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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Former patients of a treatment facility run by the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office— along with Dorchester City Councillor John FitzGerald— are going to bat for the program as lawmakers weigh moving all Section 35 involuntary commitment facilities for substance use out of jails or prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by the Departments of Public or Mental Health.
Mayor Wu is taking on a new chief of staff as she transitions to a second term. Clare Kelly, who now works as the mayor’s chief intermediary to other elected officials, will replace Tiffany Chu, who has served as Wu’s top advisor since February 2022.
A company led by a former director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority has signed a contract with the current owners of the defunct Carney Hospital campus to come up with a plan to make over the 12.7-acre site.
Police responded at 1:40 this morning to a report of a breaking and entering and a person shot at 107 Bloomfield St., where they found an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds inside an apartment in the three-decker style home.
Families, vendors, and elected officials gathered in Franklin Park last Saturday to kick off the launch of “Park’d,” a month-long food truck fair running alongside the Franklin Park Zoo’s Boston Lights exhibit.
Boston firefighters responded to 7 Becket St., off Dorchester Avenue and Gallivan Boulevard, for what turned into a 3-alarm fire around 7 p.m.
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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