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BPD Update: At about 8:51 PM, on Monday, January 1, 2024, officers assigned to District B-2 (Roxbury) arrested Avante Young-Dabney, 19, of Dorchester on firearm related charges. Officers responded to the area [...]

MBTA Transit Police are asking the public for tips in the murder of a teenager 15 years ago on a bus in Dorchester. The deadly stabbing of 16-year-old Devonte Franklin on Dec. [...]

Let's raise our glass to baby Selena, who was the first baby born in Boston in 2024! Selena's parents are from Dorchester! According to WCVB Channel 5, Selena was born [...]

At about 12:30 PM, on Sunday, December 31, 2023, members of the Fugitive Unit arrested, Tyreese Robinson, 19, of Randolph, and Dasahn Crowder, 21, of Quincy in the area of 380 Talbot [...]

Live Boston is reporting that there was an active shooter situation in Mattapan on Saturday. BFD and BPD were on the scene at 50 Fairlawn Ave. - a Boston Housing [...]

As 2023 draws to a close, we look back at the most-read posts of the year as a little time capsule of what was going on in the neighborhood!  Everything [...]

BPD Community Alert: Detectives assigned to District C-11 (Dorchester) are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the pictured individual involved in an armed robbery with a firearm incident that occurred at [...]

An early Christmas gift! A Dorchester teenager is home with her family three months after being critically wounded by gunfire back in September. 11-year-old Johan Howard, 16-year-old Juliana Howard, and [...]

We love this! What a perfect way to close out 2023! Forty-five years ago, Boston firefighter Joe Gilmore, Engine 18, recused siblings from their burning home in Dorchester. On Wednesday, [...]

Never a dull moment It’s not every day you see two sheep, one black, one white, walking down a city street. Sure, we’ve seen dogs, cats, even turkeys, but not [...]