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Lucas Lamar Darby entered the business world at age six this summer, opening the very popular Lucas’s Affordable Slushy stand at various locations around Dorchester. He started out on July 16 on Aspinwall Street near Codman Square, then on Sat., Aug. 6, he set up on Greenwood Street to sell his slushes. The stand has grown quickly via assists from his father, Lance Darby, and

Community groups can apply now for the next round of Community Preservation Act (CPA) grants through the city of Boston, which plans to award almost $39 million for projects involving affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space or recreation.  Eligibility forms — available at boston.gov/community-preservation —must be completed by Aug. 31. Eligible candidates

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (center) joined state attorney general candidate Andrea Campbell (right) to celebrate the opening of Campbell’s campaign headquarters on Talbot Avenue in Codman Square before setting off on a door-to-door canvass of voters. State Rep. Russell Holmes (left) joined them for July 30 event. All three are on the ballot this fall. Campbell launched her

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death outside 28 Ellington St. in Dorchester on Wed., July 27. Boston Police responded to the scene around 7:25 p.m. The victim— Curtis Ashford, Jr.— was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He had recently graduated from grammar school. No arrests have been reported in the incident. ••• A man was shot to death outside a

A Dorchester man was arrested Monday on charges he and some pals were using a Norfolk Street auto-body garage to sell cocaine and counterfeit Percocet pills made out of fentanyl - which authorities say may have helped cause a fatal overdose last year in a local man man struggling with addiction. Rodolfo Peralta Salcedo, 38, was arrested today on a federal charge of conspiracy

Several residents of 23 Lithgow St. in Codman Square were spared being trapped by a three-alarm fire that raged through their three-decker on a hot Friday afternoon, July 15. There were no injuries to civilians, but one firefighter was transported with some injuries. Plumes of smoke that could be seen from over one mile away rose from the back porch of the home just about 3:30

Boston firefighters are battling a large fire that spread from a Dorchester apartment building to a second one Friday afternoon.

If finding a store location in Codman Square was as easy for Teresa Maynard as applying the frosting to her renowned cupcakes and other baked treats, she would be only a short walk from work and ready for a major expansion of her bakery. Though the commercial district in Codman Square has hit hard times in recent years compared to other business districts in Dorchester,

The search panel tasked with helping Mayor Michelle Wu find the next Boston Public Schools chief on Tuesday offered up two finalists for the position: Mary Skipper, Somerville’s superintendent, who lives in Dorchester, and Tommy Welch, a regional Boston superintendent who oversees schools in Charlestown, East Boston, and the North End. After a series of public interviews set

This week, for the first time in probably 25 years, I put a bumper sticker on the back of my vehicle. That’s something I’ve shied away from for a long time, even though I’ve been tempted by some funny ones and requests from those with political aspirations. Not to mention that I’ve come to notice that bumper stickers really aren’t that popular in the neighborhoods on the west