Public Safety
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
Favored by the bright fall foliage and fresh plantings, Department of Conservation and Recreation managers gave elected officials and reporters a tour of the 1.3-mile Neponset River Greenway extension last Thursday morning, offering an update on the... Read more
Three people who got into an argument with Chaz Burton at a Mattapan party in March began punching him and when that wasn't enough, pulled wooden stakes out of the ground with which to beat him before one of them took out a gun and shot Burton in the... Read more
The illegal rooming house occupied by several moderate-to-high-risk sex offenders on Milton Avenue in Dorchester was the subject of intense discussion at a neighborhood meeting last week. While community members sought to understand why they were not... Read more
A state plan to beautify and fortify Morrissey Boulevard is getting both up and down reactions from neighborhood residents who’ve studied the conceptual designs, according to a Reporter look at public comments submitted to the Department of Conservation... Read more
City councillors pressed for answers on enforcing Boston Public Schools residency requirements at a Tuesday hearing, addressing the common refrain that students are being improperly sent to Boston schools from surrounding cities and towns.
BPS... Read more
(Updated -- Nov. 4, 11:24 a.m.)
State Police report a woman crossing Gallivan Boulevard at Milton Avenue to catch a bus was hit by a car around 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday.
The woman, 18, was rushed to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, State... Read more
Want to learn how to save someone’s life? Codman Square Health Center (CSHC), in partnership with Victory Programs, is offering free overdose training and overdose kits to the community.
The Naloxone Training will be on Thursday, November 10 from 6-8p.m.... Read more
A private transit company that already shuttles people around greater Boston during the daytime has proposed to do the same at night, in a partnership with the MBTA to provide a late-night transportation option that workers, employers and transit... Read more
After taking more than 400 site-specific sound measurements and evaluating 1,050 sound surveys from Boston residents, Erica Walker is very familiar with the city’s everyday honks, shouts, melodies, and murmurs. But the graduate student, who has been... Read more
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