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Twelve people were issued legal summons. Boston police towed 31 mopeds in Roxbury and Dorchester on Tuesday, the department announced. Officers from the Roxbury Barracks and the Auto Theft Unit conducted a targeted enforcement operation in response to “ongoing public safety concerns” surrounding the use of scooters and

The FBI warns that criminals are 'utilizing fear and urgency' to power a sophisticated new scam targeting your money and personal information.

Mark Development is proposing a new development partnership and a series of changes to its Riverside project, including converting one of the planned residential buildings to senior housing, reducing the project’s overall number of apartments, and shortening the height of its main parking garage. The changes were prese

In casual dining, there’s a sweet spot between value-based corporate chains and higher-end restaurants. Stephen DeSousa believes Tavern in the Square has found that sweet spot. He is CEO and co-founder of the 21-unit chain, which was acquired by Authentic Restaurant Brands (ARB) last year. At the time, Tavern...

BOSTON, MA — A Brockton man was arrested Tuesday morning on a warrant charging him with photographing sexual or intimate parts of a child following an incident at Boston Common Frog Pond. Mark Sullivan, 60, of Brockton, was arrested at approximately 6 a.m. Aug. 18 in the area of...

In the summer of 1899, a reporter for the Boston Herald went looking for dinner in a basement on the east side of Chinatown. There was no sign that hung above the door. What he ate that night ran that July under the headline “As Cooked in Syria.” The article was half review, half cooking lesson for readers who had neve

Boston’s infamous Storrow Drive claimed another truck Wednesday morning.

A box truck struck the Fenway overpass sign on Storrow Drive early Tuesday morning and rolled onto its side, briefly trapping the driver inside before crews freed them and rushed them to the hospital. Massachusetts State Police responded to reports of the crash, and the extent of the driver's injuries had not been shar

The MBTA suspended Orange Line service through Downtown Boston on Tuesday morning after a track problem at Chinatown Station shut down the line between North Station and Back Bay — the same stretch of tunnel the agency has scheduled for a comprehensive infrastructure overhaul beginning Thursday, making clear that the u

A storefront on Boylston Street that has cycled through a beloved half-century-old pizzeria, an abandoned marijuana dispensary plan, and a short-lived pizzeria revival is getting a new tenant: Achilito's Taqueria, the fast-casual Mexican chain, is set to open its newest Boston-area location at 1114 Boylston Street, rig