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Crime might not always pay, but it certainly gets you places. 

At least that was the case for Gustin Gang member and informant Thomas G. “Red” Curran, whose tuxedo-clad, bullet-riddled body was found at the wheel ... Read more.

“It’s like trading in your old broken-down Chevy for a new Beemer,” explains Father Vincent Daily, the pastor at St. Gregory’s church in Lower Mills. Some might raise him and say the new organ that was installed in the ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino on Tuesday renewed a pledge to adopt a “radically different” student assignment plan for the city’s schools. In his nineteenth State of the City address, he also called for the expansion of ... Read more.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 17, 2012…. Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday expressed confidence that he would not be forced to choose between signing a bill that eliminates parole for repeat violent offenders or vetoing the ... Read more.

State and Boston Police say a man driving a stolen car from Medford sped away from a state trooper today, eventually causing a four-way crash on I-93 and then fleeing on foot into Dorchester's Port Norfolk section, where ... Read more.

A man in his 20s was fatally shot Saturday afternoon at 23 Trull St., the Boston Police Department reports.

Police say the man was found inside the house and was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was ... Read more.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story listed the incorrect address on Tremlett St. The address that was raided was 33 Tremlett St.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting Paul Brown ... Read more.

Thursday's heavy rain and wind has closed sections of Morrissey Boulevard, but roads are expected to reopen in time for rush hour traffic.

Currently the expressway exit onto Morrissey is closed to traffic, as well ... Read more.

A Dorchester man identified only by an alias was one of 50 people indicted as part of a ring that allegedly used the identities of real Puerto Ricans to provide documentation for foreigners in the U.S.

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More than 250 people crowded into the Dudley Square Branch Library on Saturday to voice their concerns about a pair of bills that would implement a “three strikes” sentencing policy in Massachusetts, claiming the ... Read more.

City officials, in an attempt to get celebrated author Dennis Lehane onto the Boston Public Library’s board of trustees, did a simple thing: They asked.

“I got the feeling they were circling me for a little bit, ... Read more.

Victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti continue to find solace and medical help at Dorchester’s Codman Square Health Center, which has created a special program to focus on the specific needs of the Haitian clients still ... Read more.

City Council President Stephen Murphy appears to be shifting course on the 13-member body’s approach to the issue of siting a casino in Boston.

In an appearance on Chris Lovett’s Neighborhood Network News (BNN-TV) ... Read more.

Rolling around next Monday is the only national holiday to honor a former Dorchester resident. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived here while he pursued his doctoral studies at BU, and in 1952 even served as Interim Pastor ... Read more.

Dorchester churches and community organizations are planning a week of events to celebrate the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

Young people will be celebrating with service on Jan. 14 when over 250 ... Read more.

After a rigorous 15-month bout of surveys, brainstorming sessions and meetings, a state-led review of the public transportation needs in for  Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan (RDM) is finally drawing to a close. The ... Read more.

A small chimney fire closed down the Uphams Corner branch of the Boston Public Library for three days last week. There was no damage to the library, but the fire generated a “small amount of smoke,” leading to its closure ... Read more.

A Boston teenager was arraigned Monday in a Suffolk Superior courtroom for last October’s murder of an Adams Corner man and a subsequent double-shooting near St. Mark’s that left one man with multiple gunshot wounds. ... Read more.

Luis Pimentel, 18, is charged with shooting Victor Brookens to death in a fight over marijuana the teen thought the 54-year-old man was hiding in his Samoset Street apartment, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office ... Read more.

A delivery guy for a Norfolk Street pizza place whose owner was murdered in 2007 came close to buying it himself on Dec. 10 when he tried to reason with a man on Capen Street who pulled a gun on him, the Suffolk County ... Read more.

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