Public Safety
The two utilities that jointly own the wooden street poles from which aerial wire systems loop through just about every street in Boston are Verizon and NStar— the telephone and electric company, respectively.
NStar spokesman Mike Durand told the Reporter... Read more
A two-alarm fire at 742 River St. on Monday sent one firefighter to the hospital with a cut and brought the American Red Cross in to help find temporary housing for 18 residents.
The fire, reported around 7:30 p.m., did an estimated $250,000 in damage... Read more
Are there real benefits to urban youths spending six to nine weeks in a summer job? Conny Doty, director of Mayor Thomas Menino’s Office of Jobs and Community Services, took up that question with the mayor at her side as she looked grimly out into the... Read more
Police are investigating two separate shootings between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on Friday.
In the more serious incident, a person was taken away in critical condition after a shooting at 107 Columbia Rd.
A suspect and a gun were found on Rosedale Street near... Read more
Law enforcement officials and local lawmakers on Monday outlined citywide efforts to stem violence, citing “safe street” teams to pushing for more youth summer jobs.
The afternoon press conference, held at the Shelburne Community Center in Roxbury and... Read more
The Boston Police Department's Neighborood Crime Watch department issued a "community alert" today in the wake of a series of residential break-ins that have occurred in recent days in Dorchester Area C-11 police district. The flurry of house breaks... Read more
The headmaster of the Neighborhood House Charter School is still feeling the effects of the Boston Marathon bombings that killed one of his students and injured another and her mother. Martin Richard, of Dorchester, died from the impact of one of the... Read more
Neponset Greenway: Popular amenity will become more popular with planned expansion. Photo by Chris Lovett
Gov. Deval Patrick has made our summer —before it even began officially.
On June 11, the Patrick administration announced that it intends to fully... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports it got a quick lead on a suspect in a Fields Corner robbery yesterday - the alleged criminal mastermind left behind his birth certificate.
According to police, a woman who'd just exited the Fields Corner T stop was... Read more
Could this be the future of public transit in parts of Boston— perhaps even Dorchester's own Columbia Point? How about Blue Hill Avenue?
Moving around town in a solar-powered “pod” that cuts down on congestion, helps the environment and gives you your... Read more
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