South End News

FORMER US Representative Joseph Kennedy once described the garishly-lit check cashing outlets that dotted Boston's poorer neighborhoods in the mid-1990s as, "the worst predatory beast in the urban jungle.'' Today, these check cashers look like a bunch of fuzzy alpacas compared to mainstream banks, credit card operators, and mortgage companies.

Cops said a Boston man was arrested after he allegedly went on an unauthorized shopping spree early Tuesday evening at 1603 Washington St.

A cruiser stolen from the Wellesley College police chief last week has been located in Boston's South End, Boston police said today.

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At about 9:25pm, on Friday, November 27, 2009, officers from Area D-4 responded to a radio call for an assault & battery in progress in the area of 27 Braddock Park.

Boston Herald Fashion Reporter Jill Radsken is the Herald's fashion reporter. Look for her reports on trends and more every day in the Herald.

Want to know why Woody Allen's Manhattan looked so good? Tonight, you'll have the rare chance to ask cinematographer Gordon Willis just what he was up to.

2) That's the South End; I know this area is subject to debate, but Hammond Street has South End resident parking signs and is 02118.

The BRA has approved the 40-unit Urbanica 691 project in the South End. The five-story, $14 million condo building, near Massachusetts and Harrison avenues, will have units selling for about $300,000 to $400,000, according to the BBJ.

Would you like to take a little studio tour with me for a moment? You will enjoy it, I promise.

Boston school superintendent Carol R. Johnson tonight is revealing the names of 14 schools slated for massive overhauls, reinvention or possible closure, under a plan that would affect more than 6,000 students.

Virtually desolate Dudley Square needed dining alternatives to deep-fried heart attacks, so in 2005, organizers with Haley House - the 43-year-old South End - "based charity foundation - opened the Corner Shop Bakery CafA©. Soon after, they responded to another Roxbury need, and offered the Dade Street restaurant's rustic brick walls to local ...

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TI Properties is working on bringing a Trader Joe's to the South End's "SoWa" district.

Almost 750 people were vaccinated against the H1N1 Virus, or Swine Flu, Monday afternoon at a Dorchester health clinic.

MassHousing has secured loans of up to $70.5 million for three affordable housing projects in Dorchester, Roxbury, Boston and Marshfield.

On November 14, the Boston chapter of LUPEC will transform the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts into a 1950's-themed Tiki party featuring retro-libations, live entertainment, dancing, delicious canapes, and prize raffle.

John Keith reports the Upton Street agreement means the Inn will only turn two of the three buildings it owns there into housing for previously homeless people and sell of the third building at market rates.

By Kyle Chayka The South End, an area of Boston south of Back Bay, has changed much over the past decades.

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden attend the New York premiere of "The Box" on Wednesday.