Dave Watkins

Northeastern park steward Jonathan Bacdayan is leading a three-year Back Bay Fens restoration to clear invasive plants. Co-op student Natalie Curtis helped remove purple loosestrife and porcelain berry vine from the Fens on July 27 as part of a partnership among Northeastern, the Boston…

A well-known Boston bar has closed permanently after 30 years in business, capping its run with a farewell tied to this summer's FIFA World Cup, according to Boston Patch. Separately, authorities identified Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, 18, as the victim in an ongoing Mattapan homicide in…

A partial building collapse shut down a downtown Boston roadway Wednesday night after concrete fell from a structure, according to a WCVB report. The closure came the same week Boloco, the Boston-born burrito chain founded nearly three decades ago, announced it will close its final rest…

A Dorchester man faces a murder charge after a fatal scooter hit-and-run, Boston's top story as heavy rain threatens the city. Boston Patch reported the Dorchester resident was charged with murder following the crash, while forecasters at NBC Boston and WCVB warned of flash-flood risk W…

A federal appeals court based in Boston refused to let a Trump administration mail-in voting order take effect. The Saturday, July 25 decision was reported by the Post and Courier under the headline "US appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order." Elsewhere, Red Sox…

Police identified the victim of a fatal Boston Common beating as new video surfaced showing a separate assault on a man using a walker in East Boston. WCVB reported both incidents Friday, alongside a large porch fire that damaged a vacant Savin Hill home and injured two firefighters. Me…

Boston Mayor Wu pledged new bicycle-safety reforms this week after a city employee died in a crash. The commitment, detailed in a WCVB report headlined "Wu promises Boston bike safety reforms after death of city employee in crash," came the same week Faneuil Hall hosted a change-of-comm…