Mayor Michelle Wu and her main challenger Josh Kraft shared the stage for the first time in the 2024 mayoral campaign cycle last night at a forum organized by 11 Boston Democratic ward committees and ...

Bridget McDonagh will be the next Mayor of Dorchester. The 33-year-old Savin Hill native, a mom of two who works as a personal trainer, raised $10,500 (and counting) to earn the honorary title. The ...

Lens Arthur Joseph, a student at UP Academy Dorchester, was killed after stepping off a Boston Public School bus on April 28, according to the district. The driver, Jean Charles, was employed by ...

• There are now 75 candidates who have “pulled papers” to run for mayor and/or city council this year. If history is our trusted guide, not all will make it on the ballot, but enough will to ensure a ...

A screenshot of one of the local sellers advertising flavored tobacco vape products using the messaging app SnapChat. The BOLD Teens program in Codman Square investigated this new underground market ...

The numbers outside Massachusetts are sobering. Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens, according to the CDC, and an analysis by the non-profit research group The Trace has ...

For centuries, the seal has portrayed an indigenous person on a shield. The crest above it, which is also the state’s ...

The air in the greenhouse hung damp with the smell of rich earth. Seedlings hummed with life, stretching toward the afternoon ...

Dorchfest—the free music festival in Dorchester’s Ashmont-Adams now in its fourth year— will be held on Sat., May 31, from ...

The Greater Boston area has seen a dramatic uptick in immigration enforcement over the past week, according to groups ...

A man was killed early on Sunday morning (May 11) when he was ejected from a car during a crash on Walk Hill Street in Mattapan. The report of a “motor vehicle accident” came into B-3 at 12:28 a.m.

Kathleen Cummings was born in Dorchester some 66 years ago to Larry and Betty Cummings, who had left Ireland for Boston in ...