roslindale

Residents in the area say there’s a porch pirate, and Boston police are investigating a number of cases in one Hyde Park neighborhood.

Boston police are seeking the public’s help in locating a woman wanted in connection with a series of package thefts in the city.

Someone is trying to steal Christmas this year in Boston, according to police. Residents in Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Roslindale and West Roxbury have been reporting package thefts, potentially at the hands of the same woman. Boston police are now asking for help identifying the woman after she was captured by a Ring doorbell camera outside a home in a…

Residents of Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood have been finding hateful messages left inside plastic Easter eggs. Sarah, a 27-year-old who lives on Roslindale Avenue, came across a plastic egg in her front yard Monday night. “I found it kind of strange,” she said. She didn’t think much of it at first. “I figured I’d open it, just check it, make...

People in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood have been finding hateful messages inside plastic Easter eggs.

Crews are battling a fire in a 2-1/2-story building in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood on Friday morning. Boston fire said flames were showing from the first floor when they arrived at 9 Littledale St. around 7:30 a.m. The fire quickly traveled into the roof, and firefighters are now working to extinguish the blaze. It was the second fire Boston firefighters...

A man who was considered “armed and dangerous” has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 42-year-old woman in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood last month, police announced. Akil Jackson, 41, with a last known address in Easton, Massachusetts, was wanted in the killing of Alicia Heywood on July 29. Heywood, of Easton, was shot in broad daylight in…

A man wanted by police in the shooting death of a woman outside a Roslindale pharmacy was arrested in an unrelated incident.

A mail truck, a moped and another vehicle were involved in a crash Wednesday afternoon in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood The crash happened on Centre Street near Farquhar Street, police said. A car hit a moped before crashing into a mail truck. Police did not have any information about potential injuries. No further details were immediately available.

Boston police said they are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect in connection with the murder of a 42-year-old woman in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood last week. Akil Jackson, 41, with a last known address in Easton, Massachusetts, is wanted for the murder of Alicia Heywood of Easton on July 29. She was shot in broad daylight in a…

A woman was shot Thursday afternoon outside Sullivan’s Pharmacy in Roslindale.

A woman has died after being shot in broad daylight in a busy section of Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. The shooting took place shortly after 1:15 p.m. on Birch Street, outside Sullivan’s Pharmacy. Investigators with the Boston Police Department say they believe the shooter targeted the woman. The victim was taken to an area hospital, where she later died, police...

The Boston Police Department said during a press conference that the shooting happened after a traffic stop on the 3800 block of Washington Street around 11:20 a.m.

A police officer shot a man Thursday morning in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, according to authorities. The shooting happened after a traffic stop on the 3800 block of Washington Street around 11:20 a.m., the Boston Police Department said. Superintendent in Chief Gregory Long said officers and the driver struggled over a firearm found in the vehicle. “During the struggle, one of…

Hazmat crews decontaminated a family and two firefighters Monday night in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood after potential exposure to an unknown chemical.

Five people have been displaced following a fire that broke out at a home in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale Saturday afternoon.

Five people have been displaced following a fire that broke out at a home in the Boston neighborhood of Roslindale Saturday afternoon. Companies responded to the home on Cliffmont Street shortly before 4p.m. when an off-duty Boston firefighter called in the fire. The second alarm was struck for severe conditions on the second floor, according to fire authorities. Five...

A snow-covered sidewalk outside the MBTA Commuter Rail stop in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood has been a source of aggravation for people who take the train.

With businesses struggling to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic, many have applied for grants through the City of Boston.