Public Safety
A Suffolk County Grand Jury has indicted a former Boston man in the Nov. 2011 double-murder of two Haitian-American sisters who were gunned down in their Dorchester apartment last November. The suspect, Jean Weevins Janvier, 30, has been on the run since... Read more
City Hall is teaming up with residents and merchants for a reinvigorated effort to reshape the Blue Hill Avenue corridor. Mayor Menino’s Neighborhood Response Team is working with local groups in an attempt to root out crime in the area and find out what... Read more
A man was found shot in the chest around 4:15 p.m. by Boston Police officers, who are looking for a white Nissan that may have fled the scene.
The Boston Police Department reports three men sitting in a car on Clarkwood Street at Norfolk Street were shot Monday night.
All three, 24, 26 and 28, were taken to local hospitals after the 10 p.m. incident and are expected to survive, police say.
Updated 2:45 pm April 17
A car slammed into a bridge abutment on Morrissey Boulevard near Tenean and Freeport streets around 4:30 a.m. on Monday, killing three occupants, Massachusetts State Police report. NECN reports the car rolled over before hitting... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 13, 2012…..House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s point-man in talks with the Senate over omnibus crime and sentencing legislation raised the prospect Friday that the two sides could fail to reach agreement and suggested that they... Read more
Fowler-Clark Farm: Norfolk Street landmark condemned by city inspectors. Ed Forry photo
A historic farmhouse on Norfolk Street, one of the last vestiges of the neighborhood’s now-distant agricultural past, was condemned by city officials on Tuesday after... Read more
135 Granite Avenue: Scene of heavy police activity this afternoon.A gruesome discovery inside a Cedar Grove condominium complex triggered a heavy police response in the neighborhood late this afternoon. A crew from a moving company who arrived at the 40-... Read more
The White House plans on Wednesday to honor Emmett Folgert, the founder and executive director of the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, for his anti-youth violence work. Folgert is one of twelve people the Obama administration intends to recognize as part... Read more
March 25th is a date that has much significance for me. My niece Emma turned 13. My cousin Brian celebrated his 40th birthday. My idol, Sir Elton John, turned 65! Finally, it is the 29th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s famous Moonwalk dance.
On March 25... Read more
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