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Supporting the Somerville man grabbed by guys in balaclavas even after they determined he was 'lawful' September 28 Relatives and co-workers of Magdaleno Pineda Avelar have set up a GoFundMe to help him in his bid to get out of the Plymouth jail where ICE threw him
Striking the wrong chord: Harvard orchestra suspended over hazing allegations September 25 The Crimson reports Harvard has suspended the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for the rest of the semester "as the result of an investigation into alleged hazing."... Bars showing the WNBA playoff games on Friday September 25 xxxtine
Man stabbed repeatedly on Falcon Street in East Boston September 24 A man was stabbed four times, in the head, arm and leg at 109 Falcon St. in East Boston around 2 p.m. Three councilors asked colleagues to join their opposition to 'safe injection' sites, but colleagues
Police say officers shot naked man as he came at them with a knife at Beacon Hill restaurant break-in September 24 WCVB reports BPD officers arriving to investigate a break-in at 97 Mt. Vernon St. on Beacon Hill shortly before 6 a.m. found a naked man in
Wu to be only printed choice for mayor in November September 22 WBUR reports a weekend vote recount failed to get Domingos DaRosa the 600 or so extra votes he needed to get on the November ballot for mayor after second-place finisher Josh Kraft... The Rapture in Boston September
Man hit in head with baseball bat in apparent homophobic attack in Mattapan September 21 WCVB reports a gay couple taunted while walking on River Street near Edgewater Drive in Mattapan came under attack by some men, one of them with a baseball bat, which he used on the back
Under a judge's order, a depressed planning board reluctantly approves a Hyde Park apartment complex members hate September 18 Saying it had no choice, the Boston Planning Department board tonight approved plans by a Texas developer for a nine-building apartment complex on the Hyde Park/Roslindale line
Living in a country run by that little kid from the Twilight Zone September 17 US Rep. Seth Moulton on ABC's firing of Jimmy Kimmel ... Roxbury woman charged with shoving elderly woman out of a 28 bus September 17 Transit Police report arresting a Roxbury woman tonight on
Somerville mayor doesn't even make it out of the preliminary September 16 Somerville results show incumbent Katjana Ballantyne came in third in tonight's preliminary, behind Jake Wilson and Willie Burnley, Jr., who advance to the November final. ... Day went out in a blaze of glory September
Apologies for the delays in getting out today's newsletter! Woman sought for injuring senior citizen by shoving her out of a bus in Roxbury, police say September 16 Transit Police report they are looking for a woman with a baby who "violently shoved" an elderly woman
New Freedom Trail statue memorializes all the people enslaved by ministers and parishoners at King's Chapel September 14 Chris Walton shows us the Memorial to Enslaved Persons outside King's Chapel on Tremont Street, to honor the 219 men, women and children enslaved by the church'
That's all, folks: Kraft ends campaign September 11 WCVB reports that Josh Kraft thought about his Preliminary drubbing and realized there are better things he can do with his time - and money.... Area around Old South Meeting House briefly shut on report of a pipe bomb in the