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The City Council voted 9-3 for a home rule petition that would make Boston eligible to apply to participate in a pilot program allowing cities and towns to restrict new buildings or major renovations from using fossil fuels. Mayor Michelle Wu first proposed the petition, which needs approval from the governor and State House lawmakers to become law. A new law passed earlier

City officials want more dispensaries to open in Boston, but would you want one in your neighborhood? Tell us on Boston.com.

Glascock and other Wu officials countered that the cannabis board is well equipped to weigh such matters. Read more at Boston.com.

The city of Boston is proposing a change that would take the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) out of the cannabis permitting process and leave decisions solely up to the Boston Cannabis Board (BCB). At a meeting on Aug. 29, officials said such a change would create a situation where cannabis would be ‘allowed’ in all districts except residential, as opposed to having it

August 24 marks the day Ukraine separated from the former Soviet Union.

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Public health experts say Boston’s approach to Mass. and Cass is working. But some still want more police action. Read more on Boston.com.

The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved a new three deckers on what are now vacant lots on Church Street at Fifield Street and Fowler Street, but rejected one proposed to go behind an existing three decker on Homes Avenue. The board unanimously approved a proposal by Sean George and Scott Kirkwood for a new three decker on a roughly 2,660-square-foot lot 16 Church St.,

A youth-focused facility going up in Columbia Point got caught in a City Hall crossfire this week. The construction of the Dorchester Fieldhouse at 315 Mount Vernon St. is a joint development of two local nonprofits, the Martin Richard Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, that received sign-off from city planning officials earlier this year. The project

Hundreds gathered at Walker Playground, also called Norfolk Park, in Mattapan on Thursday, June 30, to celebrate the official opening of the complete renovation of the park and the basketball courts. The renovations have been in the works and on the drawing board since 2018, but the official end of construction was celebrated Thursday during Mayor Michelle Wu’s Mattapan Coffee