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Dorchester’s Donnie Palmer is getting back to his winning ways in the boxing ring.

The 6-foot-10 Codman Square native won a six-round decision against the smaller, but still dangerous, Tommy Washington on Dec. 18. ... Read more.

Boston Baroque will present its third annual Free Community Concert at the Strand Theatre on Sunday. The festivities are a celebration of classical music, made accessible through the yearly partnership between Boston ... Read more.

Bostonians will be able to ring in the New Year in a whole new way on Thursday night and Friday. The trend-setting First Night celebrations will be very different from those in previous years.

Overall the ... Read more.

Having spent much of the last year working to make sure the state's public transportation system does not repeat the failures of last winter, Gov. Charlie Baker and the MBTA will get the first chance to test their new ... Read more.

A Dorchester Avenue grocery store and its owner will pay more than $100,000 in restitution and fines for underpaying employees. Truong-Thinh Market, Inc. and its president, Joseph Pham, have agreed to pay more than $84, ... Read more.

The winter weather that looks to be on track for a Tuesday morning arrival will be a test of the MBTA's new winter storm management system, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said Monday.

"We're obviously ... Read more.

Alpha Road fire

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire called in around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday in a three-family house at 29 Alpha Rd. went to four alarms before it was brought under control.

No injuries were reported; the Red ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is considering closing Dorchester Collegiate Academy Charter School, a facility with historically poor academic achievement that was placed on probation two ... Read more.

Tuesday (29th) – Celebrate! at the Kennedy Library. A free performances for children ages 5 and up features Holiday Troubadours, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Take a musical journey around the world in this ... Read more.

The Roberts Playground Play Area on Dunbar Avenue is set to be renovated next summer and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department is seeking public input through an online survey.

Planned renovations to the park ... Read more.

Two men who were arrested Saturday on gun charges after gang-unit officers stopped the cab they were in on Norwell Street attacked a man in the Dorchester District Court lockup while awaiting arraignment on Monday morning ... Read more.

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation submitted an application last week to the Boston Redevelopment Authority for a new housing development project that would bring 17 mixed-income housing units to the ... Read more.

In the midst of a booming market, a housing shortage, and increasing confusion about the role of civic associations as neighborhood construction projects come on line, the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association (CSHCA) ... Read more.

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