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A day after Beacon Hill lawmakers rejected Gov. Deval Patrick’s attempt to add judicial discretion to the crime bill, Patrick said he will sign the controversial legislation, which its supporters say will crack down on ... Read more.

Dorchester lawmakers this week were able to set aside $3.5 million for repairs of sidewalks stretching from the intersection of Granite Ave. and Gallivan Boulevard to Morrissey Boulevard at UMass Boston. The funding is ... Read more.

The House and Senate on Thursday rejected Gov. Deval Patrick’s amendment that would have given judges the discretion to grant habitual offenders parole, forcing the governor now to make a decision that will determine ... Read more.

Antwan Wathey, 25, will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Monday on charges he fatally struck another man with his motor vehicle on purpose in April at the intersection of Talbot Avenue and Westcott Street, the ... Read more.

In his deliberations over what to do with a sentencing reform bill on his desk, Gov. Deval Patrick apparently reached out to the state’s highest court for input on whether the Supreme Judicial Court’s review of capital ... Read more.

A bill that would require temporary worker placement agencies to provide workers with a basic statement of benefits to protect against abuses sits before the Senate after the House passed the bill 123-28 on Wednesday. ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds shortly before midnight at ... Read more.

The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a new trial for Dung Van Tran, who was sentenced to 50 years in prison for setting his 14-month-old daughter and himself on fire in what he claimed was a failed suicide bid not ... Read more.

The nominees are in! Vote for your top Dot ... Read more.

Chris English is one of Mayor Thomas Menino’s “eyes and ears” in the Dorchester community. For the last two years, English has been one of three staff members responsible for covering Dorchester.

Last Thursday, ... Read more.

The state Department of Public Health’s bureau of substance abuse services will be able to shoulder the cost of a voluntary training program for sober home operators, says the bureau’s deputy director.
In a ... Read more.

The City Council appears to be inching toward agreement on redrawing the boundaries of its nine districts.

The council committee charged with laying out a map with the new boundaries – required every ten years ... Read more.

State Rep. Carlos Henriquez, fighting assault and criminal charges leveled by a 23-year-old student, plans to hold a community meeting at the Dorchester House on Aug. 7 as part of a district-wide tour. The meeting at 1353 ... Read more.

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