Around 2:10 p.m. at 110 Stratton St., in a fusillade of up to eight bullets. The homicide unit was called due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
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By adamg - 11/8/14 - 11:24 am
Yes examines the growth of urban farms - and the co-ops and companies being built around them in Roxbury and Dorchester:
From a community land trust that preserves land for growing, to kitchens and retailers who buy and sell locally grown food, to a new waste management co-op that will return compost to the land, a crop of new businesses and nonprofits are building an integrated food economy. It's about local people keeping the wealth of their land and labor in the community.
“We don’t need big corporations like Walmart to come in and save us," Lloyd said. "We have homegrown solutions right here.”
By adamg - 11/7/14 - 12:55 pm
The Dorchester Reporter updates us on the latest in the shooting of a father of three Tuesday night.
By adamg - 11/6/14 - 9:39 am
WFXT has the latest on the shooting in Lower Mills Tuesday night that left a man walking home from work near death.
By adamg - 11/6/14 - 8:01 am
Jeff Rubin, whose family was one of the last Jewish families to leave the area along Blue Hill Avenue in 1970, reports on a diaspora reunited in a Facebook group:
Jews are famous for their exiles and the Dorchester-Mattapan dispersion is just another example. Thanks to the Facebook page we can experience the lost culture of that neighborhood once again, enjoy the friendships, and find some closure for this formative chapter of our lives.
By adamg - 11/5/14 - 9:07 am
Dan Kennedy reports on the possible deal with Winstanley Enterprises of Concord for the 16.4-acre site - and the move of the Globies to parts unknown in late 2016 or early 2017.
The move could portend a complex without housing, since the company specializes in office and retail development, but not housing.
By adamg - 11/4/14 - 7:43 pm
UPDATE: Suspect arrested.
The owner of the D & D convenience store, 1002 Dorchester Ave., was robbed and then shot around 7:30 p.m.
By adamg - 11/4/14 - 5:28 pm
Around 5 p.m. in front of the library and the CVS on Dorchester Avenue at Richmond Street. The victim's injuries were serious enough to have the homicide unit called in.
Lauren Dezenski at the Dorchester Reporter reports the victim was shot in the head. She adds voting continues at the library - but voters are being directed to an alley entrance behind Ester.
By adamg - 10/31/14 - 4:58 pm
Michael Ahern of Dorchester was sentenced to 18 months in jail today for killing bicyclist Doan Bui on Morrissey Boulevard in 2012 by ramming him so hard with his pickup Bui's body flew 150 feet, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
By adamg - 10/30/14 - 3:20 pm
Off the Dot was on a 41 bus shortly before 3 p.m. today when the driver had to avoid hitting some guy on a motorcycle near Dudley and W. Cottage streets:
Guy spat at driver's window, followed bus and pulled a gun on driver.
By adamg - 10/29/14 - 2:21 pm
Boston Police report arresting a 14-year-old and her 15-year-old BFF on charges that responded to a request to leave the Codman Square McDonald's Monday night by beating the manager - and a woman who tried to protect her.
By adamg - 10/28/14 - 10:51 am
The Boston Licensing Board last week took no action on a request from the Sea Breeze Mexican Grill, 1782 Dorchester Ave., in Dorchester, for a beer, wine and liqueur license as it continues to try to figure out the ramifications of the law that was supposed to give Boston 25 new liquor licenses this year for areas away from Boston Proper and the waterfront.
By adamg - 10/21/14 - 6:57 pm
It was just another one of those evenings where trains became too weary to go any further, leading to the usual extended-version commutes on both the Red and Orange lines.
By adamg - 10/21/14 - 5:43 pm
A former Dorchester resident was sentenced to 18-20 years in prison today after he admitted he raped a woman walking home from the Savin Hill T stop on Oct. 30, 1992.
Terry Abercrombie, now 52, had avoided detection until 2012, when a DNA database run by the FBI found a match with DNA evidence the Suffolk County District Attorney's office had submitted to the database in 2006.
DA Dan Conley said the DNA match and additional evidence convinced Abercrombie to plead guilty.
According to the DNA's office, Abercrombie pulled the woman into a driveway off Cushing Avenue, took cash, then raped her:
By adamg - 10/21/14 - 3:37 pm
A Quincy man was ordered held without bail today on charges he fatally stabbed another man in the neck outside the Chung Wah take-out place at 199 Bowdoin St. Thursday evening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
According to prosecutors, Edgardo Clark, 29, got into a confrontation with Gerald Williamson, 31, around 7:30 p.m.
Clark allegedly followed the victim out of the restaurant and started a physical altercation, during which Clark pulled out a knife. Even after Williamson attempted to retreat, Clark used the knife to stab him in the neck, prosecutors said.
By adamg - 10/21/14 - 12:58 pm
Boston Police report a tip from "a concerned community member" yesterday evening led them to an abandoned lot at Dewey and Danube streets in Dorchester.
Once there, they eventually found a blue duffel bag under a rock:
By adamg - 10/21/14 - 12:00 pm
Dan McCarthy at the Dig reports on an expedition to the top of the Tank along with a couple of the union guys repainting the iconic structure:
On our climb from the base to the 140-foot summit we pass several gruff painters. Some are rappelling from safety harnesses, dangling on ropes at precarious angles over the edge while stroking Kent’s masterwork down to the controversial crevices.
By adamg - 10/20/14 - 10:35 pm
WHDH reports federal and local law-enforcement officers were busy today hauling out evidence from the barn on Robinson Street, behind Ronan Park.
In other news, Dorchester has barns.
By adamg - 10/20/14 - 10:26 pm
Family members and friends have identified the woman stabbed to death in a fight early Saturday as Maria Cecilia Sanchez, who went by Cecilia Marie Johnson online. A member of her family was also stabbed in the melee at 188 Washington St.
Sanchez, 26, leaves a young daughter, her parents and siblings.
A relative has set up a GoFundMe page to help the family pay for funeral costs.
By adamg - 10/20/14 - 5:51 pm
Boston Police report a woman was fatally stabbed around 4:45 a.m. on Saturday at 188 Washington St.
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to Boston Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
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