Public Safety
A man on his way to work around 10 p.m. on Monday was robbed by two men in white plastic masks after he had exited the Savin Hill station.
Police stopped and arrested two suspects, one with a realistic-looking but non-functional starter's pistol, around... Read more
Frustrated residents of two narrow Fields Corner streets asked the Boston Licensing Board on Tuesday to revoke Fields Station Liquor's license over what they said is an unending stream of delivery trucks that block their street, fill their lungs with... Read more
The Holiday Inn Express off the Southeast Expressway in Dorchester is seeking BRA permission to add 60 rooms for budget-conscious visitors to Boston.
In a filing with the BRA, the Boston Street hotel says the proposed five-story addition where the... Read more
The Boston Police Department has released this video of an armed robbery on Sept. 27 at Ditson and Leroy streets in Fields Corner and said the man is responsible for two similar robberies there and another one nearby on Ridgewood Street. All were between... Read more
Dorchester residents gathered Wednesday night for a public safety meeting addressing a churn of low level crime and specifically prompted by an attack on night of Sept. 27, in which a woman on Harbor View Street was robbed and sexually assaulted at... Read more
The House on Wednesday overrode a veto from Gov. Charlie Baker on a bill that would allow retired Boston police officers to serve on details within the city, after legislators found a solution to the governor's concerns.
Baker last month vetoed a home... Read more
Public safety and ongoing development took top billing at at Monday’s monthly Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association meeting.
The civic association, in coordination with City Councillor Frank Baker’s office and Boston Police, will hold a public safety... Read more
On Saturday, October 4, hundreds of people marched up Dorchester Ave from Fields Corner to Hancock Street in protest of evictions and rent increases. Marchers who joined the Right to Remain Boston assembly demanded passage of a Just Cause Eviction... Read more
The man who murdered off-duty corrections officer Sgt. Richard Dever outside a Charlestown bar in 2005 will not receive a new trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.
Francis X. Lang, 41, was convicted for killing Dever, 35,... Read more
Individuals under 18 years old would be prohibited from using or operating an indoor tanning device under legislation that unanimously passed the Senate on Thursday afternoon.
Sen. James Timilty, a Walpole Democrat and sponsor of the bill (S 1994), said... Read more
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