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The Industry Bar & Grill, a popular dining option in Adams Village, will serve its last cocktail and crab cakes on Wed., Dec. 27. The 151- ... Read more.

The Boston City Council held its final formal meeting of the year last Wednesday— but the body’s leader wants to reconvene next week ... Read more.

Juan Carlos Santana originally came through the doors of Uphams Community Care to try to better understand health insurance and the Massachusetts Health Connector.

Now, he shows up every day to help others figure ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports it will seek criminal charges against a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old they say approached a group of "elderly Christmas carolers" from behind on Johnston Road in Dorchester and punched ... Read more.

US Sen. Elizabeth Warren threw her weight behind Gov. Maura Healey’s housing plan on Monday morning and said the federal government will need to “step up” to help the state address its housing affordability and ... Read more.

The Shattuck Hospital redevelopment plan championed by Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been put on pause after several contentious meetings in recent months, with changes to the plan coming in the new year, according to a ... Read more.

In an unusual rebuke of his hometown’s local elected officials, a senator from Boston wants to strip cities and towns of authority over some grants designed to support public health and safety.

Sen. Nick Collins, a ... Read more.

Even from a young age, I knew I had to make an effort to change the injustices I noticed in my community. From the very first moment I set foot in Dorchester’s Boston Collegiate Charter School’s fifth grade, my passion ... Read more.

The Codman Square Holiday event took place on Dec. 3 in conjunction with the Enchanted Trolley tour stop there. Despite inclement weather, more than 150 people showed up and 150 toys were given away. The Codman Square ... Read more.

Few dared to venture out into the treacherous winds and sheets of rain that soaked the region on Monday, but the monsoon-like conditions were no deterrence to the men and women of the National Guard’s 164th Transportation ... Read more.

The Nutcracker, staged by the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre company, returns to the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner from Sat., Dec. 9 and running to Christmas Eve. Ticket prices for public shows run anywhere from $25 to $90 ... Read more.

The former Ashmont Grill site at 555 Talbot Ave. has been sold to a South Boston developer who has signed on the Black-owned Lobzter King catering company to open a full-service restaurant there –a venture that will be ... Read more.

Mayor Wu’s office says the Mattahunt Community Center in Mattapan is on track to re-open in the new year after an extensive renovation project that has been hindered by significant delays. The work at the city-owned ... Read more.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration last Thursday announced $13 million for park improvements and open space acquisitions across Massachusetts, including a $500,000 grant for the upcoming renovation of Walsh Playground. ... Read more.

The Dorchester Elite Eagles U14 Pop Warner football team and the Boston Lady Raiders Bantam cheer team celebrated in awesome fashion Saturday afternoon as they rode up front in the neighborhood’s first-ever national title ... Read more.

The city of Boston, in the persons of Mayor Michelle Wu and Police Commissioner Michael Cox, planned to issue an apology on Wednesday to two men and to the residents of the Mission Hill neighborhood for how they were ... Read more.

Whether it was pandemic-related supply chain issues, or even the war in Ukraine, any number of setbacks seemed likely to thwart the construction of Dot Crossing, the five-story apartment building and bookstore at 1463- ... Read more.

Boston City Council meetings typically start with an invocation by a member of the clergy. So it was on Wed., Dec. 13, the date of the last meeting of 2023, with Rev. Joseph M. White, the pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in ... Read more.

A federal judge on Monday sentenced Edwin Tavarez, 48, of Garfield, NJ to 18 months in prison for the way he got a longtime acquaintance in the old neighborhood to pay him more than $1.5 million over six years for a condo ... Read more.

Last Saturday was a major anniversary for the Boston Tea Party, which happened 250 years ago on December 16, 1773. The Tea Party was a major escalation in the era’s conflict between the American colonies and the United ... Read more.

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