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Giant Spiders Dropping from the Sky in the Spring
You know, something to look forward to. It sounds like the makings of a nightmare of horror film. The University of Georgia announced last week [...]
Hazmat incident in South Boston on Monday night
Around 8:30pm on Monday, BFD evacuated a building at 141 West Second (the old Dirigo Spice Building) due to fumes. A hazmat team from BFD [...]
Last Summer’s Deadly Boat Crash off of Castle Island Case Gets even more Complicated
Last July, a boat - the Make it Go Away - crashed into a 40 foot day marker off of Castle Island and left several [...]
BPHC votes to rescind mask mandate beginning Saturday
Big News! The Boston Public Health Commission met on Tuesday to discuss the city’s mask requirements for schools and businesses. Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, the BPHC [...]
School Days: Gov. Baker announces a plan for school
UPDATE: We realize the school year just ended for 2019-2020. Since March, students of Massachusetts learned remotely with online classes [...]
City Council passes $3.16 billion budget
Despite some concerns over the need for deeper police budget cuts, the Boston City Council passed the city's $3.61 billion [...]
BPD seeks help in identifying this individual in connection with a death investigation in Dorchester.
From BPD News BPD Community Alert: The Boston Police Department seeks the public’s help to identify the above pictured individual in connection [...]
Boston City Council votes to ban use of facial surveillance technology
Boston City Council has voted unanimously to pass a ban on the use of facial surveillance technology in the city. [...]
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID-19 Investigation Report
It appears that “substantial errors” in decisions made by leaders at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home led to the outbreak of [...]
Tufts Medical Center issues grants to these South Boston organizations!
In response to the many serious social, economic and health-related consequences facing Boston residents and community members as a result [...]
Digital Ready launches Year 13 for Boston high school graduates in partnership with City Councilor Michael Flaherty and Wentworth Institute of Technology.
See press release below: Responding to the Boston Globe's recent Valedictorians Project, which highlighted the significant barriers Boston high school graduates face in realizing their [...]
Harry McDonough Sailing Center will not open this season
We are sad to report that the Harry McDonough Sailing Center will not be opening for the 2020 season. A post was made on Facebook [...]
Back in Business – Phase 2, part 2
With Phase 2 - part 2 underway on Monday, here are some South Boston businesses that will reopen this week! Fat Baby and Loco are [...]
More Fireworks Confiscated by BPD this time in Dorchester
From BPD News At about 9:30 PM on Friday, June 19, 2020, officers assigned to District B-2 (Roxbury) responded to a radio call for fireworks in [...]
Recap of Mayor Walsh’s Press Briefing from June 18th
Please see below for updates from Mayor Walsh’s COVID-19 press briefing on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Statement on the Supreme Court decision on DACA: This [...]
BPD Commissioner Gross statement re: meeting with Attorney General William Barr
After receiving negative criticism via social media on Thursday afternoon from City Councilor at-Large Michelle Wu and City Council President Andrea Campbell, William Gross, commissioner of [...]
