Dorchester

Member of violent Dorchester gang gets seven years in federal prison

By adamg - 9/24/22 - 10:13 am

Joshua Teixeira was only 2 when Nardo Lopes fatally stabbed Bobby Mendes in 1995, setting off years of murderous violence in Dorchester's Cape Verdean community. Read more.

Dot Ave. to be shut between Freeport and Gallivan on Saturday

By adamg - 9/23/22 - 9:34 am

The Dorchester Reporter previews tomorrow's Open Streets festival, the third non-Newbury shutdown this year of a street to motorized vehicles for part of a day.

Dorchester brawl ends with car chase, two arrested on gun charges, one of them just 16

By adamg - 9/20/22 - 3:09 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man and a teen too young to have his name released on gun charges following a "large fight" on Bullard Street Monday night. Read more.

After gunfire off Norfolk Street in Dorchester, man ran away from officers with a gun in his hand, but was captured, police say

By adamg - 9/19/22 - 1:09 pm

Boston Police report officers responding to a report of gunfire on Hannon Street near Norfolk Street Sunday night arrested an Everett man after a foot chase when he ditched his car near Stanton Street and tried to run away with a loaded gun in his hand. Read more.

Teen jumps in front of Red Line train at Shawmut, is pulled out alive

By adamg - 9/14/22 - 9:15 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports on the incident around 1:50 p.m., says the 14-year-old Boston Latin School student landed between the rails and that the train did not hit him head on. Read more.

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The Expressway signboards warn of traffic trouble between 1 and 3 p.m., but ...

By adamg - 9/12/22 - 11:22 am

The signboards along the Expressway say drivers should expect delays between 1 and 3 p.m. today as the president arrives in town for his "cancer moonshot" speech at the JFK Library.

Only thing is the speech is at 4 p.m. And then the officials White House schedule says he'll be staying in town for a Democratic National Committee reception at 6 p.m. We'll go out on a limb and assume that's not at the neighboring Bayside DoubleTree, so that probably means a motorcade somewhere downtown or in the Back Bay. And then he departs Boston at 7:10 p.m., which means still more traffic issues as he gets taken to Logan.

A Dorchester crime that will remind you of the old joke about the woman carrying a bag of dog poop, only with a less satisfying ending

By adamg - 9/10/22 - 2:58 pm

Adam Myerson reports:

Someone stole our @CityOfBoston food waste bin off the curb overnight. Literally took the bag of food waste out of the bin and left it on our trash and made off with the special small green bin we got from the city.

Dorchester woman charged in Ashmont T-stop restroom rage

By adamg - 9/9/22 - 4:21 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester woman after allegedly she tried to end an argument about how long two people were taking in the restroom at the Ashmont Red Line station by decking them. Read more.

UMass Boston moves to remote classes on Monday for president's announcement at JFK Library of new cancer initiative

By adamg - 9/9/22 - 9:33 am

President Biden comes to town Monday to announce a "cancer moonshot" program at the JFK Library - and UMass Boston is moving classes to online for the day. Read more.

Court makes it easier for people charged for holding small amounts of marijuana to have their records deleted now that marijuana possession is decriminalized

By adamg - 9/8/22 - 11:17 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered records related to a Dorchester man's arrest on marijuana-possession charges in 2003 and 2006 permanently deleted from court and criminal databases, under a state law that allows for "expungement" of such records for what are now legal activities. Read more.

Miranda to replace Chang-Diaz in 2nd Suffolk

By adamg - 9/6/22 - 11:45 pm

Liz Miranda defeated a field that included fellow state Rep. Nika Elugardo and former 2nd Suffolk Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, in the Democratic primary for the seat Sonia Chang-Diaz gave up to run for governor.

Wild turkey? Not when they're this wet

By adamg - 9/6/22 - 3:11 pm

See them larger.

Welcome to Dot spotted these drenched, bedraggled turkeys on the Harborwalk near the JFK Library in Dorchester on this, our second straight day of rain.

Two shot dead on Melbourne Street in Dorchester; third man injured

By adamg - 9/4/22 - 10:36 am

Victims identified as Tefan Ivy, 32, of Brockton and Jermaine Daye, 23, of Randolph.

Boston Police report that three men were shot outside 26 Melbourne St. in Dorchester around 3 a.m. Read more.

Two councilors say part of the answer to Mass and Cass might be locking people up for treatment whether they want it or not

By adamg - 9/1/22 - 2:20 pm

City Councilors Erin Murphy and Frank Baker, both of whom have had close relatives deal with drug problems, say one solution to the resurgence of drug problems at Mass and Cass could be to force people into locked treatment facilities. Read more.

Man fatally shot on Van Winkle Street in Dorchester

By adamg - 9/1/22 - 9:17 am

Van Winkle crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Victim identified as Keondre Roberts, 25.

Boston Police report a man was shot outside 7 Van Winkle St. in Dorchester around 5:05 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

25 to 30 for man who raped, beat woman in Codman Square restroom

By adamg - 8/31/22 - 9:54 pm

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced Shawn McClinton to 25 to 30 years in state prison following his conviction for beating a woman in the women's room of the Codman Square McDonald's and then dragging her to the men's room, where he raped, strangled and choked her in 2018, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Boston Police report a man was shot at Blue Hill Avenue and Westview Street in Dorchester around 5:40 p.m. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died.

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Now we know how people in New Hampshire felt when the Old Man in the Mountain fell off

By adamg - 8/27/22 - 10:06 pm

NBC Boston has video of the giant lock blowing off the Fortress building next to the Expressway during yesterday's storm.