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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Two former elected officials, including Michelle Wu’s last rival for the mayor’s office, publicly endorsed Josh Kraft on Monday, hours before the preliminary election in Boston.
The DotLife podcast is back for a second season! In the first segment, The Reporter’s Bill Forry joins host Erin Caldwell to preview Tuesday’s preliminary election in the City of Boston and other local stories. Erin also talks with two
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service
Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston “will not yield” as the U.S. Department of Justice sues the city over its policy to restrict police cooperation with non-criminal federal immigration enforcement.
A new poll conducted by Boston-based Emerson College Polling shows Boston Mayor Michelle Wu with a whopping 50-point lead over her main challenger Josh Kraft as the city’s voters head to the polls in the preliminary election on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
By Sam Drysdale
Gov. Maura Healey said she sees President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities as “political theater” and warned against using Massachusetts troops in the same way.
By Eve Zuckoff and Carrie Jung, WBUR.
An independent review of Boston’s school bus safety policies asserts that the system failed to maintain accurate employee records and new driver training files.
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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