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UMass Boston to house a handful of classrooms in Corcoran Jennison's Mount Vernon Street building

Corcoran Jennison, the owner of the office building at 150 Mount Vernon St ...
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Eight condo units OK'd for corner of Silver, Dorchester Streets

Eight new condominium units will be popping up on the corner of Dorchester Street and Silver Street in South Boston, which is currently the home of Thornton's Flowers.
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Boston to hold Memorial Day observances across city

Several Memorial Day observances and services are scheduled in the coming days at public parks and cemeteries throughout Boston.
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Canton police log: May 13 to 19

Canton accidents, arrests, and police reports.
Dorchester Reporter

Tango CD release party benefits AIDS Care Project

Sat, 06/01/2013 - 1:00pm Saturday June 1, 2013, 1:00pmJohn Iversen, Tango Singer, CD Release Benefit PartyJoin us for an afternoon of singing, music, and TANGO!Tango singer, John Iversen's CD Release Party will be held at the Great Hall of Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA ...
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Ups n' Downs building proposed to hold real estate office, barber shop

The two-story structure at the base of the Neponset Bridge, once the home of Ups n' Downs, will be replaced by a real-estate office and barber shop, according to its new owner, Denis Keohane.
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Your Town

The MBTA: ruining weekends since 1897

The first portion of the subway line that would become the MBTA opened more than 115 years ago, and by the standards of that time, it's doing pretty well ...
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Menino outlines $1.8 billion, five-year plan for capital improvements across city

(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff) Mayor Thomas M. Menino today at the proposed site of a handicapped friendly park near Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown ...
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Remembering fallen cyclists

The cyclist community is coming together to honor the fallen after a string of tragic deaths in Boston this year ...
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Event: Hometown Comfort XOXO

Event: Hometown Comfort Our neighborhood is forever changed by the tragedy of April 15 ...
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Dog walkers offer tailored treks

Professional dog walker Daniel Lombard gives pets a personal touch for playtime ...
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A tour of the First Suffolk district

Stretching from South Boston to the Mattapan and Hyde Park line, the First Suffolk district encompasses a number of Bostons neighborhoods and has a diverse make-up of residents ...
Upham's Corner

Poem for your Pocket to Celebrate Earth Year #43

'If Trees could talk, would they talk to me?' A poem dedicated to Earth Year #43, April 22, 2013 to April 21, 2014 ...
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Shirley-Eustis House Lecture: Immigrant-Built Tenements - Boston and New York

Shirley-Eustis House Lecture: Immigrant-Built Tenements - Boston and New York- Shirley-Eustis House lecture, May 9, 2013, 6:30pm: Zachary Violette, a PhD candidate in American and New England Studies at Boston University, will examine the ways immigrant tenement builders in Boston and New York used architectural ornament to create meaning in the buildings they built for the poor and the working class at the turn of the 20th-century.
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Dorchester Day Parade Student Essay Contest - An Invention in the Last 50 Years

The 2013 Dorchester Day Parade Committee Essay Contest is open to students grades 6-8 living in Dorchester or attending a Dorchester school ...
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Linda Dorcena Forry - New Image for 1st Suffolk District in Boston

The three-way race for the Democratic candidate for 1st Suffolk State Senator highlighted changes in the traditional racial, turf and gender positions that have determined election outcomes for the past 40 to 60 years ...
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ArtPlace Advisory Field Trip to SOWA

ArtPlace in Uphams Corner is planning an Advisory Group field trip on Sunday, May, 2013 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm to Boston's SOWA Open Market - this in preparation for piloting an Uphams Corner open market for local crafters, artists, musicians and other producers of local products ...
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Savin Hill Little League starts season, remembers Martin Richard

With mitts in hand, members of the Savin Hill Little League marched down Dorchester Avenue Saturday to celebrate the leagues Opening Day.
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder ...
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