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The city’s inspectional services department was busy last week, cracking down on two local businesses for violations but opting to work with them to raise standards rather than take a strictly punitive approach.
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The Epiphany School broke ground on its new expanded campus Tuesday morning at a celebration attended by city and state officials, including Governor Charlie Baker. The approximately 2-acre campus will include an early ... Read more.
The hopefuls eyeing the Suffolk Register of Deeds position have crystallized into a group of ten, several of whom have strong Dorchester ties. The candidates, some seasoned campaigners and others running as fresh faces, ... Read more.
Boston still ranks among the state’s highest-risk communities for childhood lead poisoning, but that ranking is not due to a lack of funding, city officials say.
Since the early 1990s, the US Department ... Read more.
On Tuesday, the night before the City Council was scheduled to take its first vote on the city budget, which includes $1.027 billion for the public schools, a few dozen students gathered with school officials in the Bruce ... Read more.
Updated Thurs., June 9 at 11:15 a.m. -- A 17 year-old student was shot and killed and three other people including a woman in her late 60s were injured in a shooting on Washington Street near the Jeremiah ... Read more.
The Boston Fire Department responded to a four-alarm fire at 93 Park St. in Dorchester early Wednesday afternoon.
Firefighters knocked down the blaze just before 1:50 p.m., according to fire officals. They ... Read more.
The Dorchester Park Association and Cedar Grove Gardens have organized a Summer Solstice Garden Tour to benefit Dorchester Park on Sunday, June 19 from 11a.m.-3 p.m. The walking tour will feature ten Dorchester residents ... Read more.
“Inclusion Brings Joy” is the motto of Dennis Walsh’s annual fundraiser for children, teens, and adults with special needs and disabilities. Walsh, a Dorchester native, organizes the donations and volunteers for The ... Read more.
Twenty weeks from now, the first Massachusetts voters will be casting their ballots days before the Nov. 8 election, in the state's inaugural early voting period.
In the meantime, election overseers at ... Read more.
To cap its 20th year helping Dorchester youth fulfill their academic potential, Project D.E.E.P— the Dorchester Educational Enrichment Program— held its annual Volunteer and Student Recognition Night on Friday, May 13, at ... Read more.
A dozen historic homes and carriage barns will swing wide their doors and show off their classic detailing next Sunday for the first Dorchester House Tour in a decade. The Dorchester Historical Society has resurrected the ... Read more.
Boston Police have issued an alert after a ... Read more.
On the field, Liam Ryan wasn’t a late bloomer – it just took people a little while to notice he’d already blossomed.
The 20-year-old Neponset native and lacrosse standout at Rivier University in Nashua, NH, scored ... Read more.
The state Senate unanimously passed a $39.558 billion budget for fiscal year 2017 last Thursday, capping three days of debate that resulted in a bill slightly above the $39.508 billion House budget that passed on April 27 ... Read more.
Cross Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry off your list of potential 2017 Boston mayoral candidates.
“What? No,” the Dorchester Democrat said when asked whether she had given any consideration to running for the office. “We’ ... Read more.
This Sunday at noon, runners from all over Dorchester will take part in the annual Project D.E.E.P. and Blarney Stone Dorchester Day 5K.
Event planners from Project D.E.E.P., the Dorchester Educational Enrichment ... Read more.
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