A Dorchester man threw punches at police during an arrest in Jamaica Plain earlier this month and now he’s behind bars. Officers arrested Kajeem Brown, 28, of Dorchester and charged him with Larceny from a Building, Threats, Assault and Battery…
Month: July 2020
Building a Better T: Green Line E Branch Track Improvements and Intersection Upgrades Accelerated, Prudential – Heath Street Work Begins Aug. 2
With the goal of expediting safety and reliability improvements through core infrastructure investments, the MBTA is reminding customers of the acceleration of essential track and intersection work on the entirety of the Green Line E Branch as part of the…
Change Military Base Names Immediately
If you’re like us, then it truly has been a revelation in these past few weeks to learn that U.S. military installations throughout the South were named in “honor” of Confederate heroes in the Civil War. Whenever we would hear…
A Depressing Thought – Summer Is Half Over
The summer of our discontent — the summer that hasn’t been — is just about half over. June has come and gone and we are just past the midway point of July, which means that there are only seven weekends…
Guest Op-Ed: The Other Public Health Crisis: Gun Violence in Mexico
By Maria Termini Countries around the world are wrestling with one of the worst public health crises of modern times, as the coronavirus continues on its ravaging course. Many have died, many are experiencing the painful effects of this disease,…
Black Lives Matter JP Group Logs 52nd Consecutive Vigil on July 2
There has been no let-up for the Black Lives Matter JP group outside the First Baptist Church on Centre Street, as they held their 52nd monthly vigil featuring Rev. Darrell R. Hamilton, II. The BLM-JP group has met the first…
Markey, Kennedy Answer Questions Posed by Inmates in Socially Distanced Forum
On July 7, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department held a Senate Forum with Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III, candidates for the US Senate in this year’s election. The forum, which was moderated by Suffolk County Sheriff Steven…
District E-13 June Crime Stats
On Thursday, July 2, District E-13 of the Boston Police Department (BPD) hosted its community relations meeting virtually via Google Meet, where it reviewed crime statistics from the previous month. Sgt. John Dougherty shared the Part One Crime & Firearm…
La Policía De JP Presentan Las Estadísticas De Delincuencia De Junio
El jueves 2 de julio, el Distrito E-13 del Departamento de Policía de Boston (BPD) presentó una reunión comunitaria virtual a través de Google Meet. El Sargento John Dougherty compartió un informe del centro de inteligencia regional de Boston sobre…
The Stock Market Does Not Represent the U.S. Economy
We don’t pretend to be experts either in the stock market or the economy in general. However, as Bob Dylan put it, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” and similarly, the average American doesn’t…