About 40,000 Boston Public School students in first to twelfth grades went back to school Thursday in hot and humid conditions. The district kicked off the school year with more bus drivers and fewer teacher vacancies compared with last year.
Motorcyclists took to the streets of Mattapan and Dorchester on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14, for the 1st annual Boston Veterans Motorcycle Ride to benefit the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center’s Veterans Outreach Center. The Ride was sponsored by the William Carter American Legion Post #16 on Blue Hill Avenue, as well as by numerous other contributors and sponsors –