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Thursday (26th)
Dorchester Day Parade Committee’s annual Kick-off Meatloaf Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. at First Parish Church, 10 Parish St., Dorchester. Tickets $15 at the door; $7 for children; $30 ... Read more.

A prominent but long-vacant Adams Corner property could soon be converted into a bustling family-style restaurant and pub under a plan that will be considered at an upcoming civic meeting. The Cedar Grove Civic ... Read more.

The Dorchester Winter Farmers’ Market is ending their season on Friday, March 27. The market, now in its fourth year, is the first project of the Dorchester Community Food Co-op. Based in the Great Hall at at 6 Norfolk St ... Read more.

In the spring of 1772, wealthy Bostonians John and Susannah Wheatley sent a frail teenage girl to the fresh air of the countryside, hoping that the change of locale would spare her from maladies afflicting Bostonians. ... Read more.

Another effort to create a ballot referendum on the 2024 Olympic Games is full speed ahead as Evan Falchuk, founder of the United Independent Party, released draft language of a 2016 ballot question on Wednesday morning ... Read more.

The Games are on for Mayor Martin Walsh’s political team. His “super volunteers” are being prepared to move onto the field under the Boston 2024 banner to engage in an extended grassroots campaign to promote a positive ... Read more.

The chief backer of a Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is now supporting the idea of a 2016 referendum on the bid.

Suffolk Construction CEO John Fish, who is spearheading the privately funded nonprofit ... Read more.

A federal jury convicted a Dorchester man this week for the brutal attack and robbery of a U.S. postal carrier in December 2013. The brazen attack on Bailey Street left the postman with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the ... Read more.

Support among Boston area voters for Boston hosting the 2024 summer Olympics has fallen from 51 percent in January to 44 percent in February to 36 percent in a WBUR poll of 504 Boston area registered voters taken March 16 ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh’s Chief of Staff Daniel Koh has filed an ethics disclosure with the city today in response to an inquiry from the Dorchester Reporter regarding his relationship with Amy Sennett, an employee of Boston ... Read more.

For the parks department, this spring is a waiting game. After a winter that has officially dumped the most snow in recorded history on the city of Boston, those clamoring to return to the city’s snowbound parks, fields, ... Read more.

Thursday (19th)
Book signing, discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Kurkjian, who will be on hand to talk about his new book about the Gardner Museum heist, “Master Thieves,” 6-8 p.m ... Read more.

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