Public Safety
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 161 River St., near Standard Street, shortly after 9 a.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The fire, which damaged the basement and first floor, caused no injuries, the department says.
Boston Police are rolling out the first phase of the city-wide body camera program on Monday, starting in Dorchester and South Boston police districts.
Officers in the C-6 and C-11 districts and the Youth Violence Strike Force started training with the... Read more
This article first appeared on WBUR 90.9FM on May 23.
For some of the seventh graders from the Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, last Thursday was their first time inside the Museum of Fine Arts.
The field trip was a... Read more
A vandal or vandals have once again hit a Dorchester Vietnam veterans memorial on Morrissey Boulevard.
State Police were on scene at the memorial site on Thursday afternoon. The site had just been beautified and new plantings put in ahead of Monday's... Read more
Capt. Haseeb Hosein, who has commanded the Area B-3 police district in Dorchester and Mattapan since 2014, was placed on paid leave on Monday amid a BPD anti-corruption investigation.
The acting commander at B-3 is Capt. James Fitzpatrick, according to... Read more
Dozens of people packed a meeting in Jones Hill on Thursday evening for an update on a fatal quadruple shooting the day before and to seek guidance from officials on how they might help prevent a similar tragedy in the future.
Just before 6:30 p.m. on... Read more
While overall state spending has increased substantially and maintenance costs have grown due to inflation, the annual state allotment for local road repairs has remained $200 million for six out of the past seven years.
As a result, cities and towns... Read more
The crumble is real— A view of the Beades Bridge on Morrissey Boulevard this week.
People are increasingly fed up with the worsening conditions and congestion on city and state roadways and on mass transit. That’s the bottom-line message of a poll... Read more
The Boston Police Department is investigating a shooting on Windermere Road around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday that left three people wounded and one man dead.
The shooting happened about midway between Stoughton Street and Cushing Avenue.
A Windermere Road... Read more
Roughly six months after a vandal targeted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Morrissey Boulevard, the site has been outfitted with a security camera to deter any future attempts at vandalism.
City Councillor Frank Baker, who represents much of Dorchester,... Read more
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