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57 Fairmount St. after fire

A two-alarm fire reported around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday at 57 Fairmount St. displaced three residents and did an estimated $150,000 damage, the Boston Fire Department reports.

The cause of the fire, which ... Read more.

Residents on Port Norfolk have begun conversations about a potential residential development at the Russo Marine site next to Venezia Restaurant. The 206-unit development, proposed by Venezia Restaurant’s owner Ralph ... Read more.

Saturday (4th) – Independence Day in the United States of America.

Monday (6th) – The Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Association present annual Free Theater Arts program for children at ... Read more.

Warning of a worsening humanitarian crisis, Haitian and Dominican community leaders joined forces with immigration advocates yesterday on the steps of the State House to denounce large-scale deportations of Dominicans of ... Read more.

Gov. Charlie Baker back in March articulated a clear preference and rationale for a November 2016 vote on an Olympics ballot question, but now says he does not have a firm opinion on when the vote should occur.

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City Hall is rolling out a new web and mobile app that will help Bostonians figure out when to put out their trash barrels and recycling containers. The aptly-named app— Trash Day—gives easy access to collection schedules ... Read more.

Legislators whose districts include key parcels in Boston’s bid to host the Olympic games are signaling early support for the new plans at the Athletes Village on Columbia Point that could couple with publicly funded ... Read more.

If Boston wins its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, a $2.8 billion, privately-built Athletes Village will rise from Columbia Point, coupled with publicly-funded fixes for Kosciuszko Circle and the JFK/UMass MBTA ... Read more.

The latest hearing on Boston’s bid to host the Olympic Games brought fewer fireworks and was shorter than the two prior, primarily because key pillars of Boston 2024’s proposal to host the Games were not ready to be ... Read more.

Dorchester has lost one of its most reliable and energetic allies on the political and civil rights front. Jimmy Cawley, who was best known for his work to help disabled adults find employment through the Dorchester-based ... Read more.

Residents, Boston Police Department staff and representatives from Dorchester community organizations gathered Wednesday night for a meeting to discuss fears and response to recent criminal activity in the area. The ... Read more.

Wednesday night, Boston 2024’s Chief Administrative Officer Joe Rull delivered his pitch to a group of 30-some residents at the McKeon Post in Neponset–one of the ongoing small-group meetings Boston 2024 is convening ... Read more.

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