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Mayor Martin Walsh has approved the recommendation of a City Council-led commission to bolster the enforcement of the 40-year-old residency requirement for all city employees, a move that has led some to express concern ... Read more.

Thursday (28th) – Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy Open House for students entering Preschool (age 2.9) - Grade 8 at their Lower Mills Campus at 6 p.m. For more information, please contact the Lower ... Read more.

A pay equity bill that aims to close the gender pay gap by changing workplace standards for salary disclosure is scheduled for debate and a possible vote in the state Senate this week.

Along with requiring ... Read more.

The MBTA’s Presidential Conference Cars – the vintage orange and cream-colored trolleys that shuttle passengers between Ashmont and Mattapan Square – are usually referred to as a “fleet.” But there are only ten such cars ... Read more.

A bill to require a high-visibility orange stripe on imitation firearms sold in Massachusetts that seemed poised to be debated and voted on by the House on Wednesday instead was sent back to a committee for further study ... Read more.

Gov. Charlie Baker plans to boost state spending next fiscal year by 3.5 percent, making targeted investments while holding the line on many government accounts despite back-to-back years of major jobs gains that are ... Read more.

A 19-year-old male was shot to death on Wednesday around 1:40 a.m. near the corner of Washington Street and Dunbar Avenue, according to Boston Police.

The victim— who has not been identified— was pronounced dead ... Read more.

Dorchester will be getting a sparkling new addition next week with the opening of Dorset Hall, a 5,300-square-foot restaurant and bar on Neponset Avenue.

The restaurant, which sits on the site of the former Boston ... Read more.

Tito Jackson opposes Blue Hill Avenue liquor store

Grove Hall residents and religious leaders packed the Boston Licensing Board hearing room on Wednesday to urge rejection of a license request for a Blue Hill Avenue liquor store.

The proposed Blue Hill Liquors, 438 ... Read more.

In an emotionally charged room of parents, the state education board voted narrowly on Tuesday to revoke the charter of Dorchester Collegiate Academy Charter School. It appeared Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary ... Read more.

Some "creative" solutions to boost Red Line capacity could be presented in the next few months, according to MBTA officials who detailed Monday how even on-time trains during rush hour can be overcrowded.

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Thursday (21st) – Uphams Corner Main Street annual meeting starts at 8 a.m .at Restaurant Laura, 688 Columbia Road, Dorchester. The event will include updates on new developments in the area, including ... Read more.

Hundreds marched from the edge of Columbia Point to Grove Hall on Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, calling for racial and economic justice, a $15-an-hour minimum wage, and union representation, and decrying ... Read more.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) will undertake a planning initiative aimed at the stretch of Freeport Street, including Glover’s Corner, the busy crossroads of Dot Ave., Hancock, and Freeport streets.

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A Brighton Municipal Court jury on Tuesday convicted Nikloas Papadopoulos of negligent operation - a misdemeanor - for a Sept. 6, 2013 crash that paralyzed a Dorchester man in the pickup he smashed into and put one of his ... Read more.

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