Charlestown

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…

Boston police responded to a report of a child in the water early Wednesday. The child, a boy, was taken to a local hospital after police responded to the scene at Medford Street around 5:30 a.m., authorities said. There was no immediate information on the boy’s condition, or how he ended up in the water.

Volunteers have sewn more than 300 masks for assisted living facilities, exceeding their goal to help respond to coronavirus needs, and has begun handing them out on the street.

Charlestown residents wanted answers after a stray electrical current shocked a pair of dogs, so Eversource is scanning for any issues and the city of Boston is replacing metal hand hole components with composite.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in Boston Tuesday where she held an end-of-year rally at the Old South Meeting House. The rally was held on the one year anniversary of her announcing her bid for the White House.