Public Safety
A Dorchester man was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 cash bail Tuesday on charges he drunkenly ran down a woman crossing Morton Street Saturday night.
Johnette Sims, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene on Morton Street eastbound near Canterbury Street... Read more
State Police report Johnette Sims, 46, of Dorchester, died around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday when hit by a drunk driver on Morton Street at Canterbury Street, across from the VFW post.
State Police say Anthony Buchanan, 39, of Dorchester, was driving... Read more
Updated: Boston Police reported on Friday that Ms. Bynoe was found and is safe.
Boston Police are asking for the public's help to locate an elderly woman who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and was last seen on Wednesday evening. Evelyn Rosita Bynoe, 81... Read more
A newly published Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) report that examines residential and employment patterns— and related commuter flows— in Greater Boston reveals some interesting statistics about Dorchester and Mattapan. The report uses data from US... Read more
The summer's prolonged drought continues to deplete the state's water resources.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all of Massachusetts was "abnormally dry" as of last week, and 75 percent of the state was experiencing a severe drought, or worse.... Read more
Contractors have begun work on a $500,000 public works project in Mattapan Square. The 800-foot median strip along Blue Hill Avenue between River and Babson streets will be rebuilt and lined with plantings supported by a new irrigation system. Large... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot to death around 1:40 a.m on Saturday at 58 Westville St.
Anybody with information can contact homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word... Read more
Boston Police report a man and a woman were shot around 12:05 a.m., Saturday, at 6 Dudley Terrace, off Dudley Street.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene; the woman was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say.
Boston firefighter and organized labor leader Ed Kelly was elected to a leadership position in the International Association of Fire Fighters, a union that says it represents "more than 300,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics in more... Read more
As the fall semester nears, a pair of UMass Boston construction projects principally aimed at relocating utility infrastructure on Columbia Point remain in progress this month. Part of the work— along the perimeter road on the eastern side of the campus... Read more
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