Judge orders Lexington schools to let father keep son away from books and lessons related to LGBTQ issues
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 reported 31 homicides in 2025. That's up...
Herald shoutout in the finale of Stranger Things
January 1
So "Stranger Things" ended, and one of the characters was an Emerson student who declared she had dropped out for a job at the Herald.
And the Boston crowd went wild for the local angle! Unless you went to Emerson, in which case your reaction might be:...
Boston Chopped
January 1
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Boston Chops has closed both its locations, downtown and in the South End.
Shoplifter who kept taking aim at Target is relieved of a quiver of stolen lotion at South Bay after multi-state spree, police say
January 1
Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man they say has been traveling the nation's byways to shoplift at Target stores in recent months....
It's enough to make you bawl: A dead trolley at St. Paul
January 1
Not a good start to the New Year on the C Line, where there are currently 20-minute delays, with T employees trying to "address a disabled train near St. Paul St.," presumably in sympathetic, encouraging tones, like "You can do it, Bessie!"
Boston in 2025: It's never a good T time when the headline is in rhyme
January 1
Yes, all the slow zones are gone, but the Red Line still has all those grandpappy cars and there are all sorts of other things that can slow your T roll. Here's a collection of UHub MBTA delay headlines from 2025, plus bonus headlines about people driving their motor vehicles onto the tracks (some of which also caused delays)....
Person falls to death from the Mandarin Oriental condos on Boylston Street
December 31
Police, EMTs and firefighters responded to the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental, 778 Boylston St. in the Back Bay, on a report of somebody jumping around 9:40 p.m. The person was declared dead at the scene.
Police shut Boylston Street in the area of Fairfield Street.
Four teens charged with rush-hour stomping on an Orange Line train, three more sought, DA says
December 31
Four teens have been arrested on charges they punched and kicked another teen on an Orange Line train as it hurtled between Downtown Crossing and Massachusetts Avenue earlier this month, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports, adding three more suspects remain at large....
