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US Congressman Stephen Lynch, a South Boston Democrat in office since 2001, is making a bid for another two-year term. “I’ve already got two opponents,” Lynch said this week while leaving an event announcing the designation of the Lower Neponset River as a Superfund site, unlocking money and resources for a cleanup of contaminants. “We’re off and running again.” Two people

ORANGE — It was in March 2020 when the Western world was starting to feel the squeeze of COVID-19 and one of Laurie MacLeod’s family members suggested a Zoom pizza party.“And I said, ‘What’s Zoom?” she recalled Tuesday. MacLeod, like millions of...

Shannon Liss-Riordan, the labor attorney running for state attorney general, continues to rack up union support. On Tuesday, Liss-Riordan’s campaign rolled out the support of SEIU Local 888, which represents 8,000 state, municipal and education workers in Massachusetts. "Shannon Liss-Riordan's dedication to fighting for civil rights, holding corporations accountable and

St. Patrick's Day's value to the Irish American community is undeniable, so should it be a public holiday in the United States?

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said that 3.7 miles of the Neponset River as it runs through Hyde Park, Mattapan, Milton, and Dorchester to Boston Harbor, are now listed as a national priority for cleanup as a Superfund site. By placing that area of the river, known as the Lower Neponset (its headwaters are in Foxborough) on the list, federal environmental

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said that 3.7 miles of the Neponset River as it runs through Hyde Park, Mattapan, Milton, and Dorchester to Boston Harbor, are now listed as a national priority for cleanup as a Superfund site. By placing that area of the river, known as the Lower Neponset (its headwaters are in Foxborough) on the list, federal environmental

A proposed ballot question would allow voters to decided whether gig economy workers should be employees or independent contractors.

An interview with Geoff Diehl.

This weekend marks the end of caucus sessions in deep-blue Boston and elsewhere as Democrats gear up for their June 3 convention in Worcester. While the caucuses work on picking delegates, who must be registered Democrats, to send to the convention, candidates swarm attendees, or pile into a virtual call to get some face time rather than handshakes and slaps on the back, all

Just because it’s historical fact doesn’t mean it’s not superstition.