Announcements Community Government

Suffolk County Courts to Offer ePay for Online Payment of Criminal Fees

Suffolk County court users who owe criminal case fees can now skip the trip to their local courthouse and pay online with ePay, the Massachusetts Trial Court’s new web-based payment system. Over 200,000 payments made in person at Commonwealth courthouses each year will now be able to be made online with ePay. ePay will be Read More…

Announcements Event Notices Government

Suffolk County District Attorney Candidates Forum May 3

A community conversation with Suffolk County District Attorney candidates will be held on Thursday, May 3, at Suffolk Law School at 6:30 p.m. The talk is hosted by Boston Wards 3, 4, and 5 Democratic Committees, Suffolk Law School, Boston NAACP, MassVOTE, and the Mass Dems Latino Caucus. The North End / Waterfront neighborhood makes up Read More…

Featured Government

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…

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…

Government

LaMattina Versus Campatelli in Boston.com Profile of Race for Suffolk County Register of Probate

The race for Suffolk County Register of Probate is profiled by Boston.com’s Jeremy C. Fox with interviews from both candidates, current District 1 City Councilor, Sal LaMattina, and current Program Supervisor for the Office of Community Corrections, Patricia Campatelli. LaMattina and Campatelli are both Democrats hailing from East Boston. “I managed a department with 99 Read More…