Public Safety
A Suffolk Superior Court jury on Monday convicted Harold and Shawn Coleman of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Christopher Borgella outside the DoubleTree Hotel on Mt. Vernon Street early on March 1, 2014, the Suffolk County District... Read more
Since Thursday, two women have been shot and a street sprayed with gunfire in blocks around Codman Square.
Around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, police responded to a report of gunfire in the area in front of Alex's Market on Talbot Avenue, near Southern Avenue... Read more
The filming of a rap video on a Dorchester cul-de-sac Wednesday evening ended with six people under arrest and the confiscation of four loaded guns, police and prosecutors say.
One man had bail set at $100,000, two others at $75,000, at their arraignments... Read more
Two major Dorchester developments, DOT Block in Glover’s Corner and the South Bay Town Center expansion, are on the agenda at the Boston Redevelopment Authority/EDIC Board monthly meeting tonight (May 12).
DOT Block, which includes 362 units of mixed-... Read more
Questions from five Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices came fast and furious last Thursday before an overflowing courtroom as appellate attorney Rosemary Scapicchio and Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Paul Linn presented arguments in... Read more
Ayanna PressleyI used to hide out in the school nurse’s office. There was rarely anything physically wrong with me.
Throughout middle school, I would feign a headache or upset stomach and get permission to visit my school nurse. At the time, I couldn’t... Read more
Families of Boston Public School students will be briefed by school officials at two meetings early this week after water fountains being tested for lead exposure were mistakenly left operational, officials said.
Four facilities — including Dorchester's... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports the arrest of the final suspect in the shooting deaths of Clarence McGregor, 25, of Dorchester and Teasia Montgomery, 28, of Medford on Rosewood Street in Mattapan on Jan. 27, 2014.
Lorenzo Jones, 29, was arrested by... Read more
The 20th annual Mother's Walk for Peace, launched as a fundraiser to support the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute in Fields Corner, will expand its scope this year and lead thousands of marchers from Dorchester to Boston City Hall. The walk will begin at 8... Read more
Making use of the $525,000 bike-sharing grant awarded to Boston in April by the Barr Foundation, Hubway will install 10 new stations in Roxbury and Dorchester, Mayor Martin Walsh announced last week.
The bike-sharing service will seek community input... Read more
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