Public Safety
Fire damage. Photo by Boston Fire Department.
The Boston Fire Department reports nine people were displaced by a one-alarm fire that broke out shortly before 5 a.m. at 130 Devon St.
The department says investigators have determined the fire was... Read more
Workers remove huge ledge from Washington St.The rehabilitation of a pipe under the streets of Lower Mills is weeks behind schedule as construction crews have hit underground boulders, including a piece of ledge the size of a car that was taken out of the... Read more
The latest— and, we hope, the last— incarnation of the one-mile Neponset Greenway connection through Mattapan and Milton made its debut at a public meeting on Tuesday evening on River Street.
The design includes a compromise, cross-river bridge that... Read more
Mattapan Crossing and Canopy Walk: A graphic from a DCR presentation shown during a meeting on Aug. 30 depicts a proposed bridge at Mattapan station.
Residents from Dorchester, Mattapan, and Milton sounded notes of support Tuesday night for the state... Read more
Mt. Ida SRoad three-decker. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department is investigating the cause of a large fire in a Mt. Ida Road three decker this afternoon that send a firefighter to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
The department responded to a call... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man, 26, with multiple gunshot wounds around 7 p.m., Saturday, at 11 Fayston St.
The man was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
He is Dorchester's 19th murder victim... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his mid to late 20s with multiple gunshot wounds behind 18 Hosmer St., around 4:10 a.m. on Friday.
The victim was pronounced at the scene.
Mattapan and Dorchester murders over the past year.
A Dorchester man was ordered held without bail Wednesday at his arraignment on charges fatally stabbed a friend early Tuesday.
Lester James, 24, and Francis Kargbo, 23, had been on James's third-floor porch at 92 Sumner St. for several hours when they got... Read more
Boston Police report a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death around 12:10 a.m. at 92 Sumner St.
Lester James, 24, of Dorchester, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of murder, police say. He is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Dorchester District... Read more
A man in the back seat of a car on Dorchester Avenue near Fuller Street was shot shortly after 11 p.m., Saturday.
Witnesses said the car then speed off inbound on Dorchester Avenue The victim was dropped off at Boston Medical Center about 15 minutes later...
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