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Annual Beaches Water Quality Report Card – Dorchester Edition 2024 season
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released their 2023 Beach Season Water Quality Report Card at a press conference with Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, DCR Commissioner [...]
Principal Courtney Sheppeck from the Murphy School is leaving for the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End
Dorchester's loss is the South End's gain. For more than 20 years, Courtney Sheppeck has been part of the Richard J. Murphy School family. Ten [...]
Deer blocking traffic in Dorchester on Tuesday
It's not every day you see a deer in the city, but on Tuesday morning, one was spotted on Dot Ave near Columbia Road, right [...]
International Day of Play on City Hall is Tuesday!
Let’s play! On Tuesday, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Early Childhood will host the first International Day of Play on City Hall Plaza, [...]
“Tinky” the Yorkie dog-napped from a backyard in Dorchester – but there is a happy ending
On Sunday morning, JC Simcock came out to his backyard to check on his two Yorkshire terriers to discover that [...]
BPD Community Alert: Do You Recognize This Individual Following an Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon in Dorchester
BPD Community Alert: Detectives assigned to District B-2 (Roxbury) are seeking the public’s help to identify the individual in the [...]
BPD Public Safety Reminders to support a safe and family friendly July 4th weekend in Boston
The Boston Police Department wants all adults and children in the City to have an enjoyable July 4th weekend. Here [...]
Deer spotted in Dot near UMass Boston
A fawn (looks like a fawn, right?) was spotted in Dorchester on Friday off of the UMass campus along the [...]
Annual Beaches Water Quality Report Card – Dorchester Edition
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual Metropolitan Beaches Water Quality Report Card this week, just in time for [...]
BPD Community Alert: Do You Recognize These Individuals Involved in Recent Aggravated Assault in Dorchester
BPD Community Alert: Detectives assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan) are seeking the public’s help to identify the individuals in the [...]
Update: Woman who enrolled in multiple high schools in BPS is formally charged with fraud.
Update: An arrest warrant for Shelby Hewitt, of Canton, was filed in West Roxbury District Court on Tuesday. BPD has been investigating Hewitt, who allegedly [...]
BPD Community Alert: BPD Needs Public’s Help to Identify Individual Following Non-Fatal Stabbing in Dorchester
From BPD News BPD Community Alert: Detectives assigned to District B-2 (Roxbury) are seeking the public’s help to identify the individual in the images below [...]
Double Homicide in Braintree – 16-year-old from Braintree and 20-year-old from Dorchester are shot and killed.
Braintree Police Department received several calls around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning to Alfred Road for gunfire in the area. Police discovered a local teen and [...]
Man shot in stomach and face on Friday night in Dorchester
Live Boston is responding that a person was shot in the head and stomach around 9 p.m. on Oakley Street near Geneva Avenue. BPD found [...]
Council President Flynn to host Virtual Veterans Town Hall this Friday, June 23rd
BOSTON – Boston City Council President Ed Flynn will host a virtual Veterans Town Hall this Friday, June 23, 2023 at 3pm on Zoom. The [...]
Body Removed from Dorchester Bay near Gas Tank
According to the Citizens app, BFD responded to a call for a body floating in the water in Dorchester Bay near the rainbow swash gas [...]
