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The Port City of Boston and the Greater Boston Area.

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In a pair of stunning rebukes, Boston voters on Tuesday rejected two embattled incumbent city councilors, a historic vote that illustrates discontent with the dysfunctional legislative body and sinks two once-promising political careers.

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I'm not sure how this translate to French Toasts, but might want to make sure the gutters are clean.

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The Burkes, a Catholic couple from Southampton, say they were blocked from fostering over their religious views on gender and sexuality.

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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE ON Thursday gave more flexibility to cities and towns required to have at least one zone in which denser, multi-family housing is permitted, but also expanded the list of state grant opportunities that can be denied to any town that does not comply with the law meant to spur(...)

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The second installment of our ask-us-anything series.

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Regulators were surprised to find residential solar panels shoring up the region's grid during the coldest months. It could reshape the national debate on

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit The Satanic Temple filed against the City of Boston, ruling that the City Council did not discriminate against the group when it chose not to grant its reque…

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Smol frens await you, neighbors!

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Boston police on Monday identified a suspect who later turned himself in to authorities in the July 18 hit-and-run crash in Hyde Park that killed a 4-year-old boy.

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Behold, some of the Boston area's most mouth-watering, all-in-one breakfasts: on croissants, on biscuits, on point — and available to go

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The investigation will focus on whether Harvard “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process.”

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One hell of a storm! Hopefully no one got too much flooding, but that constant lightning meant we could save some bulb life for the strobe at our rave

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Things to do in Boston this weekend, July 20-23, 2023, including "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer", Harpoon Brewery's pickleball court, and more.

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West Nile Virus was detected in a mosquito pool in South Boston, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. The best way to avoid the virus is to avoid mosquito bites.

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To nobody's great surprise, Patrick Mendoza did not appear at a Boston Licensing Board hearing today on his fitness to own and run a liquor-serving license at Monica's Trattoria on Prince Street now that he's been charged with trying to murder somebody on Hanover Street.

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The MBTA says that it’s finally fixed a section of worn-out subway tracks near downtown Boston that has been slowing down Orange Line trains since 2019. In the spring of 2022, inspectors from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) cited poor track conditions on the “Tufts curve,” located at the southern end of the tunnel that carries the Orange Line under Washington Street in downtown Boston.

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Lara said that "there are often circumstances that prevent good people from checking off all of their boxes."

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The region’s median single-family home price was at a record high for the second straight month in June, and home sales continued to drop off dramatically.

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No one was hurt, but a bullet went through the front window of Modern Pastry. The shooting is reportedly tied to an ongoing feud.

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July 21 is the cutoff when codeshare bookings and reciprocal points end.

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The Boston area college greenhouse expects their corpse flower to bloom during the week of July 17 2023.

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City Councilor Kendra Lara “regularly” drove to work at Boston City Hall, a city spokesperson said Thursday, even though she has not had a valid driver’s license for a decade.

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The potential Massachusetts ballot measure — which supporters are eyeing for 2024 or 2026 — would create “access” to natural psychedelics and remove criminal penalties for personal possession across the state.

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Boston, called a "bicycling paradise" in the 1800s, should encourage more residents to commute on two wheels. The city’s proposal to add a protected bike lane on Boylston Street is a step in that direction.

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