West-Roxbury News

Boston police arrested a West Roxbury man today for allegedly robbing a blind man at an ATM last month.

Boston Man Accused of Robbing Blind Man at ATM Share + Jul 8, 2009 4:58 pm US/Eastern Boston Man Accused of Robbing Blind Man at ATM A 47-year-old West Roxbury man will face charges for robbing a blind man at knifepoint in an ATM.

Wondering where you can meet your favorite mayoral candidate? Agendas are provided by the Menino, Flaherty, Yoon and McCrea campaigns and laboriously pasted here by Lit Drop staff.

But his most-admired quality here is that he's never forgotten where he came from, which is what led him to purchase a Volvo for the teacher he had as a third-grader at the Mozart School in Roslindale.

The Boston firefighters union's executive board yesterday announced a vote of "no confidence'' in Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser Jr., as firefighters voiced their outrage with two Boston companies' closures.

Aiming for a second term, City Councillor At-Large John Connolly has hired a strategist who helped Sonia Chang-Diaz topple Sen.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino testified today at the State House in favor of statewide legislation requiring random drug and alcohol testing for all public safety personnel and emergency medical technicians.

"I'm giving them a last goodbye. I'm really heartsick that the mayor would do this - everybody is," said Theresa Skalman, 45, of West Roxbury, referring to Mayor Thomas M. Menino .

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An 88-year-old Canton woman who was cited in connection with the death of a 4-year-old girl who was struck and killed is contesting the charges, the Norfolk County District Attorney said Tuesday.

The city Transportation Department has been using two golf carts to help enforce parking rules in South Boston and West Roxbury.

Ludwik P. Blecharczyk, 90, passed away on June 17th, 2009, at New Bedford Health Care Center after months of declining health.

The Saint Bernard was a familiar sight near Accord Pond, but two things were different on Wednesday: The massive dog was soaking wet, and the owner was nowhere in sight.

Jun 18, 2009 10:00 pm US/Eastern HINGHAM Police hope a microchip implanted in a Saint Bernard will help them track down a missing man in Hingham.

Admittedly, I wasn't sure where it was exactly until I saw the street signs in the second to last photo.

The 89-year-old woman who struck and killed a 4-year-old girl with her car on Saturday in Stoughton has been charged with motor vehicle homicide, the Norfolk District Attorney's office said this afternoon.

Traffic was a complete disaster on Centre St near the Faulkner, and backed up on the VFW Parkway inbound all the way to the West Roxbury Parkway.

Isabella Stewart Gardner was an arts patron, traveler, collector, and philanthropist.

"If you are involved in guns and violence, we'll pull all the levers available to us." -- Daniel Linskey, Boston police superintendent With shootings and gun arrests rising in the city's toughest neighborhoods, law enforcement officials met yesterday with members from 17 of the city's gangs, an unusual move meant to prevent bloodshed and put ...

The theocratic, anti-civil-rights, paleoconservative, conspiracy-mongering John Birch Society got together with the anti-science, conspiracy-mongering, young earth creationist writer James Perloff yesterday in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, for a good old-fashioned evening of atavism: Darwin refuted and disputed at John Birch Society meeting .