Boston MA

Mayor Michelle Wu, alongside community members and partners, marked the start of a new chapter for Boston's senior residents with the groundbreaking of Hamilton at Mount Everett, a much-needed affordable housing development for older citizens located at 25-33 Hamilton Street in Dorchester. In a statement obtained by...

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) is conducting an investigation following a distressing video's emergence, which depicted a dog being struck with a leash in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. The video was made public earlier this month, and according to a statement obtained...

Several people were taken to the hospital after a transport van slammed into a home in Boston on Wednesday afternoon.

BOSTON, MA – From U.S. Attorney’s office Boston: A Hyannis man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Donnell Pina, 52, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge William G. Young to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In...

Celina Colby is an arts and travel reporter with a fondness for Russian novels.... VIEW BIO. This weekend launches the annual Boston Black Pride festival, a weeklong celebration of QTBIPOC culture and community. Organized by the Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation, the programming includes events of all kinds, from a...

BOSTON – During the late 1950s, African American records had no real home on Boston radio. WCOP tried to answer the call to play R&B music, but the powers-that-be nixed the idea. That would soon change. Acting on a tip, Fred “Skippy White” LeBlanc approached WILD AM 1090 with a proposal, if he were allowed to DJ. The...

The Middlesex District Attorney's Office, in coordination with federal and local law enforcement, has announced the takedown of two separate drug operations in Middlesex County. The investigations resulted in the seizure of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other substances linked to high-level drug distribution....

The family behind a celebrated West African restaurant in Boston is considering shuttering the eatery as they continue to deal with the detainment of their restaurant manager by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Paul Dama — who works at Suya Joint restaurant in both Roxbury and Providence — was arrested...

Residents in a Boston -area condo complex are frustrated and horrified after learning that more than 100,000 bed bugs had infested their neighbor’s home, and were spreading to theirs. Some residents of the Brookline, Massachusetts condo community have taken to cleaning out their units and throwing away anything that...

A teen was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly crashing a stolen moped into the side of a car in Dorchester.