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Hong Kong billionaire Gerald Chan has purchased another sizeable chunk of property in Dorchester, acquiring the Spire Printing Company site last Friday, according to city records.

Gadoni LLC, an arm of ... Read more.

After a nearly two-month-long race that raised some $27,000, the Dorchester Day Parade Committee has announced that David Anderson, a 34-year-old Dorchester resident and operations manager for Greater Boston Management, ... Read more.

Mayor Martin Walsh kicked off his re-election bid in Dorchester last weekend, gathering with staff and supporters at the Boston Pizza and Grill before canvassing homes around Uphams Corner on Saturday.

“As we move ... Read more.

As it pertains to a section of the Mattapan trolley line, the MBTA is closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, so to speak.

The quaint 1940s orange and cream-colored Mattapan trolleys begin ... Read more.

Against the backdrop of Monday night’s terrorist bombing at a Manchester, England, concert venue, Boston Police on Tuesday released a community advisory, closed Lansdowne Street next to Fenway Park, and upped their ... Read more.

Fairmount Line riders can expect “some limited suspensions of train service” beginning in early June while a new station is built near Blue Hill Avenue at Mattapan, MBTA officials said this week.

Beginning Sat., ... Read more.

Glover’s Corner ‘visioning’ keys in on affordability

How best to preserve neighborhood diversity and housing equity while also accommodating ongoing and much-needed growth consumed the conversation ... Read more.

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum will host a five-day celebration over Memorial Day weekend to mark the slain president’s 100th birthday. John F. Kennedy, who was born in Brookline and had deep maternal ... Read more.

Attorney William F. Kennedy of Dorchester received the Catholic Charities 2017 Justice and Compassion Award last week for his inspirational leadership and solidarity with the most at-risk and underserved members of the ... Read more.

Continuing the long tradition of Dorchester house tours that it revived last year in the Ashmont Hill neighborhood, the Dorchester Historical Society presents the 2017 Dorchester House Tour on
Sunday, June 11, from ... Read more.

The beachside McConnell Playground in Savin Hill will see $3 million in improvements in a city-funded project that could start early next year. On Tuesday evening, neighbors convened for the first in a series of meetings ... Read more.

Dr. Huy Nguyen has been named the Chief Medical Officer for DotHouse Health. Dr. Nguyen, who began his new position on April 3, has been a part of the DotHouse Health team for over 13 years as a primary care pediatrician ... Read more.

The nomination papers are in and the municipal election race is now underway. Candidates seeking a mayoral or city council seat in the fall election were required to submit their papers and signatures for verification by ... Read more.

Beginning Wednesday, May 24 and continuing through Tuesday, May 30, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) says it “will likely implement temporary overnight detours and/or roadway closures along Morrissey ... Read more.

More than 58,000 Haitians living in the United States, including 4,700 in Massachusetts, will have their temporary immigration protections extended for six months, a timeframe some Bay State officials said Monday is not ... Read more.

The latest stretch of the Neponset River Greenway is now open to the public, connecting Pope John Paul Park II and Mattapan Square and filling in a long-missing link in the biking and pedestrian trail.

The trail ... Read more.

A city Department of Public Works employee was killed after a single-car crash near the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Columbia Road on Thursday night, police said.

Police responded to the scene ... Read more.

Scores of Bostonians traveled to Washington, D.C. last weekend to watch as the name of a son of Dorchester was added to a memorial on the National Mall dedicated to fallen law enforcement personnel.

Ricky Dever was ... Read more.

A five-alarm fire tore through a Mattapan three-decker on a warm Thursday night, displacing 19 people and causing half a million dollars in damage, Boston fire officials said.

Firefighters responded at ... Read more.

Originally slated to conclude on the last day of May, an exhibit at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate featuring original work by the students from Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) ... Read more.

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