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Savin Hill resident Karen Clements has been honored with the John S. Perkins Distinguished Service Award, bestowed annually on Boston University non-faculty members in recognition of their dedication to the University. ... Read more.

Mark McHale, a lifelong resident of Dorchester, was inducted into the Mass. State High School Hockey Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony at the Montvale Plaza banquet hall in Stoneham.

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Bicyclists face many risks when they take to the roads, but perhaps one of the most dangerous comes from parked cars. “Dooring” is cyclist lingo for when passengers or drivers open their car doors into a bike lane, ... Read more.

Beantown Athletics will host a charity wrestling event at its Granite Avenue location on Saturday, May 13 at 4 p.m. The event— dubbed “Chaos for Kids”— will help raise money for a new teen fitness room and related ... Read more.

The 15-acre stretch along the banks of the Neponset River has long ridden the razor’s edge of becoming a dumping place for hazardous waste, home to gas tanks, a docking site for natural gas tankers, or adjacent to a ... Read more.

Dorchester’s annual observation of Memorial Day will have a distinctly Irish accent this year. The keynote speaker of the time-honored ceremony in Cedar Grove Cemetery on May 29 will be Brigadier General Peter O’Halloran ... Read more.

After a narrow victory for Republicans in the U.S. House, Sen. Ed Markey said he does not see a viable path for Congress to agree on a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, predicting doom for the effort to undo ... Read more.

As they milled around a parking lot on the Fort Point Channel on Monday morning, state and city officials used phrases like "global landmark" and "iconic location" to describe the office building that is expected to soon ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot around 9:45 p.m. on Friday at 46 Rexford St. in Mattapan. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

The victim was the fourth person to be ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally stabbed around 10:20 p.m. on Friday at 5 Groom St.

The man, in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

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Community members and housing experts engaged in a discussion on development and Dorchester’s trajectory during a wide-ranging forum in the basement hall of St Mark’s Church on Tuesday night. Faced with housing pressures ... Read more.

Dorchester’s own Donna Latson Gittens, the founder and CEO of MORE Advertising, threw out the first pitch at Monday night’s series-opener between the Red Sox and the Orioles.

Gittens, a native of Boston and ... Read more.

Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award to President Barack Obama on Sunday, May 7 as part of the centennial celebration of John F. Kennedy ... Read more.

Over 1,000 runners will participate in Saturday morning’s Boston Marine Corps Honor Run 5K, which starts and ends at Carson Beach. This year’s race is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Andrew K. Farrar Jr., USMC of ... Read more.

Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy took a hands-on approach to teach their students about Afro-Cuban history and culture this year: They traveled to Cuba for an 8-day excursion. The 23 middle school students were among the ... Read more.

As part of its ongoing Civics 101 series, the Adams Street branch of the BPL will welcome State Rep. Dan Hunt to discuss how an idea becomes a law on Monday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m. This is an informal discussion on process, ... Read more.

The classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan, a resident of Uphams Corner, will perform at the First Church in Jamaica Plain on Friday in a solo concert covering Bach, Gershwin, and Mussorgsky, as well as his own ... Read more.

Carney Hospital held its annual employee recognition ceremony on April 25 in the Cushing Auditorium. Among those honored were including Patricia Hartnett, who began her career at Carney in 1967, and Carla Miller, who has ... Read more.

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