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Don’t be alarmed – This is only a test – FEMA will conduct a test of IPAWS Today
If your phone starts making a loud alarm noise today around 2ish, don’t panic. It’s only a test! FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications [...]
16-year-old arrested for incident on Red Line at JFK Station in September
MBTA Transit Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with an incident last month where teens allegedly smashed a window and terrorized passengers on a [...]
Dorchester Man Arrested for Ames St. Shooting that injured Five including Two Children
Back in September, we reported about an incident involving five residents, including two children, that happened on September 17th. According to BPD, one man has [...]
City of Boston SPACE Grant Applications Now Open
BOSTON – Monday, October 2, 2023 – Today Mayor Michelle Wu announced the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion is now accepting applications for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dropkick Murphy – A Legendary Life – a new book by Dorchester’s own Emily Sweeney
One requirement of living in Boston is knowing the song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys and joining in with every stranger [...]
Group of Teens on MBTA Bus at South Bay Shoot at Driver with BB Gun
Good grief. MBTA Transit Police are reporting that a group of male juveniles was acting disorderly on a bus near South Bay. When the bus [...]
US Coast Guard in Boston Search for Missing Submersible Vessel Continues Off The Coast of Cape Cod.
The search continues on Tuesday for a submersible vessel with five people on board. The vessel was on an expedition to the wreck of the [...]