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The University of Massachusetts announced Tuesday that it plans to open its 1,000-bed residence hall in September 2018. Through a public-private partnership model, mulled by the university for the past year, construction ... Read more.

A volunteer group called the Campaign for Digital Fourth Amendment Rights will push Thursday for Massachusetts to join South Carolina as one of two states to mandate police body cameras.

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Dorchester architects Eric Robinson and Kevin Deabler have become practiced hands at designing developments suited for a neighborhood bursting with growth, their work today a far cry from the small-scale projects that ... Read more.

Editor's Note: A BRA-sponsored public meeting on the DOT Block proposal will be held tonight (Feb. 23) from 6-8 p.m. at the Paul R. McLaughlin Youth Center, 1135 Dorchester Ave. Contact Gary Uter, BRA project manager ... Read more.

Uphams Corner residents got their first look at the Indigo Block redevelopment project at a Boston Redevelopment Authority meeting in late January, an early step in the public vetting of the proposal for a vacant ... Read more.

Franklin Park is saying goodbye to one of its most dedicated supporters, Christine Poff, who has helped transform the space over the past decade and a half as executive director of the Franklin Park Coalition.

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Thursday (4th) – Mattapan Neighborhood Response Team meeting at 2:30 p.m. at Mildred Avenue Community Center, 5 Mildred Ave. The focus of the meeting will be Open Constituent Concerns.  Please join if you ... Read more.

About 80 people packed into a community room at the Foley Senior Residences on River Street last Thursday night to hear the latest plans for Cote Village, a proposed 76-unit housing development that is under review by the ... Read more.

Call it a comeback?

Former state Rep Carlos Henriquez, who in 2014 became the first member of the House to be expelled by his colleagues in almost a century, stoked speculation on Wednesday that he may be eyeing a ... Read more.

A realtor representing the MBTA held an on-site meeting on Jan. 20 with parties interested in purchasing a 2.48-acre parking lot and two other nearby parcels next to the Mattapan Square station. The site is being marketed ... Read more.

Gregory Maneikis, originally from Neponset, is now an aspiring musician in Austin, TX and his song “American Dreams (Over you)” has been nominated for song of the year by The Austin Chronicle. He started to find his voice ... Read more.

Khari Wilcox, 18, of Abbot Street and Antonio Brown Jr., 27, of Cambridge were arrested in hospital beds this morning on charges related to a botched home invasion in Brookline Wednesday morning, Brookline Police Chief ... Read more.

Dr. Chiledum Ahaghotu has joined the staff of Carney Hospital as Vice President of Medical Affairs. Most recently,he worked at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he served as the Dr. R. Frank Jones Endowed ... Read more.

Earlier this month, Boston Public School Superintendent Tommy Chang projected a $50-million deficit for the system’s budget in the upcoming fiscal year. More than $1 billion, nearly one third of the entire city budget, is ... Read more.

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