Should you wish to adjust your schedule for Friday morning, Scott Brown will be ambling about the Square around 10 a.m., going into stores (whose owners have already been asked if that's OK), shaking hands, getting the lay of the land, doing whatever i... »
Something fishy: State Police detective with recovered Cod. Late in the evening on April 26, 1933, a call came into the State House press room - the Sacred Cod was gone. The reporter who took the call at first thought it was just a joke, but he alerted... »
This evening, an angry drunk was walking down Centre Street in West Roxbury, yelling at everybody he passed: "I hope you die of high cholesterol!" »
Big fire, viewed from the Neponset. Photo by Drew. Firefighters in Boston and several nearby communities are battling brush fires that all seemed to erupt around the same time this evening, in Hyde Park, Dedham, Milton, Norwood and Westwood. Jen report... »
Mayor Menino and City Councilor Rob Consalvo visited Adams Park this morning to discuss the city's plans for capital spending. In Roslindale, they said, Adams Park will get a permanent bandstand and new paths, while the Flaherty Pool will get renovatio... »
For the first time in several years, crimes rates are increasing in the police districts that cover West Roxbury, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain, led mainly be dramatic increases in the numbers of burglaries and larcenies, according to statistics release... »
District E-5 reports incidents on Hackensack Road and on Stratford Street involving a couple of guys in a BMW. In one case, a resident called 911 after noticing one of the two ringing doorbells: Responding officers immediately located the suspect and a... »
Church march. Dave Atkins watched members of St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church hold its Great and Holy Friday Procession of the Holy Sepulcher tonight from the church to Fallon Field. »
Flaming car. Dave Atkins was at the Burger King on Washington Street in Roslindale around 6:30 this evening when a car outside started burning. Firefighters arrived a couple of moments after he took this photo to extinguish the flames. read more »
4/10/12 - 3:00 pm Packed and ready to go: Seized heroin on seized scale. Boston Police report charging a Roslindale man as a heroin dealer in a raid on his apartment Tuesday afternoon. read more »
The City Council today adopted new rules that will limit new City Clerk Maureen Feeney's ability to pick up pin money by performing weddings. City Councilor Matt O'Malley (West Roxbury) said the new rules will bring transparency to a government functio... »
In 2008, Boston.com launched locally-focused YourTown pages for specific Boston neighborhoods and surrounding cities and towns. They are now redesigning the pages, one by one, in a manner that de-emphasizes Boston.com and Globe content in favor of link... »
Roslindale suspect Boston Police report the Home Market, 165 Belgrade Ave., was held up around 8:30 p.m. yesterday by the guy pictured above. According to police, he entered the store, showed a knife, took money out of the register, then ran out. He's ... »
A delayed citizen asks why the T can't have two card readers on every bus - one for normal people and one for the first-in-liners whose CharlieCards come up empty. The city will no doubt forward this to the T. Ed. note: A couple weeks ago at Washington... »
The matzah was just out of camera range. Dana Reichman reports she was surprised to turn an aisle at the Stop & Shop on American Legion Highway in Roslindale this morning to see a decent supply of Passover goods. She reports the stuff wasn't flying off... »
