Public Safety
Are there real benefits to urban youths spending six to nine weeks in a summer job? Conny Doty, director of Mayor Thomas Menino’s Office of Jobs and Community Services, took up that question with the mayor at her side as she looked grimly out into the... Read more
Police are investigating two separate shootings between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
In the more serious incident, a person was taken away in critical condition after a shooting at 107 Columbia Rd.
A suspect and a gun were found on Rosedale Street near... Read more
Law enforcement officials and local lawmakers on Monday outlined citywide efforts to stem violence, citing “safe street” teams to pushing for more youth summer jobs.
The afternoon press conference, held at the Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury and... Read more
The Boston Police Department's Neighborood Crime Watch department issued a "community alert" today in the wake of a series of residential break-ins that have occurred in recent days in Dorchester Area C-11 police district. The flurry of house breaks... Read more
The headmaster of the Neighborhood House Charter School is still feeling the effects of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed one of his students and injured another and her mother. Martin Richard, of Dorchester, died from the impact of one of the... Read more
Neponset Greenway: Popular amenity will become more popular with planned expansion. Photo by Chris Lovett
Gov. Deval Patrick has made our summer —before it even began officially.
On June 11, the Patrick administration announced that it intends to fully... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports it got a quick lead on a suspect in a Fields Corner robbery yesterday - the alleged criminal mastermind left behind his birth certificate.
According to police, a woman who'd just exited the Fields Corner T stop was... Read more
Could this be the future of public transit in parts of Boston— perhaps even Dorchester's own Columbia Point? How about Blue Hill Avenue?
Moving around town in a solar-powered “pod” that cuts down on congestion, helps the environment and gives you your... Read more
The Boston Police Department is investigating a midday shooting at Devon Street and Vaughan Avenue that sent a man and a woman to the hospital on Monday.
Both adults, in their early 20s, are expected to survive getting shot around 2 p.m. An infant in a... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports a two-alarm fire that broke out around 5 p.m. on Sunday at 271 Hancock St. did an estimated $350,000 in damage.
The cause of the fire, which broke through the roof, is under investigation.