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Nostalgia permeated the fundraiser last Thursday night in which a few hundred members of Menino administrations past and present turned out to catch up and celebrate 20 years of dominance in City Hall. But there was also ... Read more.

District 7 Councillor Tito Jackson this week suggested moving most of Mattapan into Rob Consalvo’s District 5 while pushing the boundaries of Councillor Charles Yancey’s District 4 west into Roslindale.

Councillors ... Read more.

“I’m a very decent guy. I’m not a criminal.”

The suspect, handcuffed and surrounded by a half-dozen plainclothes Boston cops, didn’t look like a menacing sort. He could have been any middle-aged hump heading back ... Read more.

Savin Hill view

State Police report three suspects in a shooting at Southampton Street and Massachusetts Avenue Wednesday evening jumped into a car and tried to flee south - only to be pursued by Boston police officers and state troopers ... Read more.

Police responding to a report of a gunshot at 14 Lyndhurst St. around 11 a.m., Wednesday, found a 23-year-old man shot to the head.

He was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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Ernest Watkins IV, 14, was arraigned Monday on charges he stabbed a man to death outside the Fields Corner T stop Oct. 6.

A Dorchester District Court judge ordered him held in DYS custody without bail ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a 14-year-old - too young to have his name released - for the stabbing death of Cherby LaJoie, 39, on Oct. 6 at 11 Charles St.

Police say the teen stabbed LaJoie ... Read more.

The Garrett Pressley Autism Resource Center held its seventh annual road race at Pope John Paul II Park in Neponset on Saturday, October 6. The Mattapan-based center assists Boston families with teenagers and adult ... Read more.

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.

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