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A hiring blitz during Gov. Healey’s first year in office boosted the MBTA’s headcount by more than 10 percent and “set a new bar for the T,” officials said on Jan. 11.

Fueled in large part by labor agreements that ... Read more.

The Dorchester Youth Hockey (DYH) Mites and skaters on the UMass Boston men’s hockey team made connections last week as coaches and members of the UMB squad ran clinics during two practices at the Devine Rink in Neponset ... Read more.

Every year, hundreds of City Year workers and volunteers use the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to complete a service project in the city rather than take the day off. On Monday, more than 200 individuals converged ... Read more.

Gov. Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll have tapped Dorchester’s Vilma Uribe to lead the Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking. She has been a Council member since 2015, and ... Read more.

On Wed., Jan. 3, some three dozen alumni/ae from years 2011 to 2023 gathered at Boston Collegiate Charter School to check in with their former teachers and offer advice to current students. The visitors represented a ... Read more.

Home sales across Massachusetts sank to a 12-year low in 2023, the first year in office for Gov. Healey, whose road to the corner office was paved with promises to boldly tackle the state’s housing crisis.

The ... Read more.

Owen Thomas, a Savin Hill resident, navigated the rapids of the mighty Morrissey on Saturday afternoon as a King Tide caused the roadway and other low-lying terrain to be inundated with water from Dorchester Bay. The ... Read more.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute on Dorchester’s Columbia Point will host a forum on Mon., Feb. 5, featuring Dr. Carey Wright in conversation with Rehema Ellis of NBC News focused on Mississippi’s journey from last in the ... Read more.

Led by the Epiphany School, opponents of a planned apartment building next to the Shawmut MBTA station turned to the courts last week in an effort to stymie the project, which won key approvals from city officials last ... Read more.

 The Dorchester Yacht Club is leading an effort to get more state resources for improvements to water quality and navigation in the basin that includes the club’s property and Savin Hill and Malibu beaches. An attorney ... Read more.

Boston students who participated in a school integration program in suburban districts scored higher on certain standardized tests and were more likely to enroll in four-year colleges, according to newly released research ... Read more.

The “9C” mid-year state budget cuts made by Gov. Healey this month seemed like technical moves far away on Beacon Hill until the bill came due at a number of local organizations, where funding they have depended on – and ... Read more.

Reports of smoke at the Downtown Crossing station triggered massive disruptions to the MBTA's core subway system, shutting down more than a dozen stops on a day when the morning commute was already snarled by winter ... Read more.

When I got my Dec. 28 issue of the Dot Reporter, I was struck by the front-page article about disparities in health outcomes and life expectancy between largely white communities and neighborhoods of color in Boston. We ... Read more.

 The Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School on Columbia Road will begin to phase out its upper grades next year in advance of closing as a middle school, according to a letter sent to parents and the school community on ... Read more.

The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of gunning down a 16-year-old outside a Geneva Avenue convenience store in September, 2011, ruling he did not get adequate representation ... Read more.

The state Attorney General’s office last week sued the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) over its treatment of a family with two girls with asthma and developmental issues, charging that the authority ignored repeated ... Read more.

(BCC) recently launch its two-year research and analytics study focusing on three crucial sectors: Capital, Education, and Project Impact. The Capital task force will compile and assess the efficacy of interventions to ... Read more.

JPMorgan Chase last month opened a new branch in Uphams Corner’s historic Pierce Building in Uphams Corner. The unveiling marked the latest development in a partnership between JPMorgan Chase and Dorchester Bay Economic ... Read more.

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