Crime & Safety

Chaos At Boston Common As Gunshots Ring Out: Patch PM

Also: Landmark newstand, open every day for 120+ years, closed; Community struggles to come to grips with quadruple murder; More.

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Boston Common Chaos As Gunshots Ring Out

A male victim has life-threatening injuries and two are in custody, police said.

Groton Quadruple Homicide: Community Mourns

As a 22-year-old jazz drummer sits in custody — charged with murdering his mother, grandparents and a caretaker in Groton Friday — the picturesque New England town of 10,000 is struggling to come to terms with the tragedy.

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Landmark Newsstand, Open Every Day For Over 120 Years, Marks Last Day

A Woburn newsstand which has been open every day since 1894 closed today.

Death Of Weston Lacrosse Recruit At PA College Under Investigation

The death of a Weston man who was a freshman at a Pennsylvania college is under investigation.

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