Public Safety
Last week’s “reveal” by the Boston 2024 committee, the non-profit organization that has led the effort to bring the Summer Games to Boston, was a mixed bag. On the one hand, the presentation offered the most in-depth glimpse to date at what could be a... Read more
The Great Blizzard: Tale of the Tape
The powerful northeaster that walloped New England, especially coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island, over two days in February 1978 (the 6th and 7th), was a cataclysmic meteorological event (the number of storm-... Read more
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•Parking ban in the City of Boston will be lifted at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Mayor Walsh.
•Boston Public Schools are closed on Wednesday, January 28. Mayor Walsh said today that a decision has not yet been made on... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports four food-delivery men have been robbed - with one stabbed and two punched in the head - while making deliveries to 56 and 57 Stanley St. since October.
The Boston Police Department reports four food-delivery men have... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting three men on gun charges after, police say, one of them aimed both an SUV and a loaded gun at pursuing officers.
Police say officers were out looking for a particular guy with outstanding gun warrants shortly... Read more
The owners of some of the key Dorchester properties that would be displaced by a plan to construct a massive 170-acre Athletes Village for the Olympics have not yet been contacted by Boston 2024 organizers, despite the fact that a document released by... Read more
Former Dorchester resident Jonathan Fey, 45, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and five years of supervised release by the Boston U.S. District Court on Tuesday, January 20. Fey pleaded guilty of failing to register as a sex offender in October of 2014... Read more
A 16-year-old already facing armed robbery and kidnapping charges for two incidents on Jan. 13 was arraigned yesterday on new charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and indecent assault and battery for incidents on Jan. 11 and 13, the Suffolk County... Read more
New details emerge on Columbia Point, Franklin Park impacts
Proponents of Boston 2024’s Olympic bid outlined elements of the presentation that won the city a seat at the international table last month during a press conference held at the Boston... Read more
Man seemed unsure; police say that he had note ready for tellers
A man who made two self-aborted attempts to rob Meetinghouse Bank on Tuesday was arrested by Boston Police, who later found that the suspect had hidden a note demanding money in his... Read more
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