The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans by Joey Arcari to sell his liquor license for 1121 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester to Five Horses Tavern for its third craft-beer-focused bar and ...

A federal funding bill that ended last year’s US government shutdown also unlocked funding for a long-awaited Blue Hill Avenue improvement project that will include center-running bus lanes.

Dorchfest, the community’s porch fest-style musical celebration that has become a beloved Dot Day weekend tradition, returns on Sat., June 6.

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

Pippin, a 3-year-old pure-bred boxer, is the most recent, and arguably the cutest, addition to the charter school’s staff roster.

A New Jersey company hopes to build a 145,000 sq. ft. self-storage facility in an industrial park near Fields Corner in ...

Residents’ reaction to two redevelopment plans in Mattapan diverged sharply between criticism and optimism Tuesday night as developers of the 1576 Blue Hill Avenue project and the former Carney ...

Words matter, especially when words are used as labels. Such is the case with the so-called “r-word” (retarded) to describe people with disabilities. For far too long, derogatory terms like the r-word ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at age 84, led a life that was hardly limited to a church’s pulpit and his influence was profound in Boston, according to local clergy.

More than 100 community members gathered last Thursday night (Feb. 27) for a “listening session” with state officials about ...

As the Trump administration and Israel continue their attacks on Iran, opinion polls show that Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to yet another US war in the Middle East.

OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center's comprehensive look at Black history in the multi-faceted production “Our Story” wa staged ...