Public Safety
The water quality at Dorchester beaches is improving, but is still bringing up the rear compared to other regional beaches, according to an environmental report card issued this week by a watchdog group. Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s second annual... Read more
The House unanimously passed legislation Wednesday that would move 17-year-old offenders into the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts, ending the practice of routinely incarcerating 17-year-olds in adult corrections facilities.
“I’ll be the first to... Read more
U.S. Sen. John McCain visited Boston Monday to stump and fundraise for fellow Navy veteran and Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez, who ramped up his attacks on opponent U.S. Rep. Edward Markey for voting against resolutions in Congress honoring the... Read more
Area C-11 detectives busted a 23 year-old Dorchester man on Monday as he attempted to sell them a pair of stolen cameras that he posted for sale on Craigslist just hours before. One of the two cameras was among the items that had been stolen the night... Read more
Two Mattapan men were ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail each at their arraignment Tuesday on charges they resorted to gunfire when barred from a party on Evans Street late Saturday night, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.... Read more
The Richard familyThe Richard family issued the following statement this morning:
Last evening, just 23 days after the bombing attack on Boston, our seven year old daughter Jane underwent her eleventh surgery. While she has more trips to the O.R. ahead... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports delivery men for two separate Chinese restaurants were held up on the same street last week.
Around 1:40 p.m. on May 1, a delivery worker for Hong Kong Chef on Dorchester Avenue was held up at knifepoint while making a... Read more
The Boston Fire Department blames "careless disposal of smoking material" for a two-alarm blaze at 22 Gaylord St. Thursday afternoon that displaced two people and did an estimated $200,000 in damage.
The fire broke out around 5:20 p.m. in a second-floor... Read more
A Mattapan 14-year-old was arraigned for arson Monday for allegedly setting the front door of the Chez Vouz roller rink on Rhodes Street on fire Saturday night after she was denied entry, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The teen,... Read more
A fire reported around 3:40 a.m. on Saturday at 15 Evelyn St. sent three firefighters to the hospital and did an estimated $500,000 in damage, according to the Boston Fire Department.
One firefighter suffered heat exhaustion, another back injuries and a... Read more
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