Michelle Wu throws fundraiser in heart of rival’s home turf – Boston Herald

Michelle Wu throws fundraiser in heart of rival’s home turf – Boston Herald

Wu’s up to $1,000 a person fundraiser at legendary Southie restaurant Amrheins on Wednesday is a direct hit at Flynn, who is considering challenging the mayor in 2025. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: October 1, 2024 at 5:15 a.m. Read original article here Denial of … Read more

Boston police seeking four young man suspected to be involved in assault, ‘major injury’ of man near Faneuil Hall

Boston police seeking four young man suspected to be involved in assault, ‘major injury’ of man near Faneuil Hall

Boston police are seeking help identifying four young men suspected of being involved in the severe assault of another man downtown weeks ago. Around 11 p.m. on Sept. 13, officers responded to reports of an assault at the intersection of North St. and Union St. by Faneuil Hall, BPD reported. There they found a victim … Read more

Boston’s Caribbean Carnival returns a year after mass shooting: ‘I always feel safe’

Boston’s Caribbean Carnival returns a year after mass shooting: ‘I always feel safe’

Boston’s Caribbean community, donning bright, exquisite costumes of crowns, feathers, masks, and rhinestones danced and sang along the streets of Roxbury and Dorchester as a strong police presence kept watch over the celebration. “I always feel safe,” Montserrat native Jadine Greenaway told the Herald Saturday afternoon as she prepared for the city’s annual Caribbean parade. … Read more

Last Boston Police officer sentenced in evidence warehouse overtime fraud scheme

Last Boston Police officer sentenced in evidence warehouse overtime fraud scheme

U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sentenced James Carnes, 61, of Canton, to a day of time served, two years of supervised probation — the first six months of which is to be served under house arrest — a $5,000 fine and $20,106 in restitution. Originally Published: August 10, 2024 at 8:25 p.m. Read … Read more

ShotSpotter fires back at Warren, Markey, Pressley for their critical letter with ‘false and misleading assertions’

ShotSpotter fires back at Warren, Markey, Pressley for their critical letter with ‘false and misleading assertions’

ShotSpotter is firing back at Bay State elected officials who are pushing for a federal probe of the gunshot detection tech company, as the firm’s CEO said the politicians were spreading “numerous recycled falsehoods and misleading assertions.” The head of SoundThinking, formerly known as ShotSpotter, wrote a letter this week to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. … Read more

12-year-old arrested after allegedly threatening victim with knife; firearm recovered after fleeing suspects crashed in Mattapan

12-year-old arrested after allegedly threatening victim with knife; firearm recovered after fleeing suspects crashed in Mattapan

A 12-year-old was arrested for assault Sunday after he and a group of kids allegedly threatened a victim with a knife, Boston Police reported Monday. After 6 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to reports of a person with a knife around Washington Street and Chilcott Street in Roxbury, BPD said. The report described five juveniles who … Read more

Police officer assaulted at Boston Pride event, 3 arrested, cops say

Police officer assaulted at Boston Pride event, 3 arrested, cops say

A police officer was assaulted around the Boston Pride event going on in the city where three people were arrested in what the police are calling “a developing situation.” Boston Police Officer Mark Marron said that “It’s a developing situation” but that it so far has not risen to the level of an emergency response … Read more

Dorchester school closing due to shooting shows Michelle Wu’s ‘safe summer’ plan is failure

Dorchester school closing due to shooting shows Michelle Wu’s ‘safe summer’ plan is failure

The Boston mayor’s woke plan to “address the root causes of violence through a public health lens and create the conditions for community healing” – which she announced a few weeks ago – has already failed miserably. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original article here Denial … Read more

Former Boston Police commissioner knocks Mayor Wu in ‘war’ over North End outdoor dining

Former Boston Police commissioner knocks Mayor Wu in ‘war’ over North End outdoor dining

William Gross, the first Black commissioner of the Boston Police Department, says he’s feeling “perturbed” that the North End, filled with Italian restaurants, is being singled out with heavy restrictions on outdoor dining. Gross remembers arriving in Boston from rural Maryland as a youngster with his family in 1975, when forced busing existed in the … Read more

Emerson College protest arrests divides along law-and-order lines

Emerson College protest arrests divides along law-and-order lines

Pro-Palestinian supporters and students from Emerson College block an alley where they have set up an encampment as police move in to clear it, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. According to Boston Police, 108 people were arrested and 4 officers were hurt as they broke up the camp. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / … Read more