Boston City Council votes to accept federal grants for planting trees, housing migrants and upgrading three Roxbury streets, except for Councilor Flynn, who played Dr. No ...

Boston Police report arresting two men they say were really, really insistent on stealing a couple of mopeds. Read more.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 29 Keystone St. in West Roxbury for a fire around 2:30 p.m. Read ...

Rigging on a crane being used to lower a floating dock or "barge" into the water at the Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina, 256 Marginal St. in East Boston, failed at 11:08 a.m., sending the dock ...

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 743 Hyde Park Ave. in Roslindale for a first-floor fire around ...

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Bertucci's says it plans to open a new, smaller outlet, dubbed Bertucci's Pronto, at 18 Tremont St., near Court and Cambridge streets downtown this spring. Its proposed 34-seat location will be open ...

The Berkeley Beacon reports Emerson College has reached a deal to house some Boston Architectural College students in its Little Building at Boylston and Tremont streets this fall. BAC will continue ...

A Dorchester man was found guilty and sentenced to two years in state prison today for the way he beat up a woman who refused to return his "good morning" greeting, only to retreat when she bit him, ...

Police officers responding to 911 calls about gunfire and shouting found a man shot in the leg at 226 North St. in the North End around 2:55 a.m. Injuries were not considered life threatening. Two ...