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Boston Police are investigating several armed robberies and what they are calling “a rash” of parcel thefts in Dorchester’s C-11 district, moving Capt. Tim Connolly, the district commander, to warn residents against leaving packages out in the open or in... Read more
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as the top federal prosecutor in the district of Massachusetts, will leave her post in three weeks, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump to name a new U.S. attorney.... Read more
Elba Morales, 47, of 7 Fayston St., was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly stabbed her neighbor to death around 12:50 a.m. on Tuesday. The victim— Sasha Morris, 34— was taken to Boston Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. At her arraignment... Read more
A Mattapan man had bail set at $50,000 and his alleged female accomplice had bail set at $25,000 at their arraignment Monday on charges they held up a Papa John's delivery person at gunpoint and then threatened her and her family members with death if she... Read more
As Shawn Borden vacuumed out his minivan on Dorchester Avenue on a warm October evening, three men slowly drove by him in a rented black Ford Fusion. Ten minutes later, they drove by him once more. And then, Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports arresting three men on murder charges for the shooting death of Shawn Borden, 41, shortly before 6 p.m. on Oct. 11 on Dorchester Avenue at Dix Street. Borden is survived by his mother, Barbara, a civilian employee of... Read more
221 Hancock St.
Take a look at a June, 2016 photo of the lot at Pacific Auto Sales, 221 Hancock St. in Dorchester and you see a couple dozen cars, all under bright pennants. But, federal officials say, none of the cars were actually for sale - just their contents were.... Read more
Equity, both racial and transit, was the focus of a community meeting last Saturday at the Perkins Community Center where residents voiced their dissatisfaction with the Fairmount Line commuter rail corridor that runs through neighborhoods with some of... Read more
Boston’s topography and its economically beneficial coastline leave the city exposed to severe flooding and extreme heat waves, the city warned last week with the release of its Climate Ready Boston report. Based on current conditions, the authors wrote... Read more
Verizon plans to construct a fence along its Enterprise Street facility’s eastern property line to help dampen work noise that residents of abutting historic properties say has seriously disturbed their quality of life. Caretakers in both the historic... Read more

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