Public Safety
Backlash is mounting this week following the abrupt demotion from the Boston Police Department’s command staff of a veteran officer who had recently been appointed to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission that is aimed at improving... Read more
A man and a woman were shot at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan around 12:25 p.m. on Friday.
The man was shot several times; the woman once in the arm. The man was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The Boston Police Department reports... Read more
The Boston Police Department report arresting a man on charges of kidnapping and assault and battery on a child under 14 after an incident on Wentworth Street on July 4th.
According to police, Manuel Cardoso, 44, was walking down Wentworth around 4 p.m.... Read more
A person was shot at the Mobil station at 783 Blue Hill Ave. at American Legion Highway around 5:15 a.m. on Friday.
Boston Police Department officers who initially responded to the station on a report of a fight between a man and a woman found no victim... Read more
A host of family, friends, and long-time Boston Fire Department jakes gathered with Mayor Wu on June 28 at the corner of Hallet Davis and Milton streets adjacent to Florian Hall to dedicate a memorial square to BFD Lt. Stephen Minehan, who was killed in... Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Daronde Bethea to 250 months - 20 years, 10 months - in prison for his role in the Cameron Street Gang, which included trying to gun down a member of the rival Wendover Street Gang and participating in armed home... Read more
Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) has moved to an online-only model after a shooting incident at the nearby Shawmut MBTA station last Friday in which a student is thought to have been the intended target.
No one was hurt in the May 31... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a woman was shot at 36 Edson St in Dorchester around 11:15 p.m. on Friday. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
This is Boston's fourth murder, and Dorchester's second, in 2024.
State officials have launched an incident command system as they brace for potential health care service disruptions in eastern Massachusetts, escalating their efforts to protect patient safety and access amid the financial turmoil at Steward Health Care... Read more
A range of options for re-designing the Morrissey Boulevard corridor were presented at a public meeting of the Morrissey Boulevard Commission last Thursday night (May 2) at Boston College High School in front of a crowd of roughly 70 people, with another... Read more
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