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Mayor Thomas M. Menino, long the master of municipal yuletide celebrations, had taken his appointed position, right in front of Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus.

Before Prohibition, there were 31 breweries in Boston, largely concentrated in the Stony Brook corridor of Jamaica Plain and Mission Hill.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Boston -- everywhere you go. Looking for ideas on how you can revel in the festiveness of the city? Here are eight ideas for some traditional and not-so-traditional things you can do in Boston this holiday season.

Boston regulators have approved construction of the city's first condominium complex with no parking for residents' cars, a project expected to be a test case.

Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.] The Melrose Police Department has an anonymous tip line: 781-665-TIPS .

Mayor Thomas M. Menino kicked off Boston's holiday season with a series of initiatives to enhance the city's holiday spirit.

Closing out the Biggest Year in the History of Boston's Annual Food Drive with 5 Days of Amazing Prizes! Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that the 27th Annual bostonCANshare program will close out more than a month of generous giving this week by giving back to donors with dozens of amazing prizes ranging from Boston Celtics tickets to an ... (more)

A tax preparer from Boston's North End has pleaded guilty to obstruction and mail fraud in connection with the misappropriation of nearly $800,000 in client income tax refunds.

Just four months after being released from Robben Island Prison, Nelson Mandela, perhaps the most noted political prisoner in the world, was welcomed by throngs of enthusiastic Bostonians at several stops around the city.

"The Phantom of the Opera" is the longest-running show in Broadway history with more than 10,000 performances But what becomes a legendary show most? A remounting.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. &#8212 A 9-year-old Pittsfield boy is in critical condition following a house fire at his Merriam Street home.

This young boy seems to be on guard alongside a member of the Jamaica Defence Force outside his gate in Waterford, St Catherine, yesterday.

Two Boston have been indicted by a Norfolk Grand Jury for their alleged involvement in the October shooting of a woman driving on the VFW Parkway , Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced Wednesday.

Mayor-elect Martin Walsh read "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" beside Keith Lockhart at the opening night of the Holiday Pops in Boston on Wednesday.

After years of operating out of a 2,000-foot store in the Taj hotel on Newbury Street, Chanel this week opened a store across the street quintupling the space to 10,000 square feet and giving Boston the fourth largest Chanel store in the country.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged Wednesday to serve out her full six-year term and not run for president in 2016.

Boston police have issued an arrest warrant for a 44-year-old man for trafficking marijuana after a Roxbury fire exposed a house full of the plants, with an estimated street value of as much as $1 million.

Andrew Younger, a minister for the Nova Scotia government, will be reunited with the 47-foot-tall white spruce the province donated to Boston when the city's official Christmas tree is lit in the Common Thursday.

Seventeen bars in the Boston area, including several close to Faneuil Hall, have partnered with the cab-hailing app Hailo to provide $10 discounts to holiday revelers.

Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh tapped cops, teachers, artists, priests, doctors, college presidents, union bosses, transportation consultants, Beacon Hill pols and even a Dropkick Murphy to serve on his army of advisers on policies ranging from education and public safety to health, arts and culture.