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The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), in partnership with the Mattapan Community Health Center, the Mattapan Food & Fitness Coalition, and Mattapan United, will host a community meeting on the health of Mattapan ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports the Harbor Point Convenience Store, 17 Harbor Point Blvd., was held up around 8:10 p.m. on Sunday.

"The suspect walked in to the store and brandished a firearm at the cashier. ... Read more.

Citing outside organizations spending over $1 million in support of state Rep. Marty Walsh's mayoral campaign, an education reform group said Friday they plan to return to the race in support of the candidate they ... Read more.

They couldn’t all fit inside the small Washington Street campaign office. So the group of a dozen or so black clergy and community members stepped outside and crowded around City Councillor At-Large John Connolly to ... Read more.

A top Patrick administration official on Thursday warned of “dire consequences” from the partial federal government shutdown, which is in its tenth day.

“Thousands of state employees will be facing furloughs or ... Read more.

Dorchester’s Mather Elementary School will soon turn three and three-quarters centuries old – but not yet.

The fact that this year is the Parish Street institution’s 374th birthday rather than its 375th is not ... Read more.

Members of the union representing Boston school bus drivers rocked the city on Tuesday by deciding to go on a surprise strike that enraged Mayor Thomas Menino and disrupted the race for his successor.

Menino called ... Read more.

City Councillor At-Large Ayanna Pressley and Michelle Wu, a former campaign aide to US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, topped a poll on the eight-way race for four at-large council slots that was released early this week. A Boston ... Read more.

The University of Massachusetts Boston has long had major plans for campus development and remodeling, and a $150 million construction project now in its eighth month is a key element in the first phase of its $750 ... Read more.

The National Endowment for the Arts reported that last year less than 47 percent of Americans read even one book for pleasure. One way Bostonians are trying to remedy this deplorable state of affairs is by promoting the ... Read more.

Days after the nephew of a longtime peace activist was shot and killed, dozens of members of the community gathered in Uphams Corner to mourn and voice their frustration with violence in their neighborhoods. On Monday ... Read more.

In a congenial interview with the elected panel that reviews judicial nominees, colleagues of Edward Savage recounted his travels from the "mayhem" of Dorchester District Court to the rigors of Brookline's demanding ... Read more.

A 15-year-old from Dorchester was arraigned Tuesday in Dorchester District Court on attempted murder and firearm charges after he was identified as the gunman in a shooting on Corona Street on Monday night that left an 18 ... Read more.

A surprise and unauthorized school bus drivers strike impacted at least half of the city's student population this morning, according to the Boston Public School department. The work action, which BPS officials have ... Read more.

The two finalists in the race for mayor spent the days after the Sept. 24 preliminary chasing endorsements and trading statements over an arbitration award favoring the police department that has dominated the campaign ... Read more.

“As a person of color and as an actress, I can say, ‘It’s always nice when you’re at the theater to see a little something of yourself up on the stage.’ ”

At least that’s the experience of Codman Square resident ... Read more.

The owner of a historic but run-down Mattapan property that was seized by city officials in August went to court this week seeking an injunction allowing them to reclaim the land. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Judith ... Read more.

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