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Think you’re faster than the Green Line? These Boston runners took on the challenge

Hundreds of runners gathered in anticipation around the MBTA's Boston College station on Friday. Some chatted among themselves, while others stretched. They watched people trickle inside the Green Line cars, doors close, bells ringing. Then, as the train starts moving, so did the runners. They were kicking off the Char
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$1.25m Brookline condo in converted church features full rose window

Saint Mark’s Methodist Church is a Brookline landmark that you can live in. The congregation of Saint Mark’s Methodist Church first assembled in Brookline in 1873; by 1891, it had grown to the point where its members purchased 25,000 square feet of land at the corner of Vernon and Park Streets and hired one of Boston’s
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A new report reveals the slowest MBTA bus route in Boston — and it...

A new report from Transit Matters shows the top 10 slowest and top 10 most bunched routes. The SL4, a Silver Line that travels between South and Nubian Stations, won the not-so-esteemed honor of slowest MBTA bus route, according to a new report. Transit Matters, a Mass. transportation advocacy nonprofit,...
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Police investigation focused on MBTA bus in Dorchester

BOSTON (WHDH) - A police investigation focused on an MBTA bus. The bus was stopped in Dorchester near Humboldt Avenue and Seaver Street last night. Transit police officers looked inside the bus and taped off the area around it. This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and...
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‘A kick in the gut’: Norwood victim of food stamps theft warns others

A Norwood mother who relies on her SNAP benefits to feed her family is warning others after she says her EBT card was compromised and her monthly food stamps deposit was drained.
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1978 Boston Hit From Iconic Second Album Took 6 Years to Write

Tom Scholz's 1978 power ballad was years in the making.
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Mass. school bus company to pay $440K to settle claims it raised prices, misled...

A Massachusetts school bus company has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle allegations that it improperly raised prices and misled officials about transportation contracts in Lynn, Dedham and Saugus, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Under the agreement, JSC Transportation Services will split the m
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Car Slams Into Pro Shop At West Newton’s Brae Burn Country Club, Injuring Three

A car crashed into the pro shop at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton on Saturday, injuring the driver and two employees who work at the club. All three suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital, while the impact left a wall damaged badly enough that it had to be boarded up afterward.
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Wayland Crash on Route 126 Sends Driver by Helicopter to Boston Medical Center

A sedan driver suffered serious injuries Friday afternoon after colliding with a truck carrying a roll-off container on Old Connecticut Path, prompting a helicopter flight to Boston Medical Center and closing the roadway. The crash happened near 429 Old Connecticut Path, also known as Route 126, at approximately 12:38
Featured picture for What places leave behind: After winning an international design competition, Smith College’s Isabel Strauss contemplates the healing power of architecture

What places leave behind: After winning an international design competition, Smith College’s Isabel Strauss...

As an architect, Isabel Strauss often wonders about physical space. What is here now, and what came before it? What is still possible? Places tell stories — whether they are historical buildings or vacant lots — and she takes everything into consideration. Last autumn, in her first semester...

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