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Mayor Martin Walsh has asked the City Council to OK holding year’s preliminary municipal election two weeks early to observe Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, according to an order filed with the City Council on Friday.

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Leaves and other yard waste can be left out with recycling starting this week. The collection schedule will vay by neighborhood and can be found online at cityofboston.gov. Barrels, bags and branches should be placed ... Read more.

Monday night’s Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association’s monthly meeting was a case study in how the city hopes to change hearts and minds around the Olympic bid, as Marty Walsh told us last week he’s hoping to do. It’s ... Read more.

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The City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal by Councilor Charles Yancey for hearings on the imminent demolition of the Casey Overpass - several years after state officials announced the plans and months after ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh this week unveiled a $2.86 billion budget for the 2016 fiscal year – a hike of more than $120 million over the current spending cycle, adjusted mainly through a 4.6 percent increase in property tax ... Read more.

Friday (10th) – Boston Ballet presents an evening of dance and diverse choreography at the Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Rd., Dorchester, 7 p.m. The evening performance will feature selections from Boston ... Read more.

Charles Yancey, the longest-serving member on the City Council, is facing a formidable challenge for his Fourth District seat from political newcomer Andrea Campbell.

Campbell, 32, recently sat down with the ... Read more.

As subway officials prepare to winterize tracks on the Red and Orange lines, the head of the MBTA said riders should expect shuttle buses along the above-ground routes this summer and fall.

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Actor Mark Wahlberg's pardon request remains on the back burner, a top state official said Wednesday.

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The forecast for Fri., April 10, is for lightning – balletic lightning, that is – to strike twice at the Strand Theatre: once in the morning and once in the evening.

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The MBTA, which shoulders significant debt from past borrowing efforts, spent just over half of the amount budgeted for capital projects in 2014, contributing to "chronic underinvestment" and a backlog of unaddressed ... Read more.

The statistical area anchored in Boston was among five of the nation's 12 largest metropolitan areas that recorded employment gains of 2 percent or lower during the one-year period ending in January 2015.

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Carlos Arredondo, who helped those injured during the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, has established the Arredondo Family Foundation (AFF) with his wife Mélida. The foundation will launch on Monday, April 6 from 6-9 p.m. ... Read more.

The MBTA's unsustainable operating budget is hamstrung by "stagnating" revenues, costs that are growing at twice the rate of inflation, and a fleet that is the oldest among its peer transit systems, according to details ... Read more.

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