Public Safety
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.
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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
If Boston wins its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, a $2.8 billion, privately-built Athletes Village will rise from Columbia Point, coupled with publicly-funded fixes for Kosciuszko Circle and the JFK/UMass MBTA Station.
The Athletes Village... Read more
Residents, Boston Police Department staff and representatives from Dorchester community organizations gathered Wednesday night for a meeting to discuss fears and response to recent criminal activity in the area. The meeting was held at the Church of God... Read more
A Dorchester Municipal Court judge today rejected arguments from lawyers for a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old that they posed no flight risk after being charged with gunning down another teen and ordered them held without bail.
In a tense courtroom,... Read more
The Boston Police Department today announced the arrest of a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old on charges they shot Jonathan Dos Santos to death as he rode a bicycle on Fuller Street Wednesday evening.
Both will be tried as adults. The Suffolk County District... Read more
WMEX host Michele McPhee was arraigned Thursday on charges she drove up I-93 while drunk and then attacked the trooper trying to arrest her.
At her arraignment in South Boston Municipal Court today, McPhee was released on personal recognizance on charges... Read more