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The Boston Police Department reports officers recovered three guns in socks that had been hidden in bushes at 57 Ocean View Dr. Tuesday afternoon. An officer responded to the location around 5 p.m. after somebody reported seeing three black males, all in... Read more
Advocates for victims of sexual assault gathered Tuesday at City Hall to push for stronger anti-rape policies on college campuses, where, they say, one out of five undergraduate women experience an attempted or completed sexual assault during their time... Read more
Boston Public School officials will get the first at-bat next week as the City Council weighs Mayor Thomas Menino's $2.4 billion fiscal 2012 budget. A Monday hearing on the BPS budget - which comes in at $829 million - starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Iannella... Read more
A fire sparked by a second-floor short circuit displaced eight people at 83 W. Selden St. Friday morning. None were injured, but one firefighter suffered a cut hand while helping put out the fire. A basement fire at 3 Mill St., meanwhile, broke out... Read more
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today found Donald Ray "Mann" Williams, 26, guilty of numerous charges, including armed assault with intent to murder, for a shooting that will require a former friend to use a wheelchair the rest of his life, the Suffolk... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports a man found shot in the head around 1 a.m., Wednesday, on Trull Street has died. Police say the man was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center. He is described as black and about 23. Anybody with information can... Read more
The Boston Police Department reports workers opening up La Belle Capoise restaurant at 884 Morton St. this morning were surprised to hear somebody yelling for help. Police say Frandy Jean, 17, broke into the restaurant sometime overnight and had somehow... Read more
To the Editor: Contrary to the Reporter’s story about how well residents and city officials have received the City’s new LED lighting retrofitted into “cobrahead”-style street lights, this reception is not a shared one. Some residents on St. Mark’s Rd.... Read more
A massive public works project that will impact Lower Mills for the rest of the year will start on Monday, according to officials with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). Crews will begin by digging a ventilation shaft near the... Read more
An alleged gunman briefly managed to evade police Monday afternoon by removing all his clothes, but officers caught up with him after witnesses told them they'd just seen a naked guy running down the street. JosephAccording to a Boston Police report,... Read more

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