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Sal LaMattina had money, friends in semi-high places, and a desire to give up the hustle-bustle of the City Council for the relative repose of the Suffolk County Registry of Probate.

But something funny happened on ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino last week rejected a controversial plan to redraw City Council boundaries, pointing to District 4’s high concentration of voters of color as a factor.

“I am returning, with ... Read more.

After more than two years of on-again, off-again negotiations, a tentative agreement between Boston teachers union leaders and the city of Boston was reached on Wednesday morning. The new six-year contract, if approved, ... Read more.

Bruce Bolling, a former Boston City Councillor and mayoral candidate, died on Tuesday morning from prostate cancer. He was 67.

Bolling was elected City Council president, the first African American to hold the ... Read more.

Boston Police are probing a pair of shootings last night on the Area B-3 police district that left two men dead. The first victim— a 19 year-old man— was found suffering from a gunshot wound outside 57 Wheatland Ave. ... Read more.

Crews installed a Hubway bike-sharing kiosk across from the Campus Center on the UMass Boston campus on Friday, Sept. 7. The 19-dock solar-powered station is part of ... Read more.

A Savin Hill woman — fed up with the lack of a fix to a dangerous pedestrian crossing on ... Read more.

The few incumbents in Boston who faced primary challengers fended them off in a rare Thursday election. Just over 10 percent of voters turned out to cast ballots.

Embattled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, running the ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino on Thursday rejected a controversial plan to redraw City Council boundaries, pointing to District 4’s high concentration of voters of color as a factor.

“I am returning, with disapproval, your ... Read more.

During his Democratic National Convention speech Tuesday night, Gov. Deval Patrick gave a surprise highlight to a Boston school that was recently among the worst-performing in the state, but while Patrick said Orchard ... Read more.

“The world’s premier live soul act” and the Mariachi Mexamerica are among the many acts vying to lure you out to two free festivals this weekend.

The 10th annual (ähts): The Boston Arts Festival marks its first ... Read more.

Matthew Murphy wears a lot of hats in life.  By day, he’s General Manager of Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston.  After hours, he’s a trained singer and actor.  Either way, he’s always on stage.

In addition to his ... Read more.

A year after a controversial proposal to site a weightlifting facility for at-risk youth in South Boston fell apart, the nonprofit behind the proposal has quietly opened up an office in Dorchester.

In operation ... Read more.

The Freeport Street bus yard used by the Boston Public Schools, a source of congestion on Dorchester Avenue and of frustration among neighborhood residents, appears here to stay.

The school district’s bus czar, ... Read more.

When Mayor Thomas Menino will endorse one or the other candidate has become one of the more interesting subplots in the Bay State’s US Senate campaign saga. And that’s mostly because restless reporters and ever fretful ... Read more.

Students at the Mattahunt Elementary School will return to a dramatically improved school building today— the result of an $8 million city-funded modernization project that wrapped up over the summer. The renovation — ... Read more.

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