A federal judge yesterday sentenced Aizavier Roache, 31, to 4 3/4 years in prison for selling at least six guns he'd obtained from a pal who bought them at gun shops in South Carolina. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal voted today to hold off any vote for at least three weeks on a proposed building that would house a birthing center and offices for five other non-profit groups at 14 Winthrop St. in Roxbury, so that organizers can hold more meetings with neighbors and a Roxbury community group to try to address neighbor concerns. Read more.
The Huntington News reports on e-mail from the Northeastern sociology and anthropology department that urges readers not to interact with any ICE agents, but instead send them to the school's legal office: "Even if they say they have a warrant, do not assume the warrant is valid."
The Huntington News reports Northeastern University is going down without a fight: It's "replaced or dismantled nearly all of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, messaging and websites. "
Police officers swarmed the parking lot of the South End Whole Foods on Harrison Avenue around 9:50 a.m. where they found a dark blue Mercedes SUV with front-end damage and missing its right-side mirror - matching the description of the SUV whose driver hit two women on Washington Street near Lenox Street in Roxbury Saturday, killing one of them and then speeding off. Read more.
Police are looking for a dark SUV whose driver they say hit two pedestrians on Washington Street between Northampton and Lenox streets, then drove away, around 8:30 p.m. Read more.
The Huntington News reports on today's sentencing in federal court of Jason Duhaime, convicted of making up a story about an exploding bomb that left part of the campus sealed off in 2022.
Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury man they say was asleep behind the wheel of a car on Warren Street near Whiting Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Friday - but not for excessive tiredness. Read more.
Around 3:30 a.m., somebody fired as many as a dozen rounds along Marcella Street in Roxbury between Highland and Centre streets - but with shell casings also found on the other side of Centre on New Heath Street and on Centre up past New Heath. Read more.
A man who wouldn't take no for an answer from a woman he wanted to dance with at the Liberty Diner on Mass. Ave. last August ended up pulling out a black-handled knife and stabbing the woman's husband in the chest - and slicing open that man's brother's face from ear to chin, police told the Boston Licensing Board at a hearing today. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 51 Beech Glen St. in Roxbury around 12:15 p.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
The department reports no injuries but says the fire displaced one person and one dog in the one occupied unit in the building. The other two units were undergoing renovation, the department says.
The Boston LOL spotted this small tree decorated with a single ornament in Franklin Park.
Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say pulled a knife on an employee at the Price Rite at the Washington Park Mall, MLK Boulevard and Warren Street in Roxbury, around 8:05 a.m. on Dec. 11. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting the woman they say fatally stabbed Celia Simmons in Ramsay Park in Roxbury on Nov. 16. Read more.
A federal judge today tossed a lawsuit by a lawyer who claimed BPD officers violated his Constitutional rights when he made his way around police tape surrounding a Roxbury Crossing crash scene and then refused to back up because he had an important appointment to get to and they stopped him and only sent him on his away after he flashed his lawyer credentials. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter sums up the latest news on the plans to rebuild White Stadium as a professional soccer arena with modern BPS facilities, which includes rising cost estimates, possible court delays and now the opposition of City Councilor and possible Wu opponent Ed Flynn.
Last night, Wu took to Bluesky to explain her support for the plans and answer questions.
Say hello to Brian Foley, who now that the national election is over and he no longer has to wave his Trump flag around Southie and getting into fights with teenagers, is supposedly running for the District 2 (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown) city council seat now held by Ed Flynn.
We already knew that Said Ahmed is planning to run for the District 7 seat now held by Tania Fernandes Anderson.
Politico reports that Said Abdikarim, who ran for an at-large seat last time (you may remember him from the orange shirt he always wears), is running in District 7 this time. Read more.
WBUR profiles Freedom House, which has been providing youth services in Roxbury for 75 years.
Brookline and Boston firefighters responded to the Muddy River and Leverett Pond this afternoon on reports of oil - and a heavy petroleum odor, spreading from Leverett Pond at the rear of the Brook House at 33 Pond Ave. in Brookline and at least as far north as the Longwood Green Line stop. Read more.
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