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During budget deliberations that stretched to midnight last Wednesday, House lawmakers added $1.7 million for youth jobs and $4 million for youth violence prevention programs.

“It put us in better shape than we ... Read more.

A Suffolk County Grand Jury has indicted a former Boston man in the Nov. 2011 double-murder of two Haitian-American sisters who were gunned down in their Dorchester apartment last November. The suspect, Jean Weevins ... Read more.

Members of Dorchester’s State House delegation could see challengers this year. Incumbents have pulled nomination papers from the Secretary of State Bill Galvin’s office, and so have several individuals looking to unseat ... Read more.

City Hall is teaming up with residents and merchants for a reinvigorated effort to reshape the Blue Hill Avenue corridor. Mayor Menino’s Neighborhood Response Team is working with local groups in an attempt to root out ... Read more.

A 64 percent cut to an anti-gang program in a House committee’s proposed state budget caught some lawmakers off-guard and has set off a flurry of efforts to restore funding.

The House Ways and Means Committee ... Read more.

City Hall is teaming up with residents and merchants for a reinvigorated effort to reshape the Blue Hill Avenue corridor. Mayor Menino’s Neighborhood Response Team is working with local groups in an attempt to root out ... Read more.

Sources tell the Dorchester Reporter that Andy Davis is the new president at Carney Hospital.

Members of hospital’s board met at the Dorchester Ave. facility this afternoon, with Davis, a healthcare ... Read more.

On May 5, at an “Inaugural Founders Celebration,” the Roger Clap Innovation School in Dorchester will honor those who have been a crucial part of creating and implementing the school’s initiative in its first year, ... Read more.

A few years ago, Tressalyn Carson and her three children were living in a motel in Brighton. Between working as an infant-toddler teacher and struggling to find a place to stay, living in temporary housing was a huge ... Read more.

With neighbors forced to deal with everything from aggressive panhandling to booting intoxicated addicts off their porches, residents sent a clear message to local law enforcement and elected officials last week: Things ... Read more.

The ripple effect of the Marlborough City Council’s Open Meeting Law violation is reaching its Boston counterpart.

The Boston City Council, which, in a separate case, broke the law several times between 2003 and ... Read more.

In Monday’s running of the 116th Boston Marathon, 53 runners who identified themselves as Dorchester residents finished the trek as scorching temperatures greeted the 21, 554 who came from around the world to compete. ... Read more.

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