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BOSTON — Boston's free WiFi service will expand to more neighborhoods under a plan announced Wednesday. The service, designed for outdoor use, will reach into parts of Roslindale, Hyde Park and Roxbury, according to the city's Department of Innovation and Technology.
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Twelve years ago, a group of high school girls from Dorchester was driving to a soccer game with their coach. According to the story that has since been handed down, the radio was blasting songs with lyrics that were degrading to women. The girls were disgusted and became quite upset.
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BOSTON – On a cold Friday evening, three sisters gathered around an iPad in the living room of a Dorchester home. On the other end, their oldest sister in New York talked excitedly about her plans during her commute. You wouldn't know it, but the two youngest sisters, Ty-Janee,
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BOSTON – Located off busy Dorchester Avenue, the Sea Breeze Mexican Grill serves up traditional food to locals looking for an authentic meal. With just seven tables, it offers a relatively small space for patrons to enjoy lunch or dinner. But until recently there was something missing – cold beer to wash
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BOSTON – Ask a bunch of pre-adolescents to come up with solutions to some vexing issues and they'll likely deliver some surprising answers, just as a group of students in Dorchester did. For example, one team developed a car engine that consumes carbon dioxide, burns methane and emits oxygen
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BOSTON – Rainy weather Sunday failed to put a damper on the second annual Polish Festival celebration in Boston, as churchgoers streamed out of Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in Dorchester, some in traditional Polish garb and others waving Polish flags to march a few blocks to the Polish American Citizens
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Mayor Marty Walsh (D) considers access to quality education, especially for underprivileged children, his greatest responsibility. As the son of immigrant parents who worked hard to send him to good schools, Walsh witnessed firsthand both the challenges and benefits of different types of schools in the Boston area. After taking
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BOSTON – In an emotionally charged gymnasium filled with parents and bureaucrats, the state's education board voted narrowly on Tuesday to revoke the charter of Dorchester Collegiate Academy Charter School. It appeared Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell Chester's recommendation might deadlock before the board until
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