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Boston Police report arresting four people at a melee outside West Roxbury District Court following the arraignment of alleged hit-and-run drag racer Kenneth Mauras today.

Louis Inc. has announced it will close its iconic Louis Boston specialty apparel store in the city's trendy Newbury Street neighborhood when its lease expires in spring 2010.

"People still have time to make donations, either online or by mailing a check," said Rebecca Haag, President and CEO, AAC "It's not over in the U.S., in Massachusetts or in Boston," she added.

Boston Herald Business Reporter Reporter Scott Van Voorhis brings 15 years of aggressive reporting to a wide range of topics that affect the Hub's business community and residents.

The crowd came to see Bruce Willis, packing into Central Square where scenes from his latest movie, "Surrogates," were being filmed Friday.

ON A waterfront chockablock with luxury hotels, office towers, and champagne bars, James Hook & Co.

Earlier this year, Malden songwriter Greg Cherone told Scituate Historical Society president David Ball that he was writing songs to benefit the historical society.

Two longtime vacant apartment buildings behind Christie's at the Nahant Rotary will be torn down next week, thus paving the way for the first step of the Waterfront Master Plan.

Dorchester Reporter , News Report, Gintautus Dumcius, Posted: May 30, 2008 A proposal before the Boston City Council to provide bilingual ballots and translate candidates' names into Chinese characters appears ...

More than 80 years ago, the Hook brothers started trucking their catch of lobsters from Maine and Canada to Boston's fish piers, selling them directly to the city's top restaurants.

The hotel was being demoted to three stars. The workers were devastated. "It was hitting rock bottom," said Gary Sloper, director of rooms.

An early morning fire has destroyed the historic James Hook & Co. Lobster Company, which has occupied a spot on the Boston waterfront for almost eight decades.

Flames broke out shortly after 3:00 a.m. Friday morning, and billowed over the wooden building. Emergency fire crews responding to the scene were ordered out of the Northern Avenue building for fear it would collapse.

Two hours after the first reports of the fire, the rear of the structure did fall into the harbor. Fire officials expected the rest of the building to follow suit.

The Volvo Ocean Race has confirmed Fan Pier in Boston as the sole North American stopover when the race visits the US East Coast port city in April-May 2009.

Massachusetts will borrow as much as $1.275 billion over the next five years to make housing more affordable across the state.

The fire broke out just before 10:40 p.m. yesterday at 409 Washington St. and was contained to a back portion of the building, said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.

Police said Michael Addesa refused several orders to drop the knife he was brandishing early Tuesday morning on Alley Street then started toward Officer Paul Holey, who fatally shot him.

The operator of a Boston trolley car was killed Wednesday and other people were hurt when two trolley cars collided, her father said.

Members of Neighbor to Neighbor, a Lynn advocacy group, will join marchers at the State House in Boston today to protest CORI, the state's Criminal Offender Record Information law.

The number of vehicles passing through toll booths on the Massachusetts Turnpike over the Memorial Day weekend fell compared to last year, which was bad news for the financially struggling state agency.