Public Safety
Mayor Walsh launched Boston 311, a non-emergency service hotline and platform that aims to streamline residents’ access to city services. The system has been adopted by many major cities across the country, including New York, Baltimore, and Los Angeles... Read more
Three men were shot, one fatally, on Wednesday night in Mattapan; at almost the same time, a shooting in Roxbury left two men dead and one injured, police said.
Officers responding to shots fired near 41 Hosmer St. at about 10:19 p.m. found the three men... Read more
A Boston man with felony convictions for violence and drug trafficking on his record was indicted Tuesday in connection with allegedly purchasing firearms in New Hampshire and transporting them to Dorchester and other areas of Massachusetts. Shayne Parker... Read more
The victim in a violent South End assault on Monday has been identified by friends as Sheldon Lee, the longtime music director at Blessed Mother Teresa parish in Dorchester.
Lee, 65, is a gifted musician and vocalist who as a young man traveled to Italy... Read more
State Police report a cab driver who picked up a man and a woman in downtown Boston early Friday was stunned with a taser and had his cab stolen from him on I-93 southbound near the Keystone Apartments.
State Police say the cabbie, a 49-year-old from... Read more
JFK: JFK-UMass station from above
If Boston wins the bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and if local elected officials can win enough political support – a $50 million upgrade would transform one of Dorchester’s key transportation hubs.
JFK/... Read more
A Boston police officer suffered a possible concussion and a large laceration trying to arrest Carlos Agrinsoni for allegedly exposing himself, a Suffolk County prosecutor said today.
A Dorchester Municipal Court judge today ordered Agrinsoni to... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man shot on Bailey Street at Dorchester Avenue Saturday evening died.
The man was shot shortly before 6 p.m., police say. He appeared at the Carney Hospital with another man, also bleeding. That man was treated and... Read more
A two-alarm fire reported around 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday at 57 Fairmount St. displaced three residents and did an estimated $150,000 damage, the Boston Fire Department reports.
The cause of the fire, which sent a firefighter to the hospital with a hand... Read more
Olympic Village plans envision replacing Kosciuszko Circle with new road system
Boston 2024’s Olympic Games organizers have proposed a $160 million publicly funded fix for the difficult-to-navigate and difficult-to-pronounce Kosciuszko Circle traffic... Read more
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