Public Safety
The 20th annual Mother's Walk for Peace, launched as a fundraiser to support the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute in Fields Corner, will expand its scope this year and lead thousands of marchers from Dorchester to Boston City Hall. The walk will begin at 8... Read more
Making use of the $525,000 bike-sharing grant awarded to Boston in April by the Barr Foundation, Hubway will install 10 new stations in Roxbury and Dorchester, Mayor Martin Walsh announced last week.
The bike-sharing service will seek community input... Read more
The city’s Inspectional Services Department (ISD) has announced a newly revamped rental registration ordinance that will require all privately owned rental units to be registered with the city of Boston on an annual basis.
According to ISD Commissioner... Read more
City Councillor Andrea Campbell facilitated several discussions over the last week on a proposed body-worn camera pilot program for the Boston Police Department.
On Tuesday, May 3, the city council heard testimony on the issue from advocates at Boston... Read more
Volunteers found many types of litter alongside the Neponset River on a recent weekend morning – barnacle-crusted beer bottles, polystyrene foam chunks, old tennis balls - but one type – the plastic bag – has been getting a lot of attention lately. An... Read more
Savin Hill Railroad Bridge circa 1855: An engraving from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion shows a steam engine on a wooden trestle pulling a train across the waters of Dorchester Bay. The MBTA Red Line uses the same route today.
In 1631, John... Read more
From 2011 to 2015, the number of pedestrians killed in our city has tripled. This year alone, six people have been killed in a motor vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian crash on Boston roads. As elected officials in the city of Boston, we feel the need to... Read more
A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced Erroll Foreman, 51, to life in prison following his conviction on three counts of aggravated rape of a child and single counts of assault and battery and witness intimidation, the Suffolk County District... Read more
Dorchester and Mattapan residents are seeing a surge of investment in their green spaces from the state and the city, with numerous park and playground projects earmarked in Mayor Martin Walsh’s proposed budget and advanced by Dorchester’s state... Read more
The preservation of the historic Mattapan Trolley Line and the construction of the Blue Hill Avenue commuter rail station are one step closer to funding, as substantial sums are included for the projects in the draft capital investment plan released by... Read more
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