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The Uphams Corner Health Center Health Festival will be held at the Strand Theatre on Columbia Road in Dorchester on Saturday. A staple of the community, the festival this year celebrates 25 years of putting on the fair ... Read more.

State Rep. Carlos Henriquez, facing a two-pronged electoral challenge from perennial candidate Althea Garrison, penned a letter to residents asking for their vote in the Thursday primary.

Henriquez is ... Read more.

In a further shake-up of the leadership at Roxbury Community College, Gov. Deval Patrick plans on Thursday to appoint six new members to the college's board following questions raised over crime reporting, financial aid ... Read more.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on Monday said he would decide “very shortly” on whether to endorse U.S. Sen. Scott Brown or Democrat Elizabeth Warren in this year’s Senate contest as labor leaders and politicians cast the ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man shot around 1:06 a.m., Friday, on Southern Avenue was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died.

Channel 7 reports the victim was seen running from the ... Read more.

There is nothing like a trade, especially in baseball. Every kid perfects the delicate art in childhood with the wheeling and dealing of bubblegum cards. For baseball writers, conjuring deals — 99 percent of which never ... Read more.

The 16-team Safe Summer Streets Basketball League concluded play in late August with the championship games for all three divisions of play. In the opening game for the 4-team Girls division the Lady Cavs defeated the ... Read more.


‘Romeo and Juliet’ on Dot Ave.

Since 2010, Brown Box Theatre Project has been producing quality outdoor theater along the East Coast, including venues in New York, Maryland, and Delaware. Now ... Read more.

Voters will head to the polls today to cast primary ballots on a Thursday instead of a Tuesday.

Sept. 6 is the date, which also happens to be the first day of school in Boston, as well as the last day ... Read more.

The Commonwealth Care Alliance, founded in 2003 by Drs. Bob Master and Lois Simon, is a not-for-profit care delivery service for seniors 65 and older. Its Senior Care Options program is available to ambulatory and stay-at ... Read more.

Most of the spotlight this fall will focus on marquee races like the showdown between Republican US Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren.

But the November ballot will also present ... Read more.

City Councillor Rob Consalvo, state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, and Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia Pollak, City joined with Mattapan residents last Friday morning for the groundbreaking of Hunt Playground at Almont Park ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino is weighing a City Council-approved proposal that pushes the Polish Triangle and Carson Beach into Dorchester’s District 3, while splitting Lower Mills between Districts 3 and 4. The re-drawn map plan ... Read more.

While Massachusetts Republicans’ sojourn in Florida created no ripples in state government management this week, cooperation will be required to ensure someone is in charge on Beacon Hill when Democrats decamp for North ... Read more.

More than 1,000 Dorchester Reporter readers participated in our first-ever Dorchester’s Favorite Restaurants survey earlier this month. After receiving scores of nominations from Facebook and Twitter— we took your ... Read more.

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