Hong Kong violinist wins top international competition, the first from city to do so

Hong Kong violinist wins top international competition, the first from city to do so

A Hong Kong violinist has won one of the most prestigious international competitions for young soloists, the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Germany. Angela Sin Ying Chan is the first winner from Hong Kong in the event’s history. Chan, 27, was named joint winner with Canada’s Jacques Forestier on September 28 after five rounds of … Read more

Boston Police tow vehicle from Randolph possibly involved in Dorchester shooting

Boston Police tow vehicle from Randolph possibly involved in Dorchester shooting

The Boston Police may have gotten a lead on a Dorchester shooting thanks to a vehicle found in Randolph. “Boston Police are towing a vehicle (with) ballistic damage recovered in Randolph back to Boston,” BPD spokesman Sgt. Det. John Boyle wrote in a brief statement this afternoon, adding that at this stage investigators believe “this … Read more

Boston City Council to discuss alternative to Mayor Wu’s plan to hike business taxes

Boston City Council to discuss alternative to Mayor Wu’s plan to hike business taxes

Two Boston city councilors opposed to the mayor’s controversial plan to raise commercial tax rates introduced an alternative option that would target $45 million in city funds toward homeowners that would be most burdened by a hefty tax hike.  Originally Published: September 25, 2024 at 7:48 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more

Brockton brothers accused of insider bank robbery

Brockton brothers accused of insider bank robbery

Two Brockton brothers are accused of simulating a bank robbery scenario Tuesday as an excuse for the one who worked in the Boston bank to take $200,000 from the vault. “We’ve seen time and time again employees hatching what they think is a clever plan to steal from their workplace, and then we see those … Read more

Dozens of gun-related arrests in August leads to finger pointing from Suffolk DA

Dozens of gun-related arrests in August leads to finger pointing from Suffolk DA

DA Kevin Hayden: more than half of guns seized in Boston come from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: September 22, 2024 at 8:19 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more

Boston City Council calls emergency hearing to address USPS failures, mail-in voting concerns ahead of election

Boston City Council calls emergency hearing to address USPS failures, mail-in voting concerns ahead of election

The Boston City Council called for an emergency hearing to address U.S. Postal Service failures that it says have caused residents to miss out on “vital” documents and prescriptions and raised mail-in voting concerns ahead of the election. Originally Published: September 19, 2024 at 5:55 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more

Two alleged brothel operators scheduled to plead guilty

Two alleged brothel operators scheduled to plead guilty

Two of the three people charged with running high-end brothels in Greater Boston and in northern Virginia have scheduled hearings to plead guilty. But we still don’t know the names of any of their alleged customers. Defendants James Lee, 68, of Torrance, California; Junmyung Lee, 30, of Dedham; and the alleged brothel ringleader, Han Lee, … Read more

JetBlue to build airport lounges in New York, Boston

JetBlue to build airport lounges in New York, Boston

JetBlue planes at JFK’s Terminal 5 in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC JetBlue Airways will open its first airport lounges in its more than two decades of flying, a major shift for the low-cost airline as it chases high-spending travelers. The lounges will open at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport late next … Read more

Ex-Boston Zoning Commission chair says Mayor Wu fired him for voting down her climate-friendly building initiative

Ex-Boston Zoning Commission chair says Mayor Wu fired him for voting down her climate-friendly building initiative

The former chair of the Boston Zoning Commission said he was unceremoniously fired from a position he’s held for roughly two decades after casting the deciding vote that killed the mayor’s plan to speed up climate-friendly building restrictions.  Originally Published: September 17, 2024 at 5:41 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more

Boston City Council ‘chaos’, lack of support from Mayor Wu prompted Suffolk SJC clerk bid, Erin Murphy says

Boston City Council ‘chaos’, lack of support from Mayor Wu prompted Suffolk SJC clerk bid, Erin Murphy says

Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy, who lost her bid for Suffolk clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court this month, said dysfunction on the Council and a difficult working relationship with the Wu administration drove her to seek a new role.  Originally Published: September 16, 2024 at 5:10 a.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more