Public Safety
Notoriously difficult-to-navigate Kosciuszko Circle will undergo a traffic study as part of a state commitment to an $11 million infrastructure investment in South Boston and Dorchester.
Along with improvements to Day Boulevard and Columbia Road in... Read more
An outbreak of a potentially deadly virus affecting cats has been detected in Mattapan, according to the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
"The Animal Rescue League of Boston became aware of this outbreak after responding to reports of sick cats in the... Read more
In the two years since the Long Island Bridge was closed, cutting off access to the homeless shelter on the island, Boston officials say they have ramped up efforts to combat chronic homelessness, citing increases in shelter and program beds along with an... Read more
City inspectors seek entry
Community members are raising concerns about a three-decker house at the corner of Milton Avenue and Stockton Street in Dorchester where a number of moderate-to-high-risk sex offenders are living.
City and state officials are... Read more
Old Reliable Box 186: a typical street fire alarm box, part of Boston’s security blanket, providing uninterrupted operation since 1852 (first fire alarm system in the world). Today, all big cities in the northeast maintain fire boxes. Roberta Hobin photo“... Read more
Police are looking for a guy who pointed what looked like a gun at two tellers at the Members Plus Credit Union on Gallivan Boulevard on Tuesday as he demanded money.
After getting an unspecified amount of money, he ran out the rear of the bank, the FBI's... Read more
Michael Walsh, 80, was arraigned Wednesday on charges he raped and indecently attacked a Dorchester boy more than two decades ago, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Walsh was an altar-boy coordinator at... Read more
High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat opposite groups," a new poll found... Read more
Boston Police in District C-11 gathered at the Gibson Street stationhouse on Saturday afternoon for a family day celebration that featured the dedication of a memorial wall featuring Dorchester officers who have died over the last three decades.
The... Read more
The bustling Red Line, the MBTA’s busiest subway line, could transport an additional 10,000 passengers an hour and keep the time between trains to about three minutes if the agency upgrades the line’s entire fleet, according to T projections.
The 50... Read more
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