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The Pulitzer Prize- and two-time Tony Award-winning musical “A Strange Loop” is starting its Boston run this Friday (April 26) with a cast that includes Dorchester actor Kai Clifton in the lead role of “Usher.” The ... Read more.

A prominent Jewish-led labor group honored IBEW Local 103’s Lou Antonellis at its annual Labor Seder on Sun., April 7. The union’s business manager and financial secretary was recognized for his dedication “in ... Read more.

Boston Police Department Sgt. Det. John Burrows and Officer Awan Freeman, shown with Fire Commissioner Paul Burke and Police Commissioner Michael Cox, were named Red Cross Heroes during the recent 2024 Boston Heroes ... Read more.

A quiet transformation is happening on some of Boston’s many vacant lots with the help of hardworking neighbors and the Boston Food Forest Coalition, a nonprofit community land trust that is working to turn empty patches ... Read more.

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission on Monday unveiled a fleet of 37 environmentally friendly electric vehicles and a state-of-the-art sewer system cleaner at an Earth Day-themed event at their headquarters in Roxbury ... Read more.

Halina Nguyen was eight years old when her mother first drove her from Fields Corner over to Blue Hill Avenue’s Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center (STEC) for a Friday night clinic known as Volley Against Violence. ... Read more.

Taking on the title of Franklin Park “Defenders,” 20 citizens and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) announced Tuesday they plan to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging the re-development of White Stadium in Franklin ... Read more.

Peterson Desir has been riding the Red Line since he was a kid, and for the last several months, the 33-year-old Dorchester native has had the best seat on the train – the driver’s chair. He is one of 23 new heavy rail ... Read more.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Omara Shears, 46, of first-degree murder for the death of Javare Sommerville-Adams, 17, as the teen was standing at Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road enjoying the ... Read more.

In letter, board members say Wu administration ‘disregards’ their oversight role on projects

In a communication addressed to Mayor Wu that is rife with potential consequences for development in ... Read more.

On March 28, a crowd of enthusiastic supporters gathered at the Boston headquarters of Central Boston Elder Services to celebrate this vital institution’s golden anniversary. For 50 years, CBES has been a pillar of the ... Read more.

A Massachusetts delegation led by Gov. Healey, Mayor Wu, and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco will travel to the Vatican next month to attend an international climate summit assembled by Pope Francis.

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Leaders of a new Dorchester-based organization hopes to unite Caribbean-connected communities that have existed on islands – literally and figuratively – with a focus on keeping its constituencies engaged year-round in ... Read more.

The 1975 Vietnamese Diaspora Commemoration Initiative is hosting an "Intergenerational Cultural Commemoration Event" in Fields Corner on Saturday, April 20.

This event, titled "Chương Trình Tưởng Niệm, Liên Thế ... Read more.

While Boston made history in 2021 by electing the first women and first person of color as mayor of Boston with a thumping majority, an even greater majority of voters supported a binding ballot question that greatly ... Read more.

Recently the Healey administration’s Department of Public Health (DPH) announced it was hosting five invitation-only virtual meetings with hospitals, community health centers, and others in communities where Steward ... Read more.

The Boston School Committee voted unanimously on April 10 to change the name of the merged BCLA/McCormack 7-12 school on Columbia Point to the Ruth Batson Academy in honor of the Roxbury woman who fought for equitable ... Read more.

City officials are pointing to a worrying trend of more and more illegal parties and nightclubs that pose a number of health and safety concerns to patrons and neighborhood residents.

According to the Inspectional ... Read more.

A pizza chain’s plans to open up shop in a vacant Dot Ave storefront is getting a cold reception from others in the Fields Corner business district, including the Main Streets organization that is charged with helping ... Read more.

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