Charlestown News

Staff at Massachusetts General Hospital notified Boston police at 8:01 a.m. today after a woman, who was suffering from stab wounds, was dropped off at the hospital.

The heist prompted district cops to put out a community alert warning residents about water department fakers in the area who may try the same trickery - with one crook distracting the homeowner while another ransacks the house - on the unaware.

Road closures and other transportation advisories for the week of July 5: Lanes on Interstate 90 east near the Ted Williams Tunnel will be closed Monday from 11:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Two to three lanes of Interstate 93 south will be closed approaching and through downtown Monday through Wednesday from 11:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. The ramps from the Tobin ...

Overview : Boston PD, Somerville PD and Cambridge PD are investigating a string of commercial robberies involving a Black Male with a beard, who displays a firearm, and usually attempts to purchase something in order to get the clerk to open the register.

This afternoon around 4:20PM, a Boston Police officer performing a detail in the area of 5 Austin Street in Charlestown observed a black Lincoln Towncar travelling on Austin Street toward Main Street.

Two Boston police officers working private details in Charlestown yesterday captured three men suspected in a bank robbery in Somerville, and detectives are investigating whether the men are responsible for other bank robberies in the area.

Boston lends its name to baked beans and custard-filled pie, but when it comes to pizza, New York hogs the glory.

Boston Police say a black man with a beard and a gun is wanted for holdups in Jamaica Plain, Fenway, Charlestown, Cambridge and Somerville since June 23.

Want to spin the wheel? Casting scouts for "Wheel of Fortune" plan to park their 32-foot Wheelmobile next to Sears at the Solomon Pond Mall located at 601 Donald Lynch Blvd.

From its tea party to its battles to that famous midnight ride, it's no secret Boston played a major role in our country's past.

Chris Kulikoski is either highly principled or slightly nuts. Maybe he's both. How else do you explain a guy running for Boston City Council who wants to get rid of the two paid holidays exclusive to Suffolk County? Yesterday, they commemorated the battle of Bunker Hill with a very fine parade in Charlestown.

Chris Kulikoski of the North End said today he'd been certified for the ballot this fall for the city council seat now held by Sal LaMattina.

Calling all thugs with a Boston accent. C.P. Casting is holding an open casting call for Ben Affleck's " The Town " from 3:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 29 at the Charlestown Community Center located at 255 Medford Street.

Is that the city I live in? What happened to the Freedom Trail, the Red Sox, stuffy Brahmins, Henry James, the Kennedys, the Blue Laws or "Make Way For Ducklings?" It would be easy to blame Peter Yates adaptation of the George Higgins novel for this trend, but, as Paul Sherman notes in his indespensible guide " Big Screen Boston ," it has been ...

Boston offers style, history and culture all within walking distance, says Joanna Symons.

Officers on patrol near the intersection of Warren and Dudley streets Wednesday reported seeing an idle car with the rear passenger door open and some legs hanging out of the back door.

A routine traffic stop on I-93 in Charlestown on Tuesday turned into the arrest of a man wanted on a variety of charges, under a variety of aliases, in a variety of Essex County cities and towns.

Now in its 11th year, the BTM proves it can go the distance by stretching out to two days, with the idea of eventually expanding to "multiple venues, hundreds of performers, and thousands of cultural tourists and Boston theater patrons a ' not unlike Edinburgh's famed festival." Wow! For now, however, Day One is a "warm-up lap," with three staged ...

The Charlestown-Clark County Public Library, 51 Clark Road in Charlestown, is offering two programs for adults this week: Coffee break with Cookbooks group, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

A fast-moving fire in a Charlestown neighborhood sent 10-15 people out of their homes late Saturday.