Announcements Government

Suffolk County District Attorney Candidate McAuliffe to Hold Rally at Faneuil Hall

Suffolk County District Attorney Candidate Shannon McAuliffe will host a rally and address at the South Market Building at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday, August 14 from 5:30 p.m to 7 p.m. McAuliffe is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She has spent 20 years working with the Boston criminal Read More…

Announcements Government

Golden Goose Cafe Hosts Reception for DA Candidate Greg Henning

A reception and fundraiser for Greg Henning, Candidate for District Attorney of Suffolk County, was hosted by Andrea Mattisen-Haskins, Woodie Haskins and Steve DeAngelis on Thursday, June 28. Steve DeAngelis generously offered his Golden Goose Cafe as a venue for this well-attended and energetic event. Greg Henning has been a Boston resident for nearly his entire life. Read More…

Announcements Government People

North End/Waterfront Resident Shannon McAuliffe Running for Suffolk County District Attorney

Harbor Towers resident Shannon McAuliffe has announced she’ll be running for Suffolk County District Attorney. Shannon graduated from Suffolk University Law School and practiced law for 15 years. She later attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and then became a director at Roca, an organization that disrupts the cycle of poverty and incarceration by helping high-risk young Read More…

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Boncore Running For Re-Election To State Senate, Not For District Attorney

After recent speculation that he would run for Suffolk County District Attorney, Joe Boncore has issued the following statement that he is not running for DA and will seek re-election in the State Senate. Today, State Senator Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop), announced that he would seek re-election to the State Senate and not run for Suffolk County Read More…

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State Senator Joe Boncore Considering Run for District Attorney

It was just two years ago when State Senator Joe Boncore blasted on the local political scene in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Anthony Petruccelli representing the First Suffolk & Middlesex District (Boston’s North End / Waterfront, Beacon Hill, East Boston as well as Revere, Winthrop and parts of Cambridge). Now, Sen. Boncore is seriously considering running for the Read More…

Police & Fire

Single Justice Denies Appeals for Costa and DiBenedetto in 1986 North End Double Murder

News release from the Suffolk District District Attorney’s Office regarding the appeal denial of Louis Costa and Frank DiBenedetto in the 1986 murder of Joseph Bottari and Frank Chiuchiolo: A single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court has denied the twice-convicted murderers of Joseph Bottari and Frank Chiuchiolo an appeal of another judge’s denial of Read More…

Community Police & Fire

New Trial Denied for Louis Costa in 1986 North End Murders

Louis Costa will not receive a third trial in the 1986 double murder case where the bodies of Frank Chiuchiolo and Joseph Bottari were found in the North End’s Slye Park (now known as Copp’s Hill Terrace Park), according to a ruling Thursday by Massachusetts Supreme Court Judicial Court Judge Robert Mulligan. Last year, the the double Read More…

Community Police & Fire

Judge Denies 3rd Trial For Frank DiBenedetto in 1986 Slye Park Double Murder

Massachusetts Supreme Court Judicial Court Judge Robert Mulligan ruled Monday against a third trial for defendant Frank DiBenedetto in a 1986 double murder case where the bodies of Frank Chiuchiolo and Joseph Bottari were found in Slye Park (now known as Copp’s Hill Terrace Park) in the North End along Commercial Street. Earlier this year, Read More…

Food & Drink Police & Fire

Take the Knife, Leave the Cannoli

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office tells the story of an armed robbery early Thursday morning at Bova’s Bakery at the corner of Prince and Salem Streets in the North End, all for the love of a cannoli. Fortunately,  no one was injured. “An Irishman who had just begun his vacation in Boston was arraigned Read More…