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Customers line up for soda bread and other treats at Greenhills Irish Bakery in Dorchester on a recent Saturday morning.

The joke, Brendan Fay recalls, was that peace would come to Northern Ireland before gay people like him would be allowed to take part in New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade.

Every day, police solve crimes in all our communities. But when suspects get away, Massachusetts law enforcement officers turn to the public for help.

Police received reports of a death at 105 Perham St. at 8:26 a.m., according to police spokeswoman Rachel McGuire.

Cornerstone Realty Capital recently arranged $3.15 million in financing for a client to build a mixed-used building in Boston.

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.