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The Boston Police Department reports arresting ateen on charges he's been holding up pizza-delivery guys at gunpoint.

Police say they arrested the teen - at 16 too young to have his name released - in the bedroom ... Read more.

Eldrick Broom, 27, was arrested Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted and then murdered Rosanna Camilo, a Dominican resident who ... Read more.

For some Dorchester voters, including those who vote at the Catherine Clark Apartments and Lower Mills branch of the Boston Public Library, the ballot in 2012 will look a little different. Thanks to the redrawing of ... Read more.

The parent council at the Leahy-Holloran Community Center is seeking to opt out of an agreement they set up with the city to fund their pre-school and begin searching for a new financing model.

Two years ago, after ... Read more.

Mayor Thomas Menino said on Tuesday that he will push for more of a focus on transportation in Boston Harbor, promising to set aside $1 million annually to support water-based infrastructure such as ferries and water ... Read more.

Above, this video released by Boston Police today warns the public of an increase in ... Read more.

With as many as 10,000 families expected to enroll students in the Boston Public School system for the upcoming academic year, school officials are hoping to educate parents before they begin the enrollment process to ... Read more.

While city workers continue to refurbish Cronin/Wainwright Park in the St. Mark’s neighborhood, some nearby residents say they hope to see the playground reopen next year with a new name: that of Dr. Rev. Bill Loesch, a ... Read more.

Looking to February 2013 as the time when the Newmarket commuter rail station will begin to engage riders and, its boosters say, help to bridge communities along the growing Fairmount line, local, state, and MBTA ... Read more.

Eighteen months and more than $14 million later, the massive project to renovate the intersections along Dorchester Avenue is nearly complete, but things are far from satisfactory, say residents who aired their traffic- ... Read more.

(Updated, Dec. 9)- Police confirm that a male victim has died from gunshot wounds sustained inside an apartment at 7 Samoset Street on Tuesday night. Sources tell the Reporter that the victim, 54 year-old Victor Brookens ... Read more.

At least eight Boston Fire Department vehicles responded to a house fire this morning at 161 Sydney St. in Savin Hill. The two-alarm fire began around 10:45 a.m., sending a large plume of smoke across the Southeast ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting two teens on charges they stole some candy at knifepoint from the Centre Market, 1660 Dorchester Ave., Friday evening.

Police say they were able to ID one ... Read more.

A pair of observant Neponset residents helped District C-11 patrolmen catch a suspected burglar who was allegedly seen casing houses on Tuesday afternoon.

Officers received a 911 call from a witness who said he had ... Read more.

A Codman Square liquor store was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night by a masked gunman who stole about $200 from the cash register. According to a Boston Police report, the gunman entered the Budget Liquor Depot at 861 ... Read more.

City Hall officials have quietly posted the job of city clerk on the ... Read more.

On second thought, don’t save the date. In a spectacular goof earlier this month, Gov. Deval Patrick and state lawmakers signed off on a bill that switches next year’s statewide primary from a Tuesday to a Thursday and ... Read more.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week announced a $1.8 million grant to the city of Boston for planning and land acquisition related to mixed-use and transit-orientated development along the ... Read more.

The Boston Public Library’s Board of Trustees last week approved a new strategic plan that it says will “guide the future of the institution.” The unanimous vote was taken at its regular board meeting on Nov. 15.

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MBTA representatives held a meeting at the Mattapan Branch Library on Monday evening to discuss the possible redevelopment of a state-owned parking lot next to Mattapan Station. Located on River Street, the site was first ... Read more.

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