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Mayor Michelle Wu Officially Launches Annual Legacy Business Award Nominations
Residents are encouraged to nominate iconic, long-standing businesses located within the city by October 31, 2025 BOSTON – Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – Today, Mayor [...]
City Councilors, fellow candidates, and local influencers respond to Josh Kraft’s suspended mayoral campaign.
It has been a rough few weeks for now former mayoral candidate and philanthropist Josh Kraft. In August, he parted ways with top campaign advisers. [...]
City of Boston Announces Spooky Streets Grant Program
BOSTON — Friday, September 5, 2025 — Today, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Community Engagement Cabinet’s Office of Civic Organizing announced applications are now open for the Spooky [...]
Wu dominates with 49 point lead over Kraft + City Council Incumbents Lead in Preliminary Municipal Election
The Preliminary Municipal Election narrows down the ballot to two candidates for the Mayoral and district City Council races and eight for the At-Large seats. [...]
Update: Death Investigation at Charlestown Marina – 24-year-old woman arrested on unrelated warrants
Update via BPD News At 10:43 PM on Sunday, February 2, 2025 officers assigned to District 15 (Charlestown) responded to [...]
“Charlestown Deserves More” – local elected officials voice concerns over mitigation negotiations for new soccer stadium in Everett
Negotiation drama between Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Revs, and the City of Boston over a new soccer [...]
MBTA and City of Boston Announce Partnership to Improve Bus Reliability by Expanding Transit Signal Priority City-wide
The MBTA and the City of Boston aim to improve bus speed and reliability citywide with a major transit signal [...]
Drug Control Unit Arrests Suspect Following a Search Warrant in Charlestown
From BPD News: At about 5:15 AM, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, officers assigned to the Drug Control Unit of [...]
Large Trash Fire in Charlestown on Tuesday Morning
WHDH, Channel 7 is reporting that BFD responded to a call for a fire on Tuesday morning in Charlestown. Firefighters [...]
It’s about to get scary cold – City of Boston has issued a Cold Weather Advisory including winter safety tips
BOSTON – Sunday, January 19, 2025 – Mayor Michelle Wu today announced a cold weather advisory and winter safety tips [...]
New Bluebikes Stations Coming Soon to the Neighborhood – Find out where!
The City of Boston is moving ahead with plans to expand the Bluebikes network, adding 21 new stations across Charlestown, East Boston, South Boston, and [...]
Let’s try this again – Mayor Wu refiles tax relief legislation, this time with rebates on the table
Updated tax proposal expands on Mayor Wu’s relief package that passed the City Council and House of Representatives last year – See Press Release Below: BOSTON – Monday, January 13, [...]
MassDOT Warns, Beware of EZ Pass “Smishing” Scam
Once again, scammers are hard at work trying to bilk residents out of cash via phony baloney texts. First, it was the fake “overdue parking ticket” [...]
Top 10 2024 311 Reports of Neighborhood Complaints
Since 2015, 311 has been a platform that allows Boston residents to report issues in their neighborhood, from trash to parking, via phone, app or [...]
Father + Son from Charlestown arrest for staging an armed robbery at Downtown restaurant
On Friday, January 3, 2025, Detectives from District A-1 (Downtown Boston) executed arrest and search warrants, leading to the apprehension of 36-year-old Scott Douglas and [...]
BPD Community Alert: Be Aware of Overdue Parking Ticket – Text Message Scam
The Boston Police Department (BPD) is issuing an alert to the public regarding a new text message scam targeting residents of the City of Boston