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 deputy
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
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 health-insurance
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 March 29 Boston Police
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 sales at White
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 approved plans by
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 state constitution
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 and
Attic fire goes to two alarms on Harvard Street in Dorchester March 18 Boston firefighters responded to 158 Harvard St. near Gleason Street in Dorchester around 10:30 p.m. for an attic fire that went to two alarms as flames burst through the roof. Councilor seeks to let non-citizen