Public Safety
The Boston Police Department reports a man charged with robbing the Tedeschi convenience store at Columbia Road and East Cottage Street Thursday morning also robbed the place earlier this week.
Police say officers on another case stopped what they were... Read more
Three people were arrested on gun and drug charges Sunday after their downstairs neighbor dialed 911 to report a bullet had just come through her ceiling, the Boston Police Department reports.
Police say that when officers arrived at 28 Dyer St. shortly... Read more
Boston Police in Dorchester's C-11 district today issued a warning to merchants after a pair of overnight break-ins targeting stores in recent days.
"Recently, Area C-11 has seen two burglaries of businesses located on Dorchester Ave., in the area that... Read more
Magnetic Tom, a.k.a. Tom Magnetic, was arraigned Thursday on charges he was storing loaded, unlocked guns in an apartment full of little kids, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Tom, 32, was arrested early Thursday morning on two... Read more
Law enforcement and emergency response officials will practice responding to a simulated emergency this weekend at UMass Boston and other areas in the city. Dubbed “Urban Shield: Boston,” the training exercise will last for 24 hours, starting at 8 a.m.... Read more
City officials have assembled a team to work closely with home and business owners affected by Hurricane Sandy. Boston Home Center staff will be working with homeowners and senior homeowners to help facilitate any necessary renovations due to the storm.... Read more
Sandy Arrives in Dorchester from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.
Above, Chris Lovett of Neighborhood Network News captured some of the storm damage around Dorchester. There were power outages reported yesterday and overnight in Neponset, Melville-Park and Fields... Read more
State and city officials are urging the public to hunker down today as a massive hurricane swept up the East Coast, with the potential for wind damage, power outages and coastal flooding locally over the next 24 hours. Boston Public Schools are closed... Read more
A three-alarm fire in a six-family three decker at 4 Theodore St. Saturday night sent two residents and two firefighters to the hospital.
The fire, reported at 10 p.m., started in a first-floor bedroom, but did heavy damage to the second and third floors... Read more
To the Editor:
I have four children who play on this street along with many other children who live in this neighborhood and I have to yell at cars as they fly up my street going in excess of 50 m.p.h.
Myself and many other residents of Elmer Roadhave... Read more
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