Brighton News

After sending off 2009 with the lowest number of homicides and shootings in six years, Boston welcomed 2010 with a string of violence that left one man dead and another with multiple stab wounds.

On Friday, January 1, 2010, at approximately 4:34am, Boston Police Officers assigned out of Area D-14 , were traveling on Washington Street when they observed an altercation between four men.

A Massachusetts man who spent 18 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of raping three women has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Boston for $3.25 million.

Ulysses Rodriguez Charles, who spent about 18 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of raping three women in a Brighton apartment, has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Boston for $3.25 million, according to a city lawyer.

The following items were recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Adam C. Hernandez, 23, 6 Caltha Road, Brighton, was issued a summons Friday at 8:43 p.m. on charges of driving after license suspension , driving uninsured, driving with a revoked registration and equipment violation.

Boston by Square Foot is a walk through the byzantine Boston office market in real time accompanied by a veteran real estate broker.

Cops arrested Awa Ly and Lisa Sims, both 44, of Dorchester. Both are charged with armed robbery, police said.

In what police called a rare occurrence, two women allegedly robbed a bank in Brighton this morning but were quickly arrested.

Boston Police report arresting Melrose, Acton and Watertown residents early this morning on charges they merrily made their way down streets in Brighton, smashing side mirrors on cars.

You are alone in your house or apartment the doorbell rings for some reason you open the door and look right into the eyes of a strangler.... Anna Slesers an immigrant from Latvia lived in Boston at 77 Gainsborough Street.

Joe Dodd is a barbecue sauce artisan. The owner of Smoken' Joe's BBQ & Blues in Brighton serves all the barbecue standards - beef brisket, pulled pork and ribs - along with an array of Cajun-style favorites.

On Monday, December 7, 2009, at approximately 11:55am, Boston Police Officers, assigned to Area D-14 , responded to 572 Washington Street for a report of a motor vehicle accident.

The Cardinals Residence is one of the several buildings BC is poised to inherit after it purchases 43 acres of the Boston Archdioceses land.

BostonZest discusses efforts by state and city arborists and local volunteers to protect elm trees on the Commonwealth Avenue mall and along the Esplanade and Charlesgate from the dreaded Dutch Elm Disease: ... When we have a few days of hot weather, the elm bark beetle will come out of hiding and begin spreading the disease.

It's Thanksgiving, time to reflect on the things for which we are grateful: family and friends, good fortune, and - of course - good food.

Boston College is making plans to build a new 160,000 square foot academic building along College Road in Newton as part of its sweeping expansion plans, officials said today.

Thanksgiving at Hyde Park Avenue and West Street, Hyde Park. Sure, there's already a Santa putting people on his knee at the South Shore Plaza, but some people still remember Thanksgiving comes first: Boston TweetsGiving holds its Thanksgiving fundraiser on Nov.

Since its purchase in 2004, St. John's Seminary has patiently waited atop its Brighton hill.

Boston police are still searching for the suspect involved in an armed robbery at the University Credit Union Tuesday afternoon in west campus, after the suspect fled on foot towards Kenmore Square.

Brighton's Sam Cornish , Boston's Poet Laureate , will be master-of-ceremonies for an evening of poetry and prose at the Brighton Allston Congregational Church, 404 Washington Street, this Saturday at 7 pm.