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The boys soccer team from Dorchester’s Jeremiah E. Burke High School will play for a shot at the state championship today in a Division 3 semi-final match-up with Marblehead High School. The Burke boys— led by second year ... Read more.

Three people who got into an argument with Chaz Burton at a Mattapan party in March began punching him and when that wasn't enough, pulled wooden stakes out of the ground with which to beat him before one of them took out ... Read more.

Voters in Dorchester and Mattapan voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, for legalized marijuana, for a surcharge on property taxes, and to keep a lid on charter schools in an election that saw a large turnout across ... Read more.

A pedestrian was struck by a car yesterday in Codman Square and remains in serious condition, police said.

The vehicle hit the adult man at the corner of Norfolk and Withington streets at about 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday ... Read more.

Businessman Donald Trump stunned the nation and the world Tuesday, upsetting Democrat Hillary Clinton and positioning himself to become the 45th president of the United States in January.

With a divided electorate ... Read more.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would be president Clinton in a walk if Boston— and Dorchester and Mattapan voters— were the only voters.

The former Secretary of State is— as expected— cruising to a lopsided ... Read more.

Turnout is heavy at Dorchester polling stations as voters turn out to cast ballots in the presidential election. As of 6 p.m., city officials say that more than half of registered voters— 54.7 percent— have cast their ... Read more.

More than 1 million people cast their ballots during Massachusetts' first early voting period, according to Secretary of State William Galvin, who predicted that over 3 million people will vote in this year's presidential ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot around 12:40 a.m., Saturday, at 2 Bentham Rd.

Officers responding to a report of gunfire there did not find a victim. Police say the man managed to get himself to ... Read more.

The illegal rooming house occupied by several moderate-to-high-risk sex offenders on Milton Avenue in Dorchester was the subject of intense discussion at a neighborhood meeting last week. While community members sought to ... Read more.

A state plan to beautify and fortify Morrissey Boulevard is getting both up and down reactions from neighborhood residents who’ve studied the conceptual designs, according to a Reporter look at public comments submitted ... Read more.

A 36-year-old mother walking along Washington Street was shot and killed on Saturday afternoon in a broad daylight incident that also left a teenager wounded. Benine Andre was fatally shot just before 2:30 p.m. as she ... Read more.

Faith leaders teamed with Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday in Dorchester to make a final appeal to voters to reject legal marijuana, painting the ballot campaign as one about commercialization ... Read more.

There are 192,133 new registered voters in Massachusetts since the last presidential election, with three of the state’s 14 counties responsible for more than half of the increase.

As of Oct. 19, 2016, 4,534,974 ... Read more.

At Tuesday evening’s Hancock Street Civic Association meeting, Kevin Maguire from Oxbow Urban gave an update on a number of city-owned parcels being privately developed into homeownership units. The presentation focused ... Read more.

So, it seems that a Dorchester King has turned out to be the Queen Bee of the latest family-friendly production at the Wheelock Family Theatre (WFT).

Dot teen Journey King is inspiring local audiences as she stars ... Read more.

City councillors pressed for answers on enforcing Boston Public Schools residency requirements at a Tuesday hearing, addressing the common refrain that students are being improperly sent to Boston schools from surrounding ... Read more.

(Updated -- Nov. 4, 11:24 a.m.)

State Police report a woman crossing Gallivan Boulevard at Milton Avenue to catch a bus was hit by a car around 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday.

The woman, 18, was rushed to Boston ... Read more.

Boston Public School Superintendent Tommy Chang is recommending that the underperforming Mattahunt Elementary school in Mattapan be transformed into an “early childhood center”— a plan that has been met with push-back ... Read more.

Want to learn how to save someone’s life? Codman Square Health Center (CSHC), in partnership with Victory Programs, is offering free overdose training and overdose kits to the community.

The Naloxone Training will ... Read more.

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