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At-Large City Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune was elected president of the Boston City Council Monday, succeeding Councillor Ed Flynn in that post and pledging to make equity a guiding principle while aspiring to "bring ... Read more.

Boston Police report a man was found shot to death outside 34 High St. at 5:28 a.m.

The man, pronounced dead at the scene, is Boston's first murder victim ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at 417 Geneva Ave. around 12:50 a.m. on Saturday.

Curtis Effee, 41, was shot in the chest and was declared ... Read more.

With six adult-use, recreational cannabis stores now open in Dorchester and Mattapan, and several more expected to come online in 2024, local retailers are getting a better feel for the day-to-day challenges of the ... Read more.

Boston’s Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) has a new deputy director in Chris Breen, who is tasked with strengthening the city’s relationships with local businesses, organizations, and residents.

A Boston ... Read more.

The proponents of an adult-use cannabis dispensary at 770 Gallivan Blvd. held a second community meeting on Dec. 18 as they continue to seek city approval to open their business.

City officials explained at the ... Read more.

The Mildred Avenue Senior Citizens group had a lively Christmas breakfast and lunch party at the community center on Dec. 19 – with more than a little dancing and singing mixed in as well.

The seniors started their ... Read more.

The Christmas Eve edition of the Boston Sunday Globe showcased the essence of a local newspaper’s mission – the production of stories that reckon fully and deeply with issues of community interest and importance.

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A Cincinnati staffing agency that provides temp nurses to hospitals has sued Steward Health Care Systems, which operates Carney Hospital in Dorchester and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, for the money it says ... Read more.

The following analysis was published last week by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, an independent, non-partisan organization established in 1932 to provide objective and impartial research and police analysis about ... Read more.

Students from Mattapan’s Mildred Avenue K-8 School were among the middle schoolers who participated in a 10-week mentorship program with law offices, law schools, and state offices this fall.

The program culminated ... Read more.

On Oct. 26, some 1,800 guests from throughout the New England region gathered at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport for The New England Council’s 2023 Annual Celebration.  The highlight of the evening was the ... Read more.

Students in Sean Fitzgerald’s fourth grade class at the Murphy School – with help from some eighth graders – raised $1,133 for The Women’s Lunch Place shelter in the Back Bay this month by selling homemade Christmas ... Read more.

Dorchester dancers Isabella Robbins, Matilda Curd, Rosalind Hornbach, and Mairead and Siobhan Manning are all performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s ‘The Nutcracker’ this holiday season.  Robbins is ... Read more.

The City Council held its final formal meeting of the year on Dec. 13, but its leader wants to reconvene this week to reconsider an earlier decision to refuse $13.3 million in federal aid for anti-terror measures in the ... Read more.

Nearly half of the Legislature signed onto a letter to Attorney General Andrea Campbell last week, imploring the state to join Worcester firefighters diagnosed with cancer in their lawsuit against companies that make ... Read more.

Boston has its first tree ordinance. It contains rules about when trees can be trimmed or removed from city-owned parks, the land around schools, libraries, and public housing. It does not apply to trees on private ... Read more.

US Rep. Stephen F. Lynch has introduced federal legislation that seeks to shore up coastal barriers by expanding existing funding to include seawalls in communities like Dorchester and South Boston. His bill, the Seawall ... Read more.

Law enforcement officials will be stepping up their presence around Boston on Sunday for New Year's Eve celebrations.

"We will have officers in abundance in and around the activities for First Night, for both day ... Read more.

The University of Massachusetts Boston has received a $10 million commitment from Boston-based New Balance Athletics, Inc. to establish the New Balance Institute for Innovative Leadership in Sport on the Columbia Point ... Read more.

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