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Once a working-class Irish neighborhood, South Boston (known as "Southie" to locals) has, in recent years, become a vibrant neighborhood filled with young families and urban professionals. Part of the attraction of Southie is, of course, the easy access to downtown Boston and public transportation. But residents say
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BOSTON – One of the city's most innovative parks, the Lawn on D in South Boston, could stick around for another half-decade, according to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which oversees and funds the park. While the Lawn operated at a significant loss – $2.3 million – in 2015, park
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BOSTON – The Hub's planning agency approved six projects Thursday that will create hundreds of residences, including 88 set aside as affordable. Combined, the projects represent $241.5 million in investments that will generate over 500 construction jobs and create almost 600 residential units from Brighton to Roxbury, Jamaica
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Home prices are skyrocketing in South Boston, almost doubling in less than 15 years. What has been a boon for developers, though, has been cause for concern for long-time residents, who fear for the loss of the town as they once knew it. According to a report in South Boston
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BOSTON – Entering South Boston's Seaport District from the Evelyn Moakley Bridge, the red and yellow awnings of the Barking Crab restaurant stand out from the sleek Envoy Hotel behind it. A red crane pops out beyond the hotel, rising from yet another Fan Pier construction site. Cranes have
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BOSTON – The sound of prayer emanated from the red-brick St. Peter Lithuanian Parish church in South Boston Sunday as the unfamiliar language of Lithuania took hold. The prayer song concluded as short line of newly minted almuni of the Lithuanian School, dressed in traditional garments, trooped out into the sunny
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BOSTON – Decades ago, the little maritime chapel in South Boston's Seaport District provided a haven for weary sailors and fishermen docked along the waterfront. But as the economy shifted, so did the demographics of the chapel's parish, though not its original purpose. During a dedication ceremony
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BOSTON – Corporate giant General Electric on Monday said a related foundation will donate $50 million to Boston-area causes over the next five years, including $25 million for Boston Public Schools. That money is intended to reach every Boston high school student through computer science courses and "GE Brilliant Career
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