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The first mainstage concert of the Boston Early Music Festival was also the North American debut of Mozart's own violin and viola.

A 24-year-old Dorchester woman allegedly had a gun and drugs hidden in the diaper bag slung over her shoulder as she carried her baby in a car seat past officers who were arresting her boyfriend on a warrant.

Hundreds of young people stormed downtown Boston yesterday afternoon, rallying for the allocation of more funds to youth employment programs that create jobs for students.

Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the selection of a search firm to identify the permanent Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department.

State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry's groundbreaking debut as the first woman, first Haitian-American and first Dorchester resident to host the storied St. Patrick's Day breakfast on Sunday is apparently drawing some international attention.

Two Roxbury men were arrested after they allegedly pushed a man to the ground and repeatedly kicked and punched him, police said.

BOSTON On Tuesday, April 1, residents and visitors in three areas Copley Square, Boston University, and Northeastern University will have new late-night dining options: food trucks.

David Eisenstadter, Special to the Reporter Interested in improving early education in his home city, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and a delegation of other top city officials toured Boston schools last week.

Some of the illegal guns slipping into the city are coming from drug traffickers traveling from as far away as Georgia and Florida, the head of the region's ATF bureau said yesterday as he urged clergy to help cops get the weapons off the streets.

The women trying to shake off a history of bad choices on "Breaking Boston" are Noelle, Valerie , Kristina, and Courtney.

A second suspect was arrested today in last week's stabbing of two women in the Back Bay, police said.

Roger Berkowitz, chief executive of Legal Sea Foods, says the new concept is a response to the public's growing taste for variety.

Most year-round Islanders are resolved to the fact that while the summer affords multiple opportunities to enjoy performances by visiting artists, the off-season is a relatively quiet time for the arts.

On March 22, 2014 at 8pm, Moving Target IN CONCERT turns the popular visiting artist class series into a performance benefitting Green Street Studios ' Programming.

St. Patrick's Day Parade Colorful floats, music, and Irish good cheer await you at the City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade.

"New England Modern" is how designer/builder Placetailor describes this single-family Passivhaus in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.

Jahmeilla Tresvant is facing gun charges in two cases. In one, police believe she was holding a gun for her brother.

Representatives of e-NRG Power LLC are scheduled to meet this afternoon with town officials from both communities, making a pitch to replace Broadway Electric Co.

State transportation officials on Tuesday announced plans to open 235 parking spaces under the elevated portion of the I-93 Southeast Expressway between the South End and South Boston, signaling a major facelift for a vacant strip formerly used as storage space.

James Beard Award-winning chefs Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, of acclaimed Maine restaurants Arrows and MC Perkins Cove, bring the newest Boston seaport district restaurant, M.C. Spiedo Ristorante & Bar , located inside the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel [606 Congress Street; 617.476.5606].