Garden gnome sought for South End candy-store robbery
Boston Police say Mr. Big Head here held up Madeleine's, 47 Clarendon St. in the South End, Tuesday night - and used a knife to demand cash, but no candy.
Protesters arrested at ICE garrison in Burlington
April 29
WBUR reports 11 people were arrested outside ICE's office/jail near the Burlington Mall today for blocking the place's entrance.
Council to consider protecting tenants by raising fees and fines on landlords - some for the first time in 40 years
April 29
The City Council will consider increasing fees and fines on Boston landlords as part of an effort to protect renters from both shoddy apartments and landlords with a zeal for retaliation in one of the nation's most expensive housing markets....
DCF case worker charged with raping Boston mother he was supposed to be helping
April 29
A Department of Children and Families case worker was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court today for allegedly raping a Boston woman on a home visit earlier this month, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Oregon man admits he murdered, then raped woman in a Back Bay building in 1979
April 29
A 71-year-old man who claims he found Jesus today pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the death of Susan Rose, 24, inside an apartment building being converted to condos at 285 Beacon St. in the Back Bay early on Oct. 30, 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
311 complaint of the day: No, we don't need a wake-up call from the garbagemen
April 29
A groggy resident filed a 311 complaint at 7:46 this morning about the sudden music blaring down on the outbound Comm. Ave. carriage lane just past Packards Corner in Allston:
Three sought for double shooting last month on Kendall Street in Roxbury
April 29
Boston Police report they are looking for three men for a double shooting at 3 Kendall St. at Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury around 7:10 p.m. on March 29.
Barney Frank in his final days
April 29
Politico reports that Barney Frank has entered hospice care at his Maine home - and that "as one of his last acts, he is preparing to release a book repudiating his party’s left flank."
