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What started as a heartbreaking story ended with one of the best examples of what makes South Boston special. Just days after two local children were robbed at gunpoint while running a lemonade stand on West 9th Street, neighbors packed the Lower End Lemonade Sale on Friday to show their support.

In the 1960s, feuds between the Winter Hill Gang and their underworld rivals left dozens of mobsters dead across the Boston area — and that was just the beginning of the Irish mob's bloody reign. In the early 1960s, a group of Irish mobsters rose to prominence in the...

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is warning residents of continuing arrest and warrant scams targeting Middlesex County residents. Between May 14-June 8, the MSO received 28 reports of individuals posing as deputies and trying to scam residents out of money via phone. In four instances, residents reported being sca

What started as a routine harbor trip turned tense Monday afternoon, when an MBTA ferry had to be evacuated off Castle Island after crews reported an incident on board. Boston Fire Department units rushed to the scene, and Sky5 footage showed passengers in life jackets stepping off the vessel while fire boats held the

ROCKLAND, MASS. (WHDH) - Two people were hospitalized following a bad crash in Rockland early Tuesday. A car rolled over and crashed through the fence of a home on Forest Street. Police said the car caught fire and they had to use heavy equipment to remove one person, who was...

For the MBTA, moving more than 19,000 people to and from Foxborough for the World Cup on Saturday was in many ways a big success. But the long lines to board trains, and the wait for a ride home after midnight felt chaotic to some. In the sweltering heat outside...

DRIVERS are getting a dramatic change in the middle of a well-known road after officials agreed to ditch a long-standing traffic marking. The move saw three colors painted down the center of the street, replacing a designed that sparked months of spats and community protests. Residents on Adams Street in...

On a warm, sunny day in May, Hamilton Restaurant and Bar in Coolidge Corner was lively. A family sitting at a high top table next to a bank of large open windows tried out the Alexander Hamilton cocktail, a chocolate take on a Manhattan made with Irish whiskey. The after-work drinks crowd gathered at the bar and devote

A French-inspired restaurant that took over the former space of one of Boston’s landmark eateries has closed less than a year after it opened. Nine at 9 Park St Place in Beacon Hill said on social media Monday that it was forced to close its doors because of a lack of funding.

Despite positive press, Nine's owners said that they were "unable to achieve the consistent guest traffic necessary to continue operating." Nine, the upscale Beacon Hill restaurant that occupied the space where Chef Barbara Lynch’s No. 9 Park used to be, announced Monday that it is closing after less than a year in bus