Faneuil Hall

Robert Buckley, 43, of Plymouth, was arrested and is being charged with assault and battery on a person over 60 causing bodily harm, a news release from the DA’s office said. He was identified as a City of Boston employee in court paperwork.

Robert Buckley was ordered held in lieu of a $2,000 bail after being arraigned Monday. He is due back in court on Feb. 16 for a probable cause hearing.

In a case that authorities have called “tragic,” a 68-year-old Connecticut man was reportedly attacked and thrown to the ground outside a bar in Boston’s Faneuil Hall area this past weekend. It happened early Sunday morning in front of J.J. Donovan’s Tavern, while the victim was enjoying a family celebration, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Robert...

Boston clergy members chained themselves to Faneuil Hall in Boston on Wednesday, calling for the building to be renamed because of the namesake’s role in the slave trade. The historic landmark and popular tourist attraction is named for Peter Faneuil, a wealthy 18th-century slave owner. There have been calls to rename it in the past, including a suggestion to...

The woman who was allegedly kidnapped and raped in a three-day ordeal in 2019 took the stand for the first time Wednesday to testify against her alleged attacker. The woman, whom NBC10 Boston is not naming because she is the alleged victim of a sexual assault, told a jury in Boston that she remembered waking up naked in an unfamiliar…

In the second day of the rape and kidnapping trial of a man accused of holding a woman in his Boston apartment for three days in 2019, a companion of his the night she disappeared took the stand. Victor Pena, 42, of Charlestown, faces 10 charges of aggravated rape and one of kidnapping. The trial opened in Suffolk Superior Court…

The Boston bouncer charged with fatally stabbing a Marine veteran outside of a North End bar last month appeared in court again Thursday, this time with the victim’s family and friends present. Prosecutors allege Alvaro Omar Larrama, of East Boston, stabbed 23-year-old Daniel Martinez to death on March 19 following an argument outside the Sons of Boston bar on Union…

The mother of a U.S. Marine who was fatally stabbed outside a bar in downtown Boston said she is angry but still has faith after her son’s alleged killer was arrested. The suspect, identified as Alvaro Omar Larrama, 39, of East Boston, turned himself in to police on Monday and was arraigned on a murder charge in Boston Municipal...

Boston police say they have made an arrest in connection with a fatal stabbing of a U.S. Marine outside a bar in downtown Boston near Faneuil Hall over the weekend. The suspect, identified Monday as Alvaro Omar Larrama, 39, of East Boston, turned himself in to police on Monday and is expected to arraigned on a murder charge in Boston…

A man was stabbed to death Saturday evening outside a bar in downtown Boston near Faneuil Hall, police said. Boston police received a call just before 7 p.m. for a stabbing outside 33 Union Street, which is just a short walk from the popular marketplace. Responding officers found the victim with life-threatening injuries, and he was taken to a local…

With winter fast approaching, many in Boston are getting ready for the most festive time of the year. But this year’s celebration will look a little different downtown. Faneuil Hall Marketplace announced Wednesday that it will cancel its annual “Blink! program,” the annual holiday “light and sound extravaganza” that transforms the iconic building into a winter wonderland. But a...

Singer John Legend gave a street musician the surprise of a lifetime on Sunday in Boston when he arrived while she was performing a rendition of his hit “All of Me.”

Actual goats strutted around the streets of Boston on Saturday, sporting some custom-made Patriots jerseys. The parade of goats made their way through Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market, much to the delight of anyone who happened to be nearby.

There were times during the coronavirus pandemic when Boston pushcart owner Kemal Akdogan didn’t think he’d make it. “I’m sure if we didn’t have the help, a bunch of us could go homeless,” said Akdogan, who sells all types of toys and novelties at his Illusions pushcart at Faneuil Hall. The tourist mecca took a giant hit when the...

Four people were arrested near Boston’s Faneuil Hall Thursday night, after police upped patrols to combat a spate of violent armed robberies.

This week, Boston police made the Wharf District Council aware of seven similar assaults and robberies in the Faneuil Hall area in the past month and a half, where three to four suspects are suspected to be targeting people who appear intoxicated and alone.

Boston police are increasing patrols after a series of assaults near Faneuil Hall.

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Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. said in a statement Tuesday evening that it has paid the $2.1 million the city of Boston says it’s owed as part of payment in lieu of taxes for Faneuil Hall. Boston Planning and Development Agency Director Brian Golden last week served New York-based Ashkenazy with a notice of default, alleging it owed two payments of $1.05…

Boston is threatening to kick out the operator of Faneuil Hall Marketplace — though not its merchants — over more than $2 million it owes the city in payments missed during the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said Wednesday. The city moved forward with a notice of default against Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, the New York-based company that runs the historic site…