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Mayor Marty Walsh is California-bound as he and backers of Boston’s Olympic bid officially make their case to the US Olympic Committee on Tuesday, Walsh’s office confirmed today.

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The owner of an Adams Street barber shop was stabbed to death last evening at 661 Adams St. The victim was found in the street outside the Clover City Unisex Barber Shop. Friends and family who gathered outside the store ... Read more.

John Steinberg, an archaeologist in UMass Boston’s Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological ... Read more.

On Sunday night, community members from around Boston gathered at Dorchester’s Global Ministries Church on Washington Street for an “anti-displacement event” to discuss trends in rent levels, real estate prices, and ... Read more.

Thursday (11th) – Port Norfolk Civic Association meeting regarding plans to site a public park at the former Shaffer Paper property starts at 7 p.m. at the Port Norfolk Yacht Club, 179 Walnut St.
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The Department of Conservation and Recreation will lay out construction and design plans for the long-awaited transformation from the former Shaffer Paper site into the Port Norfolk Park tonight (Thursday, Dec. 11). ... Read more.

A national group hoping to create a groundswell of civic opposition to short-term room rental services did not get much traction after a presentation at last Wednesday’s Pope’s Hill Civic Association meeting.

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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.

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