Pearline James and her husband Evan immigrated to Boston from Jamaica in 1971 as part of an early wave of Jamaican arrivals ...

On the July 4 holiday, Healey signed the fiscal year 2026 budget lawmakers sent to her on June 30, in the process vetoing ...

It’s hard to imagine a worse time for the wheels of justice to grind to a halt in local courtrooms. But, that’s exactly ...

After moving to Dorchester from Haiti in the spring of 2023, Keren “Nickey” Cezar enrolled at Roxbury Community College (RCC) ...

Steve Poftak, a onetime CEO and general manager of the MBTA from January 2019 to January 2023, has been selected as the next ...

When the Charles, Mystic, and Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA) released its 2024 water quality report card grades for Boston’s urban rivers last month, the Neponset was assigned a B+ with ...

Overall crime is down by 5 percent so far this year on the Area C-11 police district that covers much of eastern Dorchester.

1991 The Neponset River Greenway Council is formed by the non-profit group Boston Natural Areas Network to advocate for the creation of a greenway system along the river in Boston and Milton, much of ...

Founded by Abraham Lincoln and others fighting to bring down the abomination of slavery, that 1850s anti-slavery Republican party paved the way for Lincoln to win the presidency against Democrats ...

Summertime in the city means that farm stands and farmers markets are sprouting across the city’s neighborhoods. In Mattapan, ...

District 4 Councillor Brian Worrell tied his resolution to reports that the Sun, a franchise owned by the Mohegan Tribe, ...

Plans for redeveloping a key Fields Corner building at 1444-1446 Dorchester Ave. – the O’Hearn-Dorchester Music Hall building that is now home to the 02122 branch of the United States Postal Service – ...