Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall says lithium-ion batteries stored in plastic toolboxes caused the May 2026 fire on Treadway Road in which Firefighter Bobby Kilduff was killed.
Matthew J. Sweeney Jr., a longtime Dorchester resident who served as president of Dorchester Youth Hockey, died on Sunday, Nov. 1. He was 60.
A 16-year-old Foxborough teenager was arrested Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 4) in connection with the May 2025 shooting deaths of two men on Franklin Hill Avenue
A ceremony was held last Thursday (Oct. 29) to break ground at the future site of a 49,000-square-foot, three-story building on Old Road that will
Pamerson Ifill has prioritized support and rehabilitation to reduce repeat offenses and probation violations since becoming Massachusetts probation commissioner in 2023. He removed the monthly
Back in April, when youth activists were protesting a cut to the city’s year-round youth jobs program, Mayor Michelle Wu pledged to raise private funding
Fields Corner-based VietAID held its 32nd annual fundraiser gala at Venezia on Friday night, Oct. 30, with a sold-out crowd hearing the organization’s focus on
Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a nonprofit committed to providing Boston’s young people with impactful and rewarding year-round outdoor experiences, has played an integral role in
Pamela D. Everhart, a Dorchester resident who is senior vice president and head of regional public affairs and impact at Fidelity Investments, was honored as
Some 350 guests celebrated The Boston Project Ministries’ 30th Anniversary at a gala a Venezia Restaurant on Sept. 29, where BPM announced the public launch
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), the Friends of Boston’s Homeless, and the Mayor’s Office are asking residents, businesses, and community organizations to donate new
The principals and attorneys for Copper Mill development, who are alleging fraud by the owners of 75 Morrissey Blvd., secured a restriction on the property
When it comes to energy efficient heating technology, every degree counts, so the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (NDC) is employing the latest innovation to
A single bus taking students to Boston’s James Curley K-8 School was late for the morning bell more than 150 times last year. The students
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will host a virtual abutters meeting next Thursday (Nov. 12) at 7 p.m. to discuss proposed changes to a
Neighbors around Shawmut Station are looking to revive the Clementine Park garden at corner of Centre Street but they need some helping hands to get
Markey was first elected to Congress in 1976 as a U.S. House member. He has said this will be his last session in office.
In Boston’s own contribution to an anti-Trump blue wave that swept across the nation this week, city voters reelected Gov. Maura Healey, US Sen. Ed
The Reporter asked voters which ballot questions they considered most important to Dorchester and the greater Boston area.
Boston Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect in a disturbing breaking and entering incident that occurred in Savin Hill early Sunday morning,
If a long-time vacant lot in Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue were to be transformed into productive use, then officials noted last month there
Roxbury and Dorchester residents who live in the B-2 police district are concerned about open drug use, the homeless, traffic and pedestrian safety, and enforcement
A public works project that started last week on a grid of side streets in a section of Dorchester off Blue Hill Avenue offers a
On a day that saw a wave of Democratic victories across the US, Massachusetts Dems – heavily favored to win— notched big wins in Dorchester
Charlestown High School will close in 2028, while Dorchester’s Boston International Newcomers Academy will move from its current home on Maxwell Street to the former
Fields Corner-based VietAID held its 32nd annual fundraiser gala at Venezia on Friday night, Oct. 30, with a sold-out crowd hearing the organization’s focus on
Boston firefighters rescued several people off a second-floor porch after flames on the first floor of 24 Kerwin St. in Dorchester trapped them on the
