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Neighbors of a man and a woman who died in an early-morning one-alarm fire in a South Boston housing development Sunday said they did not know them well, but remembered some of their kindnesses.

A 22-year-old man was killed this morning when he was struck by a vehicle on Nonantum Road, according to State Police.A The victim, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston where he was pronounced, according to State Police.

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Jonathan Carvalho/Standard-Times special Silverbrook Farm in Acushnet offers community-oriented activities to attract visitors to the farm and its country store.

The charges were brought under the state's new human trafficking law and involve a prostitution ring that brought women to the Boston area to have sex for money as many as 15 times a day, Attorney General Martha Coakley's office said.

We know it can be easy to fall behind on the news. If you fell behind this week, here are five stories we think you should look at: PHOTOS: Mercury Spill Contained, No One Hurt : The mercury spill that brought an emergency team of Boston firefighters to the Navy Yard Thursday was contained without incident .

President Obama is applauded after signing the health care overhaul during a ceremony in the White House on March 23, 2010.

It has been almost a year since the tornadoes hit Central Massachusetts, about 5 p.m. on June 1, 2011, when many lives were changed forever.

Patch readers, we asked for your favorite place to celebrate a graduation in the Greater Boston area, and you answered - here are some of the top choices our readers picked in this week's "Reader's Choice": Beacon Hill :A Beacon Hill Hotel and Bistro , 25 Charles St.

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The city of Boston unveiled a sign Friday honoring Officer John Gallagher, who was killed in a 1962 bank robbery.

Boston Police Officer John J. Gallagher wasn't supposed to be working that early morning shift in Kenmore Square.

Join Common Struggle members as we stand up against measures that put the cost of the recession on the shoulders of the working class.

BOSTON May 25 Once again, one of Boston's most beautiful spaces will be filled with music in a free, lunchtime concert series every Friday throughout the summer.

BU students Justin Katz, 22, Alexander Nisenzon, 21, and Kyle Shevrin, 21, are each charged with five counts of failing to report hazing.

Three of the nine people now facing criminal charges for the alleged hazing inside the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity in April appeared briefly in a Brighton courtroom today.

Community complaints led cops to investigate the Cambridge Street home where neighbors told police they suspected drug activity and possibly prostitution.

BOSTON &#8212 Boston's Faneuil Hall is celebrating the opening of a new visitor's center.

Lansdowne Street opened in Bonita Springs in 2007. The dark and cozy pub is known for a wide variety of craft beers, gourmet sandwiches and a devotion to the Boston Red Sox.

The Bostrton School Committee gave Superintendent Carol R. Johnson low marks in many areas on her most recent evaluation, revealing rare discontent among some members over her leadership less than a year after her contract was renewed with much fanfare.