Public Safety
A three-alarm fire blazed through the third floor of a Columbia Road building on Wednesday morning.
The top floor of a three-decker above Restaurant Laura at 688 Columbia Rd. was reported aflame by motorists who spotted the smoke. Firefighters responded... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot at 12 Greenwood St., near Ellington Street, shortly before 3 a.m. on Saturday. He was declared dead at the scene.
WBZ identifies the victim as Kendric Price of Dorchester, an assistant men's basketball... Read more
Updated Feb. 28, 11:33 a.m.
Police have arrested a suspect and recovered a body in the kidnapping case of 23-year-old Jassy Correia. Providence Police arrested 32-year-old Louis D. Coleman III, whom police say is the man seen in surveillance footage from... Read more
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 60 Topliff St., near Homes Avenue, around 1:45 a.m. on Friday for what turned into a two-alarm fire that caused an estimated $400,000 in damage.
The department says the cause of the fire, which... Read more
Traffic experts have long deemed Los Angeles and Washington, where roadways are crowded for most of the day, as the cities with the most agonizing driving delays. But one report that dug down into a specific metric found that Boston might be the worst of... Read more
A manager at Dorset Hall, 367 Neponset Ave., says the restaurant has taken several steps to keep sometimes boisterous patrons from disturbing residents of nearby homes at closing time.
Her comments came at a Boston Licensing Board hearing on Tuesday on a... Read more
John Patterson tried to end an argument at a Goodale Road party Sunday morning by pulling a knife on his opponent, but after people wrested the weapon away, he went outside, got a gun, shot Jeudy Romero to death, then grabbed Romero's keys and drove away... Read more
The Boston Police Departments report a man was shot to death shortly before 10 a.m. at 60 Goodale Rd., between Blue Hill Avenue and Wellington Hill Street.
Police charged John Patterson, 29, of Peabody with the murder. He is scheduled for arraignment in... Read more
On board, riders offer opinions on the revamp
After they heard on Monday about the ten-year preliminary plan to phase out the 70-year-old trolleys on the Ashmont-Mattapan Line in favor of new vehicles, riders showed mixed feelings about the proposal in... Read more
Patsy works for Food and Nutrition Service in the US Department of Agriculture. It’s a federal job that she’s held for 40 years.
On Wednesday, she came to the Holy Tabernacle Church near Grove Hall in Dorchester to get food.
Patsy, who does not want her... Read more
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