Public Safety
Mattapan’s Almont Park has another new amenity this summer— a security camera aimed at helping the already vastly-improved city park become even more of a safe haven. The park— home to the Mattapan Patriots Pop Warner program, which kicks off its season... Read more
Mice, cockroaches, mold, shut-off heat, no electricity, jammed doors, open gasoline canisters. This is what we live with, said the tenants of several dilapidated Dorchester and Mattapan properties as they loudly protested on Monday evening week against... Read more
A fast-moving fire caused by careless disposal of smoking material destroyed a multi-family home on Jones Hill on Tuesday afternoon, displacing residents and prompting a huge response from the Boston Fire Department.
The Reporter recorded scenes from the... Read more
Boston Police in Area C-11 will host a free juvenile boot camp from August 15-19, 8-10a.m. each day for boys and girls ages 13-16. Spots are limited. For additional info and to sign up please contact the C-11 Community Service Office at 617-343-5315.
Businesses and residents abutting 114B Stoughton St. may have had no idea what the strange packages entering and exiting the hair-braiding salon contained, but smoked fish likely would not have topped the guessing list.
Earlier this month, the city’s... Read more
An estimated 10,000 "copycat" assault weapons were sold in Massachusetts during 2015, according to the attorney general's office, which announced a crackdown effort on Wednesday.
Joined by anti-violence advocates and members of law enforcement, Attorney... Read more
About fifty Dorchester residents joined Police Commissioner William Evans, Capt. Tim Connolly and police officers from Boston Police C-11 District to click on flashlights for a half-hour walk around the neighborhood on Tuesday night.
Striking out side-... Read more
Boston Police responding to a call of a person with a gun this morning ended up confiscating four replica guns — including two that resembled black assault rifles—brandished by a group of teens driving around Bowdoin-Geneva and Uphams Corner and shooting... Read more
A man spent more than 40 minutes trapped in his car Friday evening after a utility pole collapsed, falling on his car and bringing live wires down with it on Erie Street at Washington Street.
The incident happened almost three years to the day after a... Read more
The thousands of active gas leaks in the city of Boston were again on the table at a City Council hearing Tuesday afternoon as experts and residents weighed in on an ordinance proposed by City Councillor Matt O’Malley that seeks to eliminate the leaks.
O... Read more
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