to discuss the proposed White Stadium project featuring a presentation by Boston Unity Soccer Partners, LLC and the new Women’s Soccer ... Read more.

A series of Boston Planning and Development Agency meetings about the proposed renovation of White Stadium for a proposed National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team will continue online next Thursday at 6 p.m. – with ... Read more.

Boston City Councillors began their new term on Monday morning, Jan. 1, with a punctual bow to tradition, salutes to revolutionary change, and an offer to partake of “jou mou,” a favorite Haitian soup made with squash and ... Read more.

Service on the Mattapan Hi-Speed trolley line was restored Tuesday afternoon following a series of vehicle malfunctions that brought the railway to a halt on the morning of New Year’s Day. The trouble began on Monday just ... Read more.

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