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Protest in West Roxbury against ICE murder January 7 LUCE, which helps local immigrants in their travails with ICE, organized a standout at the Holy Name Rotary in West Roxbury to protest the way ICE gunned down a woman, Renee Good, in Minneapolis. Man who was nabbed shoplifting at Back
But first, some grim news, alas: Comm. Ave. Mall killer went hunting for his victim and his dog and after driving up onto the sidewalk and running them down, drove off with the dog's leash snared in his front grill, DA says January 5 A Back Bay man
Man walking dog on Commonwealth Avenue Mall is run down and killed by motorist; DA says driver 'intentionally' rammed him January 4 Updated 5 p.m. Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office report the arrest of man they say deliberately ran down somebody
December 31 A federal judge yesterday granted a Lexington father a preliminary injunction that requires his young son's public school shield him from any books or lessons that involve what the man considers un-Christian same-sex relationships and parenting. Read more. Boston in 2025: Murders January 1 Boston Police
Happy New Year! Here's hoping yours is good. We'll be back on Friday. Give workers on the Orange Line a high five; they restored service after a real swan dive December 30 If Orange Line service has to come to a halt because of a problem
Boston in 2025: Storrowing December 30 Those bright new yellow signs DCR put up don't seem to have done the trick: Truck drivers continued to hurtle onto Storrow Drive and slam into the underside of overpasses. And, of course, bridges across the region engaged in combat with trucks
Boston in 2025: 311 complaints December 29 Every day, scores of people use Boston's 311 system to report potholes, rat infestations, broken gaslights and the more annoying of their neighbors. Here are some of the best complaints filed in 2025: Read more. Good old Red Line gets whacked
No Christmas magic at Millennium Park December 25 Mary Ellen was down at Millennium Park today, walking by the parking lot for the canoe launch and river-side path when she noticed some eagle drama involving two birds perched on adjoining poles along the train tracks. Read more. Orange Line cars
But first, a brief note: We'll be off tomorrow, and again on Jan. 1. Here's to a good Christmas and a New Year! Flu surges in Boston; still not too late to get vaccinated, city says December 23 The Boston Public Health Commission reports that flu
Dedham barbecue place closing December 22 Boston Restaurant Talk reports Blue Ribbon BBQ in Dedham Center is closing at the end of the month. Amtrak, some commuter lines going nowhere fast; overhead electric wires just did not last December 22 NBC Boston reports Amtrak has had to halt all its
What would snow be without some bunting? December 22 Mary Ellen reports snow buntings were perching at Castle Island on Sunday, just in time for the snow on Tuesday. And we might get enough for a white Christmas. It's really starting to be unfair: Another train dies at
Brown shooter also murdered MIT professor - whom he went to college with - prosecutors say December 18 Claudio Neves Valente, who authorities say killed himself as law enforcement closed in on him at a Salem, NH self-storage facility tonight, murdered not just two Brown students on Saturday, but an