Public Safety
An upcoming deadline to renew a temporary residency program affecting more than 50,000 Haitians in the US has sparked a flurry of action by city and state representatives. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was originally granted to Haitian immigrants... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was found shot around 10:55 p.m. on Saturday outside 10 Nottingham St. and was declared dead at the scene.
Also over the weekend, somebody shot at a couple in a car next to the park on Downer Avenue around 1:20 p... Read more
Underused industrial parcels and generally underdeveloped swaths of land along a mile-long stretch of Dorchester Avenue are prime for new planning, residents and city officials agreed during a tour of the PLAN: Glover’s Corner sites last week.
After... Read more
Two weeks of free riders on the Fairmount Line kicked off on Monday, a bid to boost ridership on the only commuter rail line to operate entirely within Boston.
A group of elected officials and activists stood outside Morton Street station in Mattapan on... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man in his 20s was shot around 9:45 p.m. on Friday at 46 Rexford St. in Mattapan. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
The victim was the fourth person to be murdered in Boston on Friday. Sometime... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was fatally stabbed around 10:20 p.m. on Friday at 5 Groom St.
The man, in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, police say.
Willie Wilkerson, 58, minister at the Quincy Street Missional Church founded by his mother, Idene "Ma Siss" Wilkerson, faces several drug-trafficking charges, after searches at his home and the church, the Boston Police Department reports.
The Boston... Read more
The racial taunts— and objects, including a bag of peanuts— that Orioles outfielder Adams Jones said were hurled at him on Monday night at Fenway Park have brought legitimate scrutiny to how the Boston Red Sox police and protect their fans and players... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man, 30, was shot at 55 Cedar St. shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Rep. Capuano to underwrite the effort with campaign funds
In an unusual approach to boost transit ridership, US Congressman Michael Capuano will put over $50,000 of his own campaign funds toward a two-week period of free rides along the Fairmount Line in... Read more
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