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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Mayor Michelle Wu surged to a resounding victory on Tuesday over Josh Kraft with a 49-point margin in a preliminary election turnout that has set the stage for a November general election for mayor in which the incumbent is a heavy favorite.
By Colin A. Young
Most Bay Staters approve of the job Maura Healey is doing as governor of Massachusetts while an even greater share of residents here disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance, a new poll found.
By Colin A. Young
Nearly a quarter-century after a day that many will never forget, the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund added a new program to its annual State House remembrance this week for high school students — and even some teachers — who were not alive when the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, took place.
Boston city councillors agreed Wednesday it’s time to modify city zoning regulations to make it easier to build more of the city’s iconic three deckers as a way to help ease the city’s housing shortage.
As community members danced to music and shopped at the Ashmont Friday Market, steps away, families, friends, and kids in Crocs admired the new mosaic installed at the tables in Peabody Square.
The West of Washington Coalition (WOW) held its annual BBQ Block Party on Aug. 16 on closed-down Norwell Street and on the vacant lot next to the MBTA Talbot Station.
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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