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Dorchester's class of 2012 hail from many different schools across the region. Click here for a selection of photos from commencements and ... Read more.

Does the K-8 school configuration lead to more student success than the grade 6 through 8 middle school configuration? The Boston Public Schools Committee examined this question on Wednesday at the Edward Winter Chambers ... Read more.

Two Dorchester men were convicted yesterday for the brutal shooting of 14 year-old Nicholas Fomby-Davis in May 2010. Joshua ... Read more.

Boston Police spent several hours yesterday scouring the Dudley Triangle after a report of a possible child abduction set off a huge response in the vicinity of the John Winthrop School on Brookford St.

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Asked Wednesday about the contention by some legislators this week that the MBTA can’t afford to expand the Green Line and commuter rail service to the South Coast, Transportation Secretary Richard Davey said he agreed. ... Read more.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is one step further toward being entered into the National Register of Historical Places.

Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin announced Tuesday that the Massachusetts ... Read more.

School district officials are planning additional public meetings as they work to revamp the student assignment process. According to Boston Public Schools, 2,000 people have already participated in meetings and online. ... Read more.

Lawmakers are close to a compromise on a controversial anti-crime bill, also known as the "three strikes" bill, according to state Rep. Russell Holmes.

The Mattapan Democrat, a member of the Legislature’s Joint ... Read more.

Several Mattapan community residents on Tuesday weighed in on changes to the Route 28 bus line, which is undergoing changes to its stops along Blue Hill Avenue and elsewhere.

The early evening meeting at the ... Read more.

A group representing Dorchester’s Polish Triangle is taking a stand against a proposed additional methadone clinic in the area, a facility they say is not needed and undermines the quality of life for residents.

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A one-alarm fire at 74 Corona St. displaced four people early Tuesday, the Boston Fire Department reports.

The fire, reported around 4:10 a.m., was caused by a short circuit in the basement that spread to the first ... Read more.

Crews worked through the night to contain and clean up a gasoline spill from a tanker truck whose driver managed to bust open valves on its side, sending more than 1,000 gallons of gas into the street and Dorchester Bay, ... Read more.

The Boston Fire Department arson squad is investigating a fire reported around 12:50 p.m. at 195 Norfolk St. because of witness reports somebody may have thrown something into the building just before the flames erupted ... Read more.

Police are search for four men, all armed with handguns, who burst into a home on Ellington Street around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday.

Police are looking for a black Toyota Matrix, with a license plate that starts with ... Read more.

Few teenagers know for certain what they want to be when they grow up.

For the students who graduated from the ICAN Medical Scholars program on Bowdoin Street last Saturday, the answer is getting clearer.

A ... Read more.

What started as a celebration last year that coincided with the 350th birthday of the James Blake House, the oldest house in the city of Boston, is this year an event to celebrate the roots of anyone who has familial ... Read more.

The superintendent-in-chief of the Boston Police Department is calling on the state’s representatives in Washington D.C. to change federal law and allow for sober homes to be regulated.

Superintendent Daniel ... Read more.

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