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Mayor Wu Declares Cold Emergency for Friday – Through Sunday
BCYF Friday and Saturday locations are activated as warming centers. BOSTON – Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a cold emergency [...]
Mayor Wu Submits a Home Rule Petition to End Urban Renewal
Proposal will protect the ability to preserve affordable housing and implement future climate resilience measures, modernize BPDA charter BOSTON – Monday, January 30, 2023 – [...]
Large fight between TechBoston Academy students on Monday afternoon
Update via BPD News: At about 2:42 PM, on Monday, January 30, 2023, officers assigned to District B-3 (Mattapan), responded to the area of Washington [...]
13-year-old year shot + killed in Mattapan on Sunday believed to be targeted.
The boy who was shot and killed in Mattapan on Sunday was targeted according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. WCVB is reporting that [...]
Man from Dorchester due in court for abandoning a body in Hyde Park
Man already charged in a separate case in the with kidnapping, rape, strangulation or suffocation, assault and battery on a [...]
Dorchester Woman wins $1M on scratch ticket
WHDH Channel 7 is reporting that Loretta Jenkins of Dorchester has won a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State [...]
St. Greg’s Convent to turn into halfway house for women
Universal Hub is reporting the Zoning Board of Appeal unanimously approved a plan proposed by the Gavin Foundation of South [...]
200 Kids from Dorchester celebrated a summer together again at BeachFest 2021 at Malibu Beach
On Friday August 6th, jugglers, aerialists and acrobats from the Boston Circus Guild and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay's Youth [...]
Mayor Janey Declares Heat Emergency, Will Open BCYF Cooling Centers to All Residents
The heat is on! UPDATE: Heat Emergency is extended through Saturday! BOSTON – Tuesday, August 10, 2021 – Today, Mayor [...]
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Pope John Paul II Playground
A special ribbon cutting ceremony for Pope John Paul II Playground on Thursday, August 12th at 10am (TIME CHANGE - [...]
Woman from Dorchester killed in moped crash.
NBC10 Boston is reporting that a woman was killed and two men were injured in a crash in Braintree on Thursday night. A man in [...]
Following a Call for a Person with a Gun, Youth Violence Strike Force Officers Make a Firearm Arrest
From BPD News: At about 2:52 pm on Friday, August 6, 2021, Officers assigned to the Youth Violence Strike Force arrested Donte Holloway, 24, of [...]
BPD: One Less Gun in the Neighborhood
From BPD News: At about 10:09 pm on Sunday, August 3, 2021 Officers assigned to Youth Violence Strike Force (YVSF) made an onsite firearm arrest [...]
Awww, rats! Boston is the second-most rat infested city in the US
Good grief! Second only to Philadelphia, Boston has the second highest number of rat and mouse sightings in the 15 most populated cities in the US. New Census [...]
14 year-old girl shot in Dorchester on Friday morning
Live Boston is reporting that on Friday morning around 11:15am, BPD responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Alpha Road, in Dorchester. A vehicle was found [...]
Beware of Naked Photo Scam
Maybe don’t send that picture of your junk to a stranger? According to the Swellesley Report via Universal Hub – a gentleman reached out to Wellesley Police to report [...]