Public Safety
A helicopter equipped with radiation-sensing technology will make several low passes over the Boston Marathon route later this week to measure naturally occurring background radiation ahead of the 120th Boston Marathon next week.
Between Tuesday and... Read more
A Hyde Park man is charged with shooting a man over an argument he initially had nothing to do with inside the T-Mobile store on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square Wednesday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Saquan Gaul,... Read more
Two home rule petitions – extending the term of office for Boston city councillors and limiting candidates to running for a single office at a time – were voted through at the council meeting on Wednesday.
District 3 Councillor Frank Baker has proposed... Read more
Charbonnier-Dever Memorial plannedRep. Dan Hunt sponsored legislation – signed into law last November – that will create a permanent memorial to two fallen law enforcement heroes from Dorchester: State Trooper Mark S. Charbonnier and Deputy Sheriff Sgt.... Read more
(Updated, Wed., April 6)- There is a new commander on watch in Dorchester's Area C-11 police district.
Capt. Tim Connolly assumed command at the Gibson Street station house effective Monday, April 4. He replaces Capt. Richard Sexton, who has been in... Read more
Authorities released video footage today that shows a man pacing around outside Who's on First bar before a deadly shooting that left a 30 year-old innocent bystander dead last November. Boston Police need help identifying the man, who is shown wearing a... Read more
A Dorchester man who allegedly robbed the Meetinghouse Bank in Lower Mills in January was indicted for the crime on Monday, according to Attorney General Maura Healey's office. Hendrick Davis, 33, will be arraigned at a later date in Suffolk Superior... Read more
About a hundred community members got their first look at the proposed Morrissey Boulevard revamp at a Department of Conservation and Recreation public meeting on Monday night at the Leahy Holloran Community Center where DCR officials laid out their top... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports one man was fatally shot and another was stabbed in an incident around 2:10 a.m. on Sunday at 227 River St. in Mattapan.
Both victims were in their 20s, police say, adding the shooting victim was pronounced dead at the... Read more
As our communities face a dramatic uptick in opiate-related deaths and overdoses, state and city policymakers are working together to find ways to increase the quality and availability of treatment facilities for those in need, as well as address regular... Read more
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