Franklin Field
Boston Police report a man was fatally shot around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday (Aug. 24) at 91 Westview St. in Franklin Field.
That shooting came about 4 1/2 hours after another man was shot in the leg off Ames Street.
Not long after the fatal shooting, a third... Read more
Authorities on Friday announced the indictment of Julian Troche, 24, for the murder of Dantley Leonard in Franklin Field on Nov. 12, 2016 - five days before he was arrested for the murder of Andrew Flonory earlier that year.
A Suffolk County grand jury... Read more
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Boston Housing Authority Administrator Bill McGonagle, and the Franklin Field community honored the late Juanda Drumgold, a longtime resident in the public housing development at a Tuesday ceremony. The Franklin Field Senior Center... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports two men in their late 20s were shot outside 51 Ames St. around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday.
One man was pronounced dead not long after his arrival at a local hospital. The other victim, shot in the shoulder, is expected to... Read more
A Dorchester man who caused the death of an 18 year-old bicyclist last May has been sentenced to serve 8 to 12 years in state prison for the crime. Gregory McCoy entered a guilty plea to manslaughter charges on Tuesday.
McCoy admits that he was drunk and... Read more
A grand jury indicted a Dorchester man for manslaughter last week in the death of an 18 year-old cyclist who was struck and killed on Talbot Avenue last May. Gregory McCoy, 27, was allegedly under the influence and fled the scene of a collision that... Read more
Organizers behind Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games will announce today that Dorchester's Harambee Park would be a tennis venue for the Games should they come to Massachusetts–replacing previous plans to site the venue at Harvard University.... Read more
Thomas M. Menino: He'll be remembered long after the signs come down.
Thomas Menino, a self-described "lunch bucket guy" who rose from his roots in Hyde Park to dominate Boston and Massachusetts politics as the capital city's mayor for 20 years, has... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man found stabbed shortly after midnight Sunday at 5 Ames St. was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether to shut Mac's Guest House, 194 Callender St., after hearing a BPD detective recite a litany of complaints dating back years - including two active rape investigations in which police cited Mac's for "... Read more