By Seth Daniel The Boston Police Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) has issued a bulletin on motor vehicle larcenies this week, warning that the South End has become a hot spot for car breaks and also for tires being stolen…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
NEHGS Honors Historian and Bestselling Author Winston Groom
Best-selling author Winston Groom was honored by New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) with its Lifetime Achievement Award in History and Literature at its Fall Family History Benefit Dinner in Boston on Thursday evening, Oct. 26. At the event Brenton…
John Connolly and South End’s Ward 9 Dems Endorse Ed Flynn
Ed Flynn, candidate for Boston City Council District 2, has been endorsed by former Boston City Councilor At-Large and Mayoral candidate John Connolly. Connolly served on the City Council from 2008-2014, and finished a close second place in the 2013…
Boston’s Christmas Tree Arrives Nov 21
The annual gift of an evergreen Christmas tree from Nova Scotia will arrive by police escort at Boston Common on Tuesday, Nov. 21. This year commemorates 100 years of friendship between Nova Scotia and the people of Boston after our…
Appleton Pedestrian Bridge Comes Closer to Completion
By Dan Murphy Construction is one step closer to completion on the $12.5-million Frances “Fanny” Appleton Pedestrian Bridge with the recent installation of a soaring arch over Storrow Drive. “The installation of the elegant arch over Storrow Drive marks an…
City Council Candidates Gear Up for the Nov 7 Election
By Beth Treffeisen With less than a week away from the City of Boston election, candidates are gearing up to make last minute efforts to sway voters to vote for them at the polls. In Boston, there are a number…
Police Briefs 11-02-2017
D-4 POLICE NEWS Bad sample On Monday, Oct. 23, at around 10:55 a.m., a Boston University Medical Center special State Police officer assigned to the Mountain Bike Unit was patrolling the exterior of the Dowling Building at 771 Albany St.…
Biscuits and the Political Graveyard
By Phineas J. Stone The tide comes in twice a day in Boston, and goes out twice a day as well. In and out, in and out…very predictably – in fact to the minute if you care to consult the…
Be Sure to Vote Tuesday
Tuesday, Nov. 7, marks municipal Election Day in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Although the turmoil and generally crazy state of affairs on the national level has distracted all of us from what is going on in our own backyards,…
Annual Pumpkin Float in the Common
Nore Douglas (3) and Adrian Rogers (3) admiring carved pumpkins while aglow in their Star Wars light sabers during the Fourth annual Pumpkin Float on Boston Common’s Frog Pond. The annual event that precedes Halloween took place on Friday, Oct.…