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Former Boston officer indicted in Jan. 6 assault on Capitol cop
Crime Former Boston police officer Joseph Robert Fisher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to eight criminal charges, including assaulting a Capitol police officer. In this image from US Capitol Police video, Joseph Robert Fisher appears inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The former Boston police officer was arrested March 30 on charges that […]
Take a look inside the newly opened Raffles Boston
Travel The Back Bay hotel is the first North American property for the luxurious brand. A Deluxe Two Queen room at the new Raffles Boston. Raffles Boston Boston’s newest hotel opening is a bright beacon of the city’s evolution in hospitality: the first North America property from the ultra-luxurious Raffles Hotel & Resorts brand. “We […]
‘Amar is a continuation of Aldea’: Chef George Mendes on his modern Portuguese restaurant at Raffles Boston
Restaurants Amar is now open at the elegant new Back Bay hotel. Amar is now open at Raffles Boston. Raffles Boston “History inspires me to create,” shares chef George Mendes, who starts our conversation on the 17th floor of Raffles Boston, which is now open. The long-awaited reveal of Raffles Boston, which celebrates the Singapore-originated […]
Boston doctor charged with performing lewd act in front of 14-year-old girl on flight from Hawaii
Crime By Associated Press September 14, 2023 | 7:13 PM BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges that he masturbated and exposed himself within the view of a 14-year-old female seated next to him on a flight from Honolulu to Boston in May 2022. Dr. Sudipta […]
2 Boston area restaurants named in Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants list
Food A Cambridge restaurant that prioritizes sustainable seafood and a Hong Kong-style cafe in Quincy landed on the food magazine’s Best New Restaurants list. Rubato offers fried chicken bolo bao. Matt Li Two of the Boston area’s most exciting new restaurants — one that pairs global flavors with seasonal seafood, and another that serves up […]
Recent homes sales in Greater Boston (Sept. 13)
Real Estate News ABINGTON 117 Monroe St. One-family conventional, built in 1901, 1,401 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 16,098-square-foot lot. $550,000 59 West St. One-family conventional, built in 1890, 1,211 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 8,450-square-foot lot. $535,000 81 Dorsey St. One-family ranch, built in 1952, 1,248 […]
Boston City Councilors Kendra Lara and Ricardo Arroyo lose preliminary elections in wake of scandals
Politics The District 5 and 6 councilors are the first incumbents to lose a preliminary election in at least four decades. Ricardo Arroyo, right, and Kendra Lara, left, both lost their preliminary elections for Boston City Council Tuesday night. Vincent Alban and Tanner Pearson/The Boston Globe In a firm rebuke of two legislators whose progressive […]
Victim shot outside Jeremiah Burke High School sues Boston and school district for negligence
Crime The lawsuit alleged that metal detectors at Burke should have stopped a gun from entering the school, but didn’t. A teen and his family are suing the City of Boston and the school district after the teen was shot at Jeremiah Burke High School in October 2022. David L Ryan/Boston Globe The family of […]
Boston police officer brothers die suddenly within 17 months of each other
Local News Boston Police Officer Brian J. MacLean died last week after an accidental fall, a little more than a year after his brother’s unexpected death. Tragedy struck twice in less than two years for the Boston Police Department and one Dorchester family, as two brothers — both active-duty officers — died suddenly within 17 […]
DA: Oregon man confesses to ‘brutal, ice-blooded’ 1979 murder in Boston
Crime Susan Marcia Rose, 24, was found bludgeoned to death in a Back Bay apartment building nearly 44 years ago. An Oregon man is charged with murder after he allegedly confessed to bludgeoning a woman to death in Boston’s Back Bay in 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. John Michael Irmer, 68, […]