Public Safety
In the two years since the Long Island Bridge was closed, cutting off access to the homeless shelter on the island, Boston officials say they have ramped up efforts to combat chronic homelessness, citing increases in shelter and program beds along with an... Read more
Old Reliable Box 186: a typical street fire alarm box, part of Boston’s security blanket, providing uninterrupted operation since 1852 (first fire alarm system in the world). Today, all big cities in the northeast maintain fire boxes. Roberta Hobin photo“... Read more
Police are looking for a guy who pointed what looked like a gun at two tellers at the Members Plus Credit Union on Gallivan Boulevard on Tuesday as he demanded money.
After getting an unspecified amount of money, he ran out the rear of the bank, the FBI's... Read more
Michael Walsh, 80, was arraigned Wednesday on charges he raped and indecently attacked a Dorchester boy more than two decades ago, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Walsh was an altar-boy coordinator at... Read more
High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat opposite groups," a new poll found... Read more
Boston Police in District C-11 gathered at the Gibson Street stationhouse on Saturday afternoon for a family day celebration that featured the dedication of a memorial wall featuring Dorchester officers who have died over the last three decades.
The... Read more
The bustling Red Line, the MBTA’s busiest subway line, could transport an additional 10,000 passengers an hour and keep the time between trains to about three minutes if the agency upgrades the line’s entire fleet, according to T projections.
The 50... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports three men in their early 20s were shot around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday at Nightingale and Wales streets.
One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene, police say. The other two were transported to local hospitals and... Read more
Authorities are investigating the cause of a bizarre incident on Bakersfield Street last week involving dozens of birds that fell dead or dying from the trees. A cat also died after apparently interacting with them on the quiet sidestreet near Uphams... Read more
The Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed an order for a new trial for Sean Ellis, one of two men convicted of fatally shooting BPD Det. John Mulligan in a Roslindale parking lot in 1993.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says it will once... Read more
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