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Gov. Charlie Baker reignited a debate on Thursday that has vexed and divided Democrat and Republican lawmakers in recent years, proposing an expansion of charter schools that would be targeted toward the lowest performing ... Read more.

The House on Wednesday overrode a veto from Gov. Charlie Baker on a bill that would allow retired Boston police officers to serve on details within the city, after legislators found a solution to the governor's concerns ... Read more.

Thursday (8th) – Community meeting for parents, educators and students to discuss creating a unified enrollment system for district and charter schools in Boston. 5:30 p.m. Kroc Center, 650 Dudley St., ... Read more.

Dorchester now has its first Hubway station, a 15-bike facility next to Robert E. Ryan Playground off Dorchester Avenue in Savin Hill. The new station is one of 15 that either have been or are scheduled to be installed as ... Read more.

District 4 city council candidate Andrea Campbell released an updated version of her platform last Friday, her latest salvo in a robust challenge to 32-year incumbent Charles Yancey. Campbell sees her “plan, a ... Read more.

Public safety and ongoing development took top billing at at Monday’s monthly Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association meeting.

The civic association, in coordination with City Councillor Frank Baker’s office and ... Read more.

On Saturday, October 4, hundreds of people marched up Dorchester Ave from Fields Corner to Hancock Street in protest of evictions and rent increases. Marchers who joined the Right to Remain Boston assembly demanded ... Read more.

The Bay State's congressional delegation is divided on possible approaches the United States could take as Russia has ramped up its defense of Syria's brutal Assad regime.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, whose predecessor is ... Read more.

The man who murdered off-duty corrections officer Sgt. Richard Dever outside a Charlestown bar in 2005 will not receive a new trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

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No tempestuous “artistic temperaments” were in evidence in Fields Corner recently as one arts collective gave way to its successor: The former Howard Art Project (HAP) space became home of the Dorchester Art Project (DAP ... Read more.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leveled a rebuke at opioid prescription practices at a forum Thursday, and joined Attorney General Maura Healey and Mayor Martin Walsh in critically addressing the opioid ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday said City Hall would "work with" federal prosecutors pursuing extortion charges against members of Teamsters Local 25, which is headquartered in Charlestown.

The ... Read more.

The Irish-American duo Celtic Font will be among the performers at this year’s Dorchester Irish Heritage Festival, to be held on Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the crossroads of Florian Hall (55 Hallet Street) and the ... Read more.

Thursday (1st) – Square Health Center holds its 18th annual Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health event featuring 50 “celebrity chefs,” including CNN’s John King, Gov. Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Marty ... Read more.

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