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Life sentence for man found guilty of 1988 South Boston murder
BOSTON, July 23, 2024 – A judge today sentenced CARL RICHARD VEGA, 61, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1988 [...]
Abutters Meeting to discuss a new beer + wine license for Southie Gas is TONIGHT
Be informed. Get involved. The owners of Southie Gas, located at 79 West Broadway, are applying for a Beer and Wine License. A Zoom meeting [...]
Could this be end of days? Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights, Knocks Banks, Hospitals Offline, plus the Mind Body and Starbucks app
Good grief. Is this the beginning of the end? On Friday, the world woke up to a large tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks [...]
Take the Curley Community Center Survey
After a $30M renovation and reopening last July, the Curley Community Center, aka the L, would like your feedback! We would love to hear your [...]
Firearm Recovered After Person with a Gun Call to BPD in South Boston
From BPD News: At about 2:09 AM, on Thursday, July 6, 2023, officers assigned to District C-6 (South Boston) arrested [...]
City Councilor at Large Michael Flaherty will not run for reelection this year
Well, this is big news! South Boston native and City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty announced on Wednesday that he would not [...]
City Council President Ed Flynn Releases a Statement re: Councilor Lara’s recent car crash + violations
On Friday, City Councilor Kendra Lara crashed into a house after she veered off of the road on Centre Street. [...]
She Turning Around – USS Constitution
The USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard on July 4th at 10:00 a.m in honor [...]
BPD Public Safety Reminders to support a safe and family-friendly July 4th weekend in Boston
The Boston Police Department wants all adults and children in the City to have an enjoyable July 4th weekend. Here [...]
Mayor Wu to Celebrate the Reopening of BCYF Curley Community Center on July 7.
Mayor Michelle Wu will join local elected officials and South Boston residents to officially reopen the BCYF Curley Community Center, [...]
Hey, what happened to the James M. Kelly Bridge…it’s disappeared sort of….
Way back in 2007, the Broadway Bridge was named after Southie native and City Council President Jimmy Kelly. On Thursday, it was "discovered" that the [...]
Annual Beaches Water Quality Report Card: South Boston has the cleanest urban beaches in the country!
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual Metropolitan Beaches Water Quality Report Card this week, just in time for this year’s Fourth of July [...]
Councilor Kendra Lara Releases Statement re: 381 Old Colony Ave Investigation, Accuses Colleagues of “homophobic and transphobic rhetoric”
Oh boy, this story continues to linger in the news cycle, yet no questions are being answered. On Wednesday, City Councilor (District 6 - West [...]
Update: Woman who enrolled in multiple high schools in BPS is formally charged with fraud.
Update: An arrest warrant for Shelby Hewitt, of Canton, was filed in West Roxbury District Court on Tuesday. BPD has been investigating Hewitt, who allegedly [...]
BPD Missing Person Alert – 14-year-old Merilyn Ordonez Buelto of South Boston.
BPD Missing Person Alert: The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in efforts to locate 14-year-old Merilyn Ordonez Buelto of South Boston. Merilyn [...]
Local 718 Fire Union defends actions of BFD in the 381 Old Colony Ave case that involves children and a death investigation.
This case has more twists and turns than expected. First, it was the disturbing report of a call that was made last Saturday morning at [...]
