The state Attorney General's office says the owner and manager of a complex on Lucy Street in Dorchester will no longer make tenants with Section 8 and state rental vouchers pay a $500 upfront fee out of their own pocket just to get an apartment there. Read more.
This morning at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. K-8 School, 77 Lawrence Ave. in Dorchester. A teacher promptly seized the gun, which the Herald reports was a BB gun.
Boston Police report arresting a Medford man and a Dorchester teen on charges they held two men up at gunpoint on Talbot Avenue near New England Avenue in Dorchester around 1:30 a.m. on Friday. Read more.
A worker at the South Bay Stop & Shop, 1100 Massachusetts Ave. in Dorchester, was stabbed shortly before 10 p.m. by somebody in a group of eight to nine men who fled the scene. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 8 Thetford Ave., off Norfolk Street in Dorchester, for a two-alarm fire that displaced nine residents and a cat around 3 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.
Fighter jet over South Bay. Photo by Danny in Boston.
Shortly before 11 a.m., the pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 flew low over Hyde Park and Roslindale on the way to participate in the rededication of the Fallen Heroes Memorial on Northern Avenue in South Boston.
Danny in Boston videoed it as it passed over the South Bay mall, noted it's not every day you see a fighter jet over the mall: Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that Nickoyan Wallace has to stand trial on charges he shot a man to death on Park Street in Dorchester in 2021. Read more.
A worker at the Star Market at 4 River St. in Lower Mills was charged with stabbing another worker - and pressing his thumbs into the man's eyes - in a fight around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Expect more car-slowing speed humps, like this one on Evans Street in Mattapan.
City officials this week unveiled a "safety surge" program aimed at making neighborhood streets, intersections and certain key thoroughfares safer for pedestrians, bicyclists - and motorists. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter reports that somebody fired a gun repeatedly at the intersection of Dorchester Avenue and Gallivan Boulevard around 12:15 p.m. Read more.
Victim identified as Daniel T. Mayers, 33, of Haverhill.
Boston Police report officers responding to a report of gunfire near the Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School, 264 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester, found a man with gunshot wounds shortly before 5 p.m. Read more.
The Supreme Judicial Court concluded today that a judge erred in ordering Boston Police to hand over information about an informant in a gun case because even if his name were redacted, the information could provide enough clues for the defendant - or somebody else - to figure out who he is. Read more.
A woman was stabbed in the back and two men were stabbed in the leg at 247 Norfolk St. in Dorchester shortly after 10 p.m.
The Boston Cannabis Board today approved closing-hour extensions at marijuana dispensaries in Back Bay, Roxbury, Dorchester and Roslindale. Read more.
Boston firefighters, including firefighters on a fireboat, responded to Dorchester Bay around 10:15 p.m. on a report of a flashing light about 15 feet off North Point Drive in Harbor Point. Read more.
Live Boston reports BPD officers and state troopers responding to a gunfire call at Blue Hill Avenue and Angell Street Friday night found a man with a fresh gunshot wound to his hand. Their investigation showed the man was apparently trying to shoot somebody else, but wound up sending a bullet through his own hand instead.
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police report they are looking for this scooter-driving guy for an armed robbery around 2:50 p.m. on Sunday at 67 Woodrow Ave. in Dorchester.
If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-343-4712 or the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or by texting TIP to CRIME (27463).
The Dorchester Reporter reports the BPDA board today unanimously approved a plan to turn the Comfort Inn at 900 Morrissey Boulevard into 99 apartments. Under the proposal by Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders, the building would have full-time staff to help residents adjust to their new lives. Read more.
Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko came upon this charming message on the back of a BMW parked on Dix Street in Dorchester.
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