Public Safety
An estimated 10,000 "copycat" assault weapons were sold in Massachusetts during 2015, according to the attorney general's office, which announced a crackdown effort on Wednesday.
Joined by anti-violence advocates and members of law enforcement, Attorney... Read more
About fifty Dorchester residents joined Police Commissioner William Evans, Capt. Tim Connolly and police officers from Boston Police C-11 District to click on flashlights for a half-hour walk around the neighborhood on Tuesday night.
Striking out side-... Read more
Boston Police responding to a call of a person with a gun this morning ended up confiscating four replica guns — including two that resembled black assault rifles—brandished by a group of teens driving around Bowdoin-Geneva and Uphams Corner and shooting... Read more
A man spent more than 40 minutes trapped in his car Friday evening after a utility pole collapsed, falling on his car and bringing live wires down with it on Erie Street at Washington Street.
The incident happened almost three years to the day after a... Read more
The thousands of active gas leaks in the city of Boston were again on the table at a City Council hearing Tuesday afternoon as experts and residents weighed in on an ordinance proposed by City Councillor Matt O’Malley that seeks to eliminate the leaks.
O... Read more
Boston Police returned to their normal deployment on Monday afternoon after several days of requiring two officers per car for patrols in the aftermath of a sniper attack that left five police officers dead and ten more wounded in Dallas last Thursday... Read more
Just hours after the Supreme Judicial Court cleared the way for a marijuana legalization ballot initiative to go to voters in November, the group working to legalize cannabis turned in what it said is enough signatures to secure its slot on the Nov. 8... Read more
Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation and the Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc. (POAH) reported on their proposal for the Mattapan Station mixed-use development at a public meeting organized with the MBTA on Wednesday night, with non-profit... Read more
Tensions continue between the owners of the Kriola Bar and Restaurant at 33 Hancock Street and nearby community members. The restaurant has been open for three weeks in the wake of sustained pushback from abutters and civic leaders since its introduction... Read more
To the Editor:
In its 16 June editorial, the Dorchester Reporter’s support for “lawmaking aimed at banning weapons of mass murder, tightening restrictions on sales to the mentally ill or potential terrorists, [and] studying gun violence as a public... Read more
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