Public Safety
A Dedham man was arrested in New York City on Tuesday and will be charged with killing a Dorchester father inside a Mattapan barber shop last June. The defendant, William Shakespeare, 30, was indicted last year by a Suffolk County Grand Jury. He is... Read more
Drawing links to Nazi Germany, the president of the Massachusetts Senate condemned the Trump administration's move to bar entry into the country of nationals from seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Senate President Stan Rosenberg, who is... Read more
President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees swiftly met opposition in Massachusetts, where over the weekend a federal court issued a temporary restraining order, thousands protested in Copley Square, and politicians and university... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports finding a man in his 40s with a gunshot wound at 31 Regina Rd. around 6:30 a.m. on Monday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dorchester native Deirdre Manning, 50, won the top spot and Savin Hill’s Eric Robinson, 45, finished second in Boston’s Safest Driver competition, a city of Boston initiative aimed at slowing speeds and curbing accidents. Over 5,000 people participated in... Read more
Lisa was 55 years old and Debbie was 57. Both were daughters of Dorchester. Both chose careers as Boston Police officers. Both served in the District of C-11, their home neighborhood, for over 10 years and now they’re both gone far, far too soon.
Lisa... Read more
With a complete design overhaul for the intersection of Morton Street and Gallivan Boulevard in place, state transportation officials last week briefed community members on a plan to prioritize safety and improve traffic flow across the hazardous... Read more
The MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) voted Monday to pay a Boston-based construction firm $16.97 million to build a new Fairmount Line station in Mattapan. The Blue Hill Avenue station — slated to open in 2019— will be built by workers... Read more
A person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on Dorchester Avenue on Tuesday evening, police said.
Officers were called for a pedestrian struck around 7:02 p.m. in the area of 1855 Dorchester Ave., said BPD spokesman Officer Stephen McNulty.... Read more
Discussions about residential parking are churning inside Dorchester’s neighborhoods that increasingly are pressed for space. With resident-only parking permits decided piecemeal, stashing a car can be a trial for renters and homeowners alike, not to... Read more
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