Franklin Park

Monday will be the first time Massachusetts officially celebrates Juneteenth, and many groups are planning to go all-out.

A march and vigil was held to support people of color within the transgender community. Malcolm Johnson reports.

An armed bystander fired a single gun shot without hitting anyone which broke up a robbery.

Boston’s largest park is plagued by chaos, according to area residents. There’s dirt bikes and ATVs racing by people and young children on the trails. And Boston police say the large number of bikers delayed an emergency response to the scene when a pregnant woman was shot nearby on Sunday. “A typical afternoon it’s going to be riding all...

Councilor Matt O’ Malley, who represents Jamaica Plain, hosted a virtual meeting Tuesday about the issues, but it was cut short due to zoom bombings. It will be held later this week.

A person is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car on Piermont Road near Franklin Park in Boston, according to police. A 911 call came in just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. No further information was immediately available.

Black organizers and activists explain the history of Juneteenth in Boston and why this year feels different, after George Floyd’s death and in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

A protest march that started in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston Friday evening to call for justice for Breonna Taylor made its way downtown, days after it was announced police officers in Kentucky would not face charges in connection to her shooting death. After marching from Roxbury’s Nubian Square, protestors gathered outside Faneuil Hall after the march ended. The...

A diverse group of protesters gathered Wednesday night in Boston, calling for justice in the case of Breonna Taylor after it was announced earlier in the day that police officers in Kentucky will not face charges in connection to her shooting death. Many of the protesters have been gathering since around March 13, when Taylor was shot and killed during…

Protesters gathered in Boston’s Franklin Park Wednesday night, calling for justice in the case of Breonna Taylor after it was announced earlier in the day that police officers in Kentucky will not face charges in connection to her shooting death.

Homicide detectives are seeking the public’s help after a woman’s body was found near a golf course in the Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood about a week ago. Police said they received a call at 2:47 p.m. on June 14 for a reported body found at 17 Jewish War Veterans Drive. The body was located in the woods adjacent to the...

A dead body was found Sunday near a golf course in Boston, police say. Boston police received a call at 2:45 p.m. for a reported body found at 17 Jewish War Veterans Drive. The body was located in the woods adjacent to the clubhouse for the William J. Devine Golf Course, which is near Franklin Park. Pictures from the scene…

Boston police received a call at 2:45 p.m. Sunday for a reported body found at 17 Jewish War Veterans Drive.

Protesters marched down Blue Hill Avenue to Franklin Park in Boston Tuesday, holding signs, chanting and bringing traffic to a complete stand-still during a die-in that lasted 8 mins and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd.

There was tension at a rally against police brutality in Boston Tuesday as a police vehicle became surrounded by a crowd, but demonstrators and officers ended the situation peacefully.

Boston firefighters rescued a woman who fell through the ice at a pond on Saturday while chasing after her dog, officials said. Firefighters responded to Franklin Park around 4:45 p.m. for reports of a woman who fell through the ice. The woman was stuck on an island when officials arrived, the Boston Fire Department said on Twitter. Technical rescue members…

A two-vehicle crash Monday evening left a man seriously injured and debris scattered across a Boston roadway. The crash, along Franklin Park near the intersection of Morton and Canterbury streets on the Roxbury/Mattapan line, happened just before 6 p.m. and involved a Subaru Ascent and a Lexus sedan. Massachusetts State Police say a 35-year-old Boston man was stopped on...

Police have arrested two men in connection to an overnight shooting in Dorchester Saturday. Atunbi Bryan, 27, of Brockton and Michael Warner, 34, of Hyde Park were arrested around 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the area of 15 Talbot Avenue.

One person died and three others were injured in four separate shootings overnight in Dorchester, Boston police confirm. The fatal shooting happened around 3:40 a.m. on Westview Way, which was blocked off for several hours as police investigated on scene. The victim, who has not been identified, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.