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The archdiocese of Boston moved a step closer this week to realigning its parishes in Dorchester with the appointment of new pastors that will be made public sometime after the holidays. Last September, Cardinal Seán O’ ... Read more.

Early in January, Kathie Tully will head off to her new home in southeastern Massachusetts, ending some ten decades of Tully family ownership of 34 Lonsdale Street, Dorchester, the site of an earth-shattering event some ... Read more.

The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals— and Dorchester’s Carney Hospital is once again on the list. The awards, given annually for those hospitals that meet top ... Read more.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has planned renovations to the street hockey rink in Garvey Park, which has been re-named for John and Ann O’Sullivan, the late parents of the well-known Neponset hockey family. ... Read more.

The road to securing a pardon is a steep climb for ex-convicts in Massachusetts. In the first seven years of Governor Deval Patrick’s tenure, only five pardons— out of a total of 326 requests— made it past the the ... Read more.

Mark Wahlberg’s petition seeking a pardon for his 1988 conviction for a violent robbery and assault on Dorchester Avenue has triggered a sharp backlash since it was ... Read more.

One of my favorite songs is “Georgia on My Mind.” Over the last few months, and especially over the past few days, I could hear myself humming … “Fields Corner is on my mind.”

Last month, VietAID celebrated its ... Read more.

Holding the Summer Olympic Games in Boston a little less than a decade from now would either sacrifice the city's goals to a three-week party for the world elite or give the Bay State a chance a lead the games toward a ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting two of the seven or eight teens they say tried to rob a man at knifepoint outside the KFC at 481 Washington St. around 10:20 p.m. on Friday.

According to police, the ... Read more.

Just as the Dorchester Eagles Pop Warner team boarded a bus and headed to Florida, Mayor Martin Walsh announced $16,000 in fundraising for the team thanks to local businesses and civic leaders.

Walsh has received ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday announced that he had installed new Licensing Board members in an overhaul of the body that regulates alcohol, food, and hotels within city limits.

The new members are Hyde ... Read more.

Lawmakers who support a program that brings students from Boston and Springfield to suburban school districts are "troubled" by Gov. Deval Patrick's $287,000 cut to the program, part of the governor's efforts to respond ... Read more.

Members of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association got their first real chance to assess a proposed 92-unit development at Hancock Street and Pleasant Street on Monday, with some taking issue with traffic flow and ... Read more.

Thursday (4th) – Kit Clark 1st Annual Wreath Stroll from 2-5p.m. at Kit Clark’s 1500 Dorchester Ave. location. Celebrate the holidays with pastries as you stroll through Kit Clark and view wreaths ... Read more.

The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute is inviting the community to an open house on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at their new headquarters at 15 Christopher St. in Fields Corner. The event is one of several at ... Read more.

Mattapan residents are not happy with the city’s decision to relocate some of the homeless displaced by the shut-down of the Long Island bridge to two Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) locations in Mattapan.

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