Flaming fan brings firefighters to Huntington Avenue apartment, near South Huntington April 5 Boston firefighters responded to the top floor of 896 Huntington Ave., between South Huntington Avenue and Colburn Street, Mission Hill, after a bathroom ceiling fan caught fire around 7:35 p.m. Read more. Hey, classical music
Boston police commissioner didn't violate the First Amendment rights of a commander he demoted for taking a seat on a state police-oversight board, judge rules April 2 Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox did not violate Eddie Chrispin's First Amendment rights when he busted Chrispin from
Durkan pulls Council power move and creates something the Council rarely has: A cliffhanger April 1 The agenda for the weekly Wednesday meetings of the Boston City Council are normally set and posted by noon on Monday - state open-meeting requirements and all - but there's typically time set
UMass Boston police sergeant arrested in connection with New York City corruption case March 31 A sergeant on the UMass Boston police force was arrested this morning on charges he participated in a New York City bribery and kickback scheme involving home health care for the elderly and a security
Fire displaces six on Marshfield Street in Roxbury March 30 Boston firefighters responded to 54 Marshfield St., off Norfolk Avenue in Roxbury, for a fire around 3:30 p.m. City Hall faces nearly $50 million deficit with just three months to fill the hole; blames public-safety overtime, rising
17-year-old charged with February shooting in South Boston; was nabbed with a loaded gun, police say March 29 Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old on charges he shot somebody at West 8th and F streets on Feb. 18. Allston shooting suspect turns self in; is 16
The Red Line was rolling on its new Tremont Street extension tonight March 26 Roving UHub photographer John Patrick Haley caught a gander of two new Red Line cars being delivered to the Cabot Yard on flatbeds rolling down Tremont Street at Rutland Street around 8:45 p.m. He
Four-alarm fire hits three-family house on West Street in Hyde Park March 25 Boston firefighters responded to 125 West St., off Hyde Park Avenue, in Hyde Park around 3:45 p.m. for what turned into a four-alarm fire. City Council drop kicks measure to ban alcohol
New apartment building approved across from Ashmont station March 24 The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a six-story, 33-unit apartment building at 555-563 Talbot Ave. in Dorchester. 33 affordable apartments approved on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester March 24 The Zoning Board of Appeal today
Councilors emphasize different people's pain in carjacking/shooting case March 23 Councilors Erin Murphy (at large) and Miniard Culpepper (Roxbury) both agree it was wrong for a man to have attacked and carjacked a woman in Brigham Circle. And both want Boston Police or the Suffolk County District
The dark history of a constitutional amendment that now keeps us from becoming Arkansas March 23 On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled Massachusetts does not have to pay for special-education classes for students at private schools, in part because of an "anti-aid" amendment to the
Group of largely White parents loses again in effort to overturn BPS exam-school admissions policies March 19 A federal judge today dismissed another suit by a group of parents who alleged the way students are chosen for acceptance to Boston's three exam schools is biased against White