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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Achieving affordability and speed for new housing in Boston may not be as complicated as the wholesale reform of process that many are seeking, as some construction professionals believe that a simple re-thinking of the city’s long checklist of fees and deposits required of developers on projects large and small could result in major positive boost to housing production.
The Boston Licensing Board decided Thursday to take no immediate action on a request from the owner of Aguasvivas Market, 926 Morton St. in Mattapan, to add Caribbean and Latin American beers and wines to his bodega offerings.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested today in Florida and will face federal charges related to an alleged extortion scheme involving a cannabis company in which he was an investor.
In hosting its second annual Dunk Tank and Cold Plunge fundraiser on Friday, July 25, College Hype helped to raise more than $10,000 in support of the Matt Brown Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to helping individuals and families affected by spinal cord injuries.
The board of directors at Action for Boston Community Development named Dorchester resident Candice Caines-Francis as board chair and approved the election of other officers at their June meeting.
By Chris Lisinski.
Two months after bar advocates stopped taking new cases to demand pay raises, legislative leaders last week rolled out a take-it-or-leave-it proposal that some dissatisfied attorneys quickly slammed as insufficient.
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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