Boston's Self-Image Fails to Connect-the-Dots in Our Culture of Violence Against Womenwritten by Erin O'BrienJennifer Martel.  Amy Lord.  Stabbings in Southie.  Kidnapping and subsequent rape of a woman picked up [...]

 Stands with Women for Cab ReformBOSTON—Thursday, August 22, 2013—Following recent crimes involving unlicensed taxi drivers attacking female clients, Representative Marty Walsh, proposed today that as Mayor he would require all [...]

Can't we all just get alongPlanet Southie and Southie Bikes - a bicycle advocacy group -  hosted a meeting on Tuesday, August 20th to discuss the proposal of bike lanes [...]

Works to Crack Down on Public Consumption of MarijuanaCity Councilor Linehan has filed an order that would prohibit the public use of marijuana in public parks. During the City Council [...]

Hot StuffThe Boston Fire Department received some new and improved ladder trucks to help keep Boston residents even safer.  Today, Ladder 17 of the South End, Ladder 18 of Southie, [...]

Ensure Concurrent JurisdictionBOSTON, MA - The Boston Herald recently reported that on August 6, 2013, a woman in the Seaport area of South Boston was taken to Newton where she [...]

Woman assaulted in cabOn August 6th a woman was picked up by a unlicensed taxi on Northern Avenue in the waterfront district of South Boston.  She was taken to Newton [...]

City Council District 2 Bill Linehan is a life-long resident of South Boston elected to the Boston City Council in May of 2007. For the past twenty five years, Bill [...]

due in court ThursdayEdwin Alemany, 28, is due in West Roxbury District Court Thursday to be arraigned on the July 23rd murder of South Boston resident Amy Lord, 24.  Yesterday, [...]

another break-inCaught in Southie was informed of a breaking and entering on Tuesday night at a home on Columbia Road.  The residents were home.  The suspect climbed in through a [...]