In 1977, when city planners declared the Blue Hill Avenue corridor a “distressed area,” one of their key remedies was better transportation. After another half-century, all it took was 17 inches of ...

At 2 o’clock this coming Sunday afternoon (March 15), the Dorchester Historical Society’s historic William Clapp House at 195 Boston St will echo the words of someone who had intimate ties to the ...

A man who was 17 when he shot two other teens on Geneva Avenue in 2011, killing one and leaving the other with life-altering injuries, was sentenced today to 14 to 17 years in state prison after he ...

The St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast, where elected officials, military leaders and faith figureheads recognize local performers and trade light-hearted jabs, is set for Sunday, March 15 at 9 a.m.

Events to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Boston’s liberation from British occupation in 1776 swung into high gear last weekend ...

A higher percentage of Boston Public Schools students are graduating now than at any other time in the 20 years since the district began keeping track in 2006, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Monday.

A South Boston developer has filed plans to replace the vacant Old Dorchester American Legion Post at Gallivan Boulevard and ...

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by Brian and Jason Chavez to add a third floor to what is now a two-family house at 567 Adams St., between Lydon Way and Mallett Street and to ...

A federal funding bill that ended last year’s US government shutdown also unlocked funding for a long-awaited Blue Hill ...

The owner of a vacant home damaged by a fire in 2021 has proposed to tear it down and building a 24-unit apartment building on the lot and a neighboring vacant lot on Hannon Street.

Neighborhood House Charter School educators have reached a preliminary agreement with the administration on their first union contract.

As American batteries opened up on British positions in and around Boston to cloak the long file of Continental troops in “blue and buff” greatcoats or other hues, they lugged timber and cannons as ...