Public Safety
Columbia Point is once again the center of stadium-sized speculation this week as talks between the New England Revolution and UMass continue to weigh the merits of building a professional soccer venue at the former Bayside Expo Center site.
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Kosciuszko Circle: Even on a 'good' day, the rotary at the northern end of Morrissey Boulevard is a challenge for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. Griffin Connolly photoThe long-sought project to reconstruct Morrissey Boulevard remains under way, if... Read more
After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a regulatory structure for the novel app-... 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 24 year-old Dorchester man will be charged with manslaughter for causing the death of a 44 year-old Quincy man during an altercation in Adams Corner last April. Brian Hingston died from injuries he suffered when he was punched— allegedly by Bryan... Read more
Orlando vigil: Bostonians gathered on City Hall Plaza on June 13 for a vigil in memory of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Forty-nine innocent people were killed by a gunman armed with an assault rifle. Photo by Isabel Leon/Mayor’s... Read more
Two dozen community members, health advocates, and community service police officers laid out their public safety concerns and struggles from the Black Box theater in the Codman Square Health Center on Monday evening.
Community organizers Yvette Modestin... Read more
As Boston officials seek to lower speed limits on their streets, one lawmaker cautioned Tuesday that the problem they are seeking to remedy could be a symptom of a broader “crisis” in transportation infrastructure.
The Boston City Council voted... Read more
Two men in their 20s have been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Raekwon Brown in early June near the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, according to the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.
Jonathan Aguasvivas, 23... Read more
University of Massachusetts officials have had preliminary conversations with the Kraft family and the New England Revolution about the possibility of building a soccer stadium on prime waterfront land owned by the university on the grounds of the old... Read more
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