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Through the leaves on the trees at the intersection of Harold and Holworthy, you can glimpse the John Hancock tower. A symbol of downtown Boston’s economic vitality, it often seems farther than three miles away for the ... Read more.

Follow the flying statements: Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, a candidate for mayor, on Sunday raised questions about the legality of an East Boston-only vote on a Suffolk Downs casino, then said that the 13- ... Read more.

Eco-conscious Dorchester residents are collaborating with organizers of the sprawling Boston Greenfest (BGF) to show how Dot does Green during the annual three-day event on City Hall Plaza. Starting today and running ... Read more.

With so many candidates running to become Boston's next mayor, it can be hard for an average voter to keep track of everyone's stance on the big issues of the race. To that end, DotNews.com is talking to each of the ... Read more.

Boston Police are hunting for a suspect in a shooting today in the St. Mark's Area that left two Boston Police officers injured and another suspect dead.

Police Commissioner Ed Davis identified the dead suspect as ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick and state lawmakers pushed through a bill last week ensuring that the 6.25 percent tax will be suspended for many purchases made the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11. The tax holiday includes restrictions. It ... Read more.

John Barros's mayoral campaign on Wednesday launched a biographical web video that it said it plans to promote on newspaper and ethnic media websites. The campaign is also purchasing ad space on Twitter and Facebook, it ... Read more.

The steeple of the First Parish Church was returned to its proper spot atop the bell tower of the Dorchester landmark this morning. The steeple was removed in November 2006 and has sat on a vacant lot across the street ... Read more.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, a candidate for mayor, on Sunday raised questions about the legality of an East Boston-only vote on a Suffolk Downs casino. Conley added that the 13-member City Council should “ ... Read more.

The city's Inspectional Services Department said today that it has extended the deadline for property owners to register their rental units with the city. The deadline, originally set for today, is now Aug. 31, 2013. A ... Read more.

One month, three weeks, and two days. That’s how long the Boston mayoral candidates have to lock down their support as they jockey, vie, and maneuver through the neighborhoods outside of their own.

City Councillor ... Read more.

Gov. Deval Patrick, who traveled the country bashing former Gov. Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential election, must have felt a special kinship with his predecessor in the last few weeks. Patrick, a close friend of ... Read more.

A new anti-foreclosure and eviction defense program is launching a new effort in Mattapan this week. The Mattapan Initiative is a program of the Legal Services Center (LSC) of Harvard Law School. On Wednesday, July 31, ... Read more.

“It takes six weeks to make a revolution, six years to make an economy, and sixty years to make a civil society.” That’s what one person said when I was in Hungary this month about the challenge to the more than 30 ... Read more.

Mary McCarthy is tired of waiting. A civic leader in Port Norfolk’s neighborhood, she has been pushing for the clean-up of the 14-acre area known as the former Shaffer Paper site for years.

“We’re not sitting back ... Read more.

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