Public Safety
The road to securing a pardon is a steep climb for ex-convicts in Massachusetts. In the first seven years of Governor Deval Patrick’s tenure, only five pardons— out of a total of 326 requests— made it past the the Advisory Board of Pardons, an arm of the... Read more
Mark Wahlberg’s petition seeking a pardon for his 1988 conviction for a violent robbery and assault on Dorchester Avenue has triggered a sharp backlash since it was first reported by New England Cable News last Thursday.
The 43-year-old actor and... Read more
One of my favorite songs is “Georgia on My Mind.” Over the last few months, and especially over the past few days, I could hear myself humming … “Fields Corner is on my mind.”
Last month, VietAID celebrated its 20th anniversary, an event coincident with... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting two of the seven or eight teens they say tried to rob a man at knifepoint outside the KFC at 481 Washington St. around 10:20 p.m. on Friday.
According to police, the man was walking past the restaurant when... Read more
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday announced that he had installed new Licensing Board members in an overhaul of the body that regulates alcohol, food, and hotels within city limits.
The new members are Hyde Park attorney Christine Pulgini, Lisa Maki,... Read more
Seven people suffered minor injuries last Wednesday morning (Nov. 26) when an out-of-service MBTA trolley rolled backwards and collided with an inbound Ashmont trolley along a stretch of the Mattapan High Speed line inside Cedar Grove Cemetery just after... Read more
Protestor in Dudley Square: Isaiah Wilkerson, 19, is from Fields Corner and joined a protest march from Dudley Square to South Bay last night. Photo by Lauren Dezenski“Hands up!” “Don’t shoot!”
(Thud, thud)
Isaiah Wilkerson gazed up at the four floors of... Read more
Seven people suffered minor injuries this morning when an out-of-service MBTA trolley rolled backwards and collided with an inbound Ashmont trolley along a stretch of the Mattapan High Speed line inside Cedar Grove Cemetery just after 7 a.m. The incident... Read more
Gov. Deval Patrick said he was disappointed listening to the announcement Monday night that a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., did not indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man. The case has... Read more
An early morning police raid of a suspected Stanton Street drug den resulted in the seizure of a high capacity assault rifle and the arrest of a 39 year-old Dorchester man. The Boston Police Drug Control Unit, aided by the BPD's Entry and Apprehension... Read more
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