Dorchester
Dorchester woman wins $1 million Powerball prize
Local News Tiffany Brown purchased her winning ticket at Supreme Liquors in Dorchester. Dorchester resident Tiffany Brown won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Massachusetts State Lottery Commission A Dorchester woman won a $1 million Powerball prize this week. Tiffany Brown got lucky when the first five numbers of her Quic Pic ticket matched […]
ARL seeking owner of dog found suffering from extreme emaciation in Dorchester
Crime ARL’s Law Enforcement Department seeks any information about this case that could lead to prosecuting the person responsible for this animal cruelty. Dobby was found suffering from an “extreme level of emaciation,” the Animal Rescue League of Boston said. Animal Rescue League of Boston The Animal Rescue League of Boston wants answers after authorities […]
Dorchester shooting: five wounded, one juvenile facing life-threatening injuries
Crime Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said two juveniles and three adults were shot at a gathering in Dorchester Sunday evening. Five people were injured, and a juvenile suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting in Dorchester Sunday night, according to Boston police. Police responded to the shooting at 8:36 p.m., Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox […]
Massive Dorchester Bay City project gets green light from BPDA
The Boston Globe The $5 billion Dorchester Bay City project would put 21 buildings on what’s now mostly parking lots on and around the site of the old Bayside Expo Center in Dorchester. Stantec By Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe updated on September 15, 2023 | 2:07 PM The site of the former Bayside Expo […]
GoFundMe started for Dorchester nurse who was struck by lightning
Local News Thalita Teixeira Padilla’s family identified her as the Dorchester woman who was struck by lightning at Savin Hill Beach on Saturday. Thalita Teixeira Padilla, identified by family as the 31-year-old Dorchester woman who was struck by lightning while walking her dog on Saturday. Stephanie Teixeira/GoFundMe, Handout A travel nurse is in critical condition […]
Woman in critical condition after being struck by lightning on Dorchester beach
Weather The 31-year-old Dorchester woman was walking her dog when lightning struck the Savin Hill Beach boardwalk. A tree is scarred by lightning at Savin Hill Beach in Dorchester where a woman was struck on Sept. 9, 2023. Craig Walker/The Boston Globe A woman is in critical condition after being struck by lightning on a […]
Firefighters rescue woman from sidewalk collapse outside Dorchester church
Local News The woman fell about 10 feet below street level into the church’s basement. She broke her leg in the fall. The sidewalk collapsed outside Bethlehem Temple Healing Church in Dorchester late Friday night. Boston Fire Department Boston firefighters rescued a woman who fell 10 feet after the sidewalk outside a Dorchester church collapsed […]
Dorchester woman arrested in fatal stabbing of South Boston woman
Crime Jazreanna Sheppard, 21, was fatally stabbed July 20. She left behind a 2-year-old son, her family said. Boston police arrested a Dorchester woman over the weekend in connection with the fatal stabbing of a South Boston woman in July. Around 6 a.m. Saturday morning, officers arrested 30-year-old Alyssa Partsch for the murder of 21-year-old […]
Two men charged in fatal shooting of Quincy woman in Dorchester
Crime The arrests came nearly two months after Princess Charles, 29, was shot and killed on Greenock Street Sept. 9. Two men were arrested this week in connection with a September shooting in Dorchester that killed a Quincy woman and left another person injured. The arrests came nearly two months after 29-year-old Princess Charles was […]
Police identify man killed in daytime Dorchester shooting
Crime James Jones, 30, was killed Friday afternoon. Boston police on Monday released the name of the man who was shot and killed in a daytime shooting in Dorchester last week. Police said officers responded around 2 p.m. on Friday to a radio call for a person shot at 46 Corona St. and at the […]