Charlestown

Special Townies is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization that provides a safe place for special needs kids and their families. A dispute with the landlord, though, could mean they have to shrink, or move from their space in the Mishawum Park complex in Charlestown, Massachusetts — where they’ve been for 14 years.

An investigation continues in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood after a man was found fatally shot inside a home. Boston police responded to call of a person shot at a home on Mystic Place shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, officers said. Police said that officers arrived and found the man, 33-year-old Jawad Muhammed, of Mattapan, dead at the scene. Neighbors...

Neighbors say they saw as many as 60 people partying at the house just a week prior to the shooting. Investigators roped off a set of stairs in the back of the house as they continued the investigation.

The identities of the victims have not yet been released. No arrests have been made.

If you drove by Brewers Fork in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood last week, you might have noticed a huge wait for a table. It was the result of a taste of warmer weather. “The moment that temperature rose, we were full by noon and stayed full till we closed,” said Jessica Gooch, the general manager at the restaurant’s sister property...

A vehicle of interest that may be involved in a fatal pedestrian crash Tuesday morning in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood has been located, police have announced. No other details on the vehicle of interest or a driver have been released. Boston police said a person was struck in the City Square area near the North Washington Bridge at about 11:30...

Police have located a vehicle of interest that they say could be connected to Tuesday morning’s fatal hit-and-run of a person in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood.

A pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries Tuesday morning after being struck by a vehicle in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, according to police.

Two suspects wanted in connection with an alleged robbery in Stoneham, Massachusetts, were arrested by police in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood after a brief chase Monday morning. State police said the suspects allegedly robbed someone in Stoneham and attempted to “drive at” an officer before fleeing. The suspect vehicle, a Kia Optima, was spotted speeding by the Museum of Science...

Two people wanted in connection with an alleged Craigslist meet-up robbery were arrested Monday by police in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood after a brief chase.

Charlestown’s oldest resident has a great outlook on life. It’s hard not to when you’ve lived through one global pandemic already.

The U.S.S. Constitution Museum has acquired more than 150 documents, including correspondence from President George Washington’s secretary of war and the leader of the Haitian Revolution, that shed light on the warship’s early years and the young United States’ first international conflict.

The second victim in a double shooting last week in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood has died from his injuries, according to police. David Martinez, 28 of Roxbury, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after the shooting on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 17. Police found Martinez and Wildeny Tejeda-Mejia, 24 of Lynn, with gunshot wounds in a car near…

The person who died after getting struck by a vehicle at a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus yard has been identified as a “dedicated and hardworking” employee who had worked for the agency for nearly two decades. Bernadin Etienne, 62, died at the hospital shortly after he was struck by a bus at facility in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood at about…

An MBTA bus driver was killed Monday morning in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, the transportation agency announced.

An MBTA bus driver has died following an incident at a bus yard in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood Monday morning, the agency said. MBTA general manager Steve Poftak said that the employee died in a “terrible tragedy,” representing a “great loss within the MBTA family,” during a press conference Monday. The employee was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and later...

One man died and another was injured in a double shooting Thursday in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood. Police responded shortly after 7:30 p.m. to Decatur Street, where they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle. One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene. The other was taken to an area hospital. The shooting does not...

Three employees of the contractor that runs a Rhode Island state campground are temporarily off the job after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Management. The employee who tested positive is part of a team that cleans restrooms at Burlingame State Campground in Charlestown from 3 p.m….

A pedestrian was hospitalized Monday after being struck by a driver in Charlestown, police said.

A pedestrian was hospitalized Monday morning after being struck by a vehicle in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, police said. The crash happened at about 7:30 a.m. in the area of 334 Medford St., according to police. The pedestrian was taken to an area hospital where the extent of their injuries was unclear. Police said the driver involved in the crash remained…