Malden crime suspect tries jumping off Tobin, fails
Traffic across the Tobin Bridge came to a halt around 10 a.m. when a man being pursued by Chelsea Police jumped out of a livery car, went to the side of the bridge and jumped.Ted Pendergast reports he...
View ArticleTownie clerk takes no crap: Wrestles gun away from would-be robber
Sat, 08/09/2014 - 17:53Boston Police report a guy who'd just robbed the Main Street Tedeschi at gunpoint shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday went across the street to Charlestown Liquors and tried sticking...
View ArticleCharlestown to get small-plates and pizza place
City officials backed and praised efforts by two culinary entrepreneurs to open a restaurant on Bunker Hill Street that will focus on small-plate dishes and pizza.The Boston Licensing Board decides...
View Article3 Part Candidate Forum at Urban League
Roxbury, MA – It is election season for Massachusetts residents! There are so many important issues that need to be addressed. Whether it be violence in the community, education, the economy, or green...
View ArticlePolice say Sullivan Square panhandler beat man who wouldn't give him money
Wed, 08/27/2014 - 00:15UPDATE: Noor ordered held without bail pending a Sept. 17 hearing on violating conditions in his conviction on the attack last year, the DA's office reports.Transit Police report...
View ArticleState bets on Wynn for Boston-area casino
The state Gaming Commission voted today to pick the Wynn proposal for Everett over the Mohegan Sun proposal for Suffolk Downs, with three of the four commissioners saying Wynn's proposal would be...
View ArticleCharlestown boat fire injures seven
Scene of the fire. Photo by Glenn Cabo.The Boston Fire Department reports seven people were injured on a boat that had just finished refueling off 100 Terminal St. in Charlestown around 5:45 p.m.At...
View ArticlePolice: Charlestown teen didn't give up loaded gun without a fight
Mon, 10/06/2014 - 12:00Boston Police report that when officers from the Youth Violence Strike Force went to speak to a group of teens standing in front of 49 Walford Way around noon on Monday, one of...
View ArticleIt's good to be foreign secretary
You get to do lots of travel and you never have to worry about getting caught in traffic. The Right Honourable Philip Hammond, Her Majesty's foreign secretary, popped into town today to take a look at...
View ArticleWaterlights
Mucka Finyardi looked across the water and Christopher Columbus Park at Long Wharf the other night.
View ArticleMBTA returns lost wallet with lots of cash to anxious owner
Richard Cooper and Jazmine Tucker. Photos by MBTA.On Thursday morning, a rider on the 93 bus handed driver Richard Cooper a wallet that was just sitting there - a wallet with $1,735 in it. Cooper, who...
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Rainbows at sunset
See it larger.Just when you were thinking we hadn't had a good rainbow recently. Christine Kelly shows us the scene in South Boston late this afternoon.Over in Charlestown, Nathaniel Stinnett had a...
View ArticleTwo shot in Charlestown
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 21:45Around 9:45 p.m. outside 274 Main St. At least one of the victim's injuries were severe enough to have the homicide unit called in, just in case.Police are looking for two men...
View ArticleHot pink
David Parsons shows us one of the light sculptures under the Zakim Bridge, on the Charlestown side.Also see:Under the new deck.Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
View ArticleCharlestown teen shot on Wednesday has died
Boston Police said tonight that Ryan "Duce" Morrissey has died. Morrissey, 17, and Jamie Lawton, 19, were shot Wednesday night on Main Street. Police say they continue to investigate the shooting and...
View ArticleWilliam Prescott watches the sun go down
See it larger.Jocelyn watched the sunset from the base of the Bunker Hill Monument, along with Col. Prescott, who maintained a rather stony visage through it all.
View ArticleTwo shootings at opposite ends of the city have one common thread: Police...
Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says police are seeking the public's help in their investigations of a double shooting in Charlestown that left one teen dead and a shooting in Dorchester Lower...
View ArticleThe Schrafft's Globe?
The Boston Business Journal reports the Globe has narrowed its search for a new headquarters to two locations in Charlestown - including the Schrafft's building - and the Landmark Center in the Fenway.
View ArticleTwo young teens charged with beating, robbing woman at knifepoint in Charlestown
Wed, 11/19/2014 - 17:08Boston Police report arresting a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old on charges they responded to a request to stop cursing in front of a young child yesterday afternoon by attacking...
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