Boston MA

Plans to bring new housing to Charlestown could be hitting a legal roadblock. According to Banker & Tradesman, Boston Sand & Gravel has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court to halt a major residential development near Bunker Hill Community College. The project, led by Trinity Financial and supported by the Wu administration, could bring up to 705 new apartments to the Austin Street parking lots...

A high school teacher in Chelsea, Massachusetts, has been placed on leave after allegedly having inappropriate conversations with students. Parents and students say the inappropriate behavior went on for years. The district took action after students staged a walkout at Chelsea High School this week. "For the past three years,...

Stephenson King Jr.’s yearslong struggle with mental illness worsened in the days leading to his death at the hands of a Boston police officer, according to his family. King Jr., 39, was shot and killed in a confrontation with police while trying to escape in a vehicle he allegedly stole on March 11. The officer who shot him, Nicholas O’Malley, said he feared...

WOBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A man is hailing two Department of Public Works (DPW) workers for jumping in to help him and his dog when they were attacked by another dog in Woburn Monday. Tom Sheehan said he and his 10-year-old Labrador Larry were out for walk on Lexington Street...

Atlantic Capital Partners arranged the sale of 211 Lowell St., a grocery-anchored shopping center in Wilmington, MA. Buyer and sale price were not disclosed. The asset also includes 243 Lowell St., an adjacent single-family home, and 13.59 acres of developable land comprising 13 residentially zoned parcels. The transaction was led...

EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - A man and his eight-year-old shih tzu were brutally attacked by another dog while on a walk in Everett Tuesday afternoon, police said. PJ Peterson said he was walking his dog Mushroom on Ferry Street at approximately 3:45 p.m. when a pitbull charged at them. “He...

A Massachusetts business owner claims he was harassed after refusing to donate to a fundraising vendor. Allegedly, the situation escalated to threats against his family, which he then took to the police for investigation. The incident occurred in Billerica, Massachusetts. The business owner, Ronnie Doucette, runs a food truck and restaurant called What the Fork with his wife and six kids. He has donated...

Firefighters in Peabody, Massachusetts, are at the scene of a pickup truck in a pond on Friday morning. The fire department said only that they are on scene for a vehicle into the water and they have no further information to release at this time. The original call came in shortly after 7 a.m.

PEABODY, MASS. (WHDH) - Police responded to a car into a pond in Peabody Friday morning. The car was seen in Brown’s Pond on the Fairview Avenue side. Divers were also seen in the water. It is not yet clear if anyone was in the car. This is a...

Three people were arrested after assaulting victims with bear spray, a rock and a gun during an armed robbery in Boston on Wednesday afternoon. Sebastian Fecu, 23, of Dorchester, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; Natalya Moore, 18, of Dorchester, was charged with three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of armed robbery; and...