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A small crowd was on hand Tuesday evening at the Mildred Avenue School in Mattapan as Boston public schools officials held the fifth in a series of community meetings focused on proposed changes to the city’s school ... Read more.

Carney Hospital is expected to receive $19.1 million over three years as the Dorchester Avenue medical center works with the state to pilot alternative health care payment models.

The funds, which are considered ... Read more.

The three-family home at 9 Inwood St. appeared to reflect on the outside the alleged drug activity that was going on inside.

The bank-owned house’s roof needed work. The porch was in disrepair. A shopping cart was ... Read more.

(4:14 p.m.) - UPDATE: The Granite Avenue drawbridge is back down, according to a Massachusetts Department of Transportation spokesman.

The bridge spent an hour in the upright position due to one of ... Read more.

Partners Health Care, Neighborhood Health Plan, and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers will funnel $90 million in grants over the next 15 years to local health centers in a bid to improve efficiency and ... Read more.

The year is 2000 and several members of AFAB, the Association of Haitian Women in Boston, are on-air at a local radio station, talking about domestic violence. The women encourage listeners of the Haitian program to ... Read more.

The Boston State Community Trust, a subsidiary of the Boston State Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), awarded grants to five local organizations in the Great Room of the Foley Senior Residences in Mattapan last ... Read more.

A pair of visionary artists are among the seven Dorchester and Mattapan residents who will be displaying their creations this weekend during Roxbury Open Studios (ROS).

Mattapan’s Robert Peters says he’s “deeply ... Read more.

Over the last 16 months, the City Council and redistricting activists have pumped out enough maps to fill a small atlas. This week, they added a few more to the mix.

The new maps – one submitted by City ... Read more.

A Boston developer will file plans with city officials this week to build a five-story, $60 million residential complex on a long-vacant parcel of land next to the JFK-UMass MBTA station on Morrissey Boulevard. The two- ... Read more.

Car magnate Herb Chambers intends to purchase the old Ch. 56 property on Morrissey Boulevard and convert it into a pre-owned BMW dealership and repair center.

Chambers, a Dorchester native whose automotive empire ... Read more.

(Updated, Oct. 3, 3:15p.m.) — Future Boston public school students will have the option of going to one of the four schools closest to where they live while current students would be grandfathered to where they attend ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department is investigating a triple shooting at 230 Park St. around 10 p.m., Monday, that left one victim dead.

Police said the dead victim, shot repeatedly, was pronounced dead at ... Read more.

A man was fatally shot in the head and a woman wounded inside the Universal Barber Shop and Hair Salon, 436 Geneva Ave. around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Around 11:45 p.m., meanwhile, a person was shot in the back ... Read more.

 Mayor Thomas Menino has vetoed a second redistricting map sent to his desk by the City Council on a 7-6 vote, again giving as his reason an over-concentration of people of color in District 4.

Councillor Tito ... Read more.

The community group Redefining Our Community (ROC) held its fourth annual block party on Evans St. in Dorchester last Saturday, Sept. 22 from 2-6 p.m. The event — set up on the block between Corbet and Nelson Streets— ... Read more.

More than 100 residents, elected officials and members of the Boston Police Department turned out for a Monday evening meeting at St. Mark’s Church to dicuss mounting concerns about prostitution along Dorchester Avenue. ... Read more.

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