Boston Police command staff led by Commissioner Michael Cox met with neighbors in the basement of the Greenwood Memorial United Methodist Church last Thursday night for a briefing on crime trends in the Area C-11 district, which includes much of Dorchester eest of Washington Street. The meeting, billed as a “Community Compstat,” drew about 50 people, along with a group of 20 uniformed officers.
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Veteran Boston journalist and election expert Chris Lovett joined Bill Forry from the Dorchester Reporter and DotLife host Erin Caldwell to highlight the week’s news, including election results, Mayor Wu’s State of the Schools address, Savin Bar + Kitchen takes down its Whitey/Flemmi decor, and what’s next for Morrissey Boulevard.
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Charlie Harris isn’t happy with what he sees as left- and right-wing polarization in Boston
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will relinquish his official duties while extortion charges against him move along in federal court and a deputy will assume control of the department, the governor and attorney general announced last week.
One hundred newly sworn-in Boston Police officers began their assignments in districts across the city last Monday (Sept. 8) including at Area C-11 and Area B-3, the two largest districts covering Dorchester and Mattapan. Police commanders say the reinforcements are a welcome addition to a street force that has been slimmed down by retirements and promotions in recent months.
Tre Johnson, author of the critically acclaimed new book “Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy,” will visit Dorchester’s Just-Bookish in Fields Corner next week for an in-store reading and conversation.
Some 150 gravestones of early Boston notables and just folks inside Dorchester’s North Burying Ground on Columbia Road and Stoughton Street will be repaired and buffed up, thanks to a $157,650 grant from the National Park Service and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Total numbers from Boston’s Sept. 9 preliminary election reaffirm the time-tested advantage for an incumbent mayor, but a closer look at vote counts and campaign funding gives rise to a less familiar story.
By Sunday, as talks percolated in Washington about a potential deal to reopen the federal government, both Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Gov. Maura Healey were promising more SNAP litigation
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