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A Dorchester man was ordered held without bail Wednesday at his arraignment on charges fatally stabbed a friend early Tuesday.

Lester James, 24, and Francis Kargbo, 23, had been on James's third-floor porch at 92 ... Read more.

Boston Police report a 23-year-old man was stabbed to death around 12:10 a.m. at 92 Sumner St.

Lester James, 24, of Dorchester, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of murder, police say. He is scheduled for ... Read more.

With 40 days left until the Sept. 27 preliminary, the seven candidates hoping to fill the District 3 seat on the City Council were back before a crowd of voters on Thursday night, laying out their positions on a city ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports arresting a man on charges he was driving around with a loaded gun after officers stopped him for doing 50 in a 30-m.p.h. zone.

Police say officers stopped the car ... Read more.

They line up inside the dugout of ... Read more.

A month after the City Council approved an ordinance that straps inattentive landlords with the costs of policing their “problem properties,” Boston Police are compiling a list of residences that are the most frequent ... Read more.

A group of Boston Latin Academy teachers and some community members are protesting a proposal that would relocate the Dorchester school on Townsend St. to the Hyde Park High School building.

Paul Eaton of ... Read more.

Area B-3 police officers joined local teenagers on August 10 at the ABCD Mattapan Family Service Center to celebrate the completion of a series of dialogues between Mattapan’s youth and local police. The weekly forums ... Read more.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester has expanded its youth programs to include more activities for children between the ages of three and five. This move comes as a response to local concern about the lack of local, ... Read more.

She posted to a left-leaning blog on Thursday, highlighting her biography and hitting Washington “special interests.” On Friday, she placed a call to Joyce Linehan, a key player in local Democratic politics who has ... Read more.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation announced today that will sponsor a public meeting on Tuesday, August 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Foley Residences in Mattapan to unveil the proposed alignment of an extension to ... Read more.

A Dorchester man with a criminal record stretching across eight pages was arraigned Monday on charges he held up a man inside a Blue Hill Avenue apartment, then shot the victim before fleeing - right into the arms of ... Read more.

Four Boston-based House districts with predominant minority populations will need their boundaries redrawn to capture additional residents and meet new population requirements, the House’s redistricting chief said on ... Read more.

A man in the back seat of a car on Dorchester Avenue near Fuller Street was shot shortly after 11 p.m., Saturday.

Witnesses said the car then speed off inbound on Dorchester Avenue The victim was ... Read more.

With less than two months until the preliminary city election, Craig Galvin continued to lead the District 3 pack in fund-raising for July, raking in $16,435 for his campaign to replace retiring City Councillor Maureen ... Read more.

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