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The MBTA says it has cut down travel times on several of its subway lines, though delays from slow zones remain.

Dorchester resident John FitzGerald, the 41-year-old son of a legendary state lawmaker and a veteran of City Hall, has joined the race to succeed District 3 Councillor Frank Baker. The field has continued to grow since Baker’s April 20 announcement that he wouldn’t run for reelection. Meetinghouse Hill activist Jennifer Johnson and Fields Corner schoolteacher Joel Richards had

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

“Open Streets,” last year’s event that temporarily shut down Dorchester Avenue to traffic and opened it up to pedestrians, is scheduled to return on Sun., Sept. 17. The shutdown will stretch a little over a mile between Fields Corner and Ashmont. City Hall officials have shortened the length from last year’s extent, which ran from Dot Ave. at Freeport Street to Gallivan

In what was likely the final meeting before their proposal goes before a city board for approval, Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders, the two nonprofits seeking to revamp the Comfort Inn at 900 Morrissey Blvd. into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless people, pledged this week to use a senior preference approach when enlisting tenants.