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Q. What do you get when you put together a boy from a French dairy farm and a girl from the Midwest? A. Vivian and Elisa Girard. I first ran into Vivian as he was coming out of the Viet Aid building after voting in 2008. I was handing out campaign literature and, typical of him, he wanted to know who I was and why I was doing it. We exchanged contact information and I began a

The Boston Little Saigon cultural district is organizing its first-ever Cho Dem (Night Market), which will include closing off a section of Dorchester Avenue to vehicles for an evening of fun, music, and food along the street. The event will be held between Park Street and the Adams Street intersection on Sat., July 16 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The avenue will be closed off

At least 11 people were hurt in a series of shootings in Boston over the July Fourth weekend, including four men who were wounded in an incident on Bailey Street near Ashmont station that took place shortly after midnight on Monday. Three victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. One of those three was later found to have been injured by shards of

Unsolved murders are a growing concern nationwide.

When a man who had been held without bail for 90 days this spring following what police described as a “one-man crime wave” in Fields Corner was arrested again last Tuesday (June 14) after a brief, high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle that ended with a crash at Freeport Street and Morrissey Boulevard, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden was quick to react:

Thanh Le was arrested following a high-speed chase that resulted in a four-car crash. Read more on Boston.com.

Launched in 2021 by Edward “Ed Word” Galan and Aaron “A.a.Ron” Myers, the duo performs in and around Boston, including Mayor Michelle Wu's Neighborhood Coffee Hours and an upcoming appearance at BAMS Fest on June 11.

The Dorchester Day Parade on Sunday returned to the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare after a two-year hiatus. Aided by sunny skies and cool breezes, the parade drew crowds along the three-mile route on Dorchester Avenue. High school marching bands mixed with candidates for governor, including Maura Healey and Geoff Diehl, as well as Mayor Michelle Wu. Luigi “Lou” Pasquale, a

This article originally appeared in the Reporter in 2015. This year's parade is Sunday, June 5- starting at 1 p.m. in Lower Mills.- Editors Can you feel it? The sense of anticipation, joy, and wonder, reverberating up and down Dot Ave? It’s not Christmas, folks. It’s Dorchester Day. Never been to Dot Day? Kid, you’re in for a treat. Here’s what you need to know about the

Humans are social animals, and our social natures have been greatly harmed by the pandemic. We all know the big numbers: one million dead in the US, with more than 60 percent of adults and 75 percent of children likely to have had the virus. Worldwide, the official death count is over six million, though because of what it cites as undercounting, the World Health Organization