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The region's only Lithuanian Catholic church, once slated for closure by the archdiocese, escaped another calamity yesterday when a fire caused $100,000 in damages to the beloved South Boston landmark but did not destroy it.

A former Boston Fire Department personnel clerk has pleaded guilty to perjury for her role in allegedly helping a former 39-year veteran Boston firefighter from Billerica and another Boston firefighter commit fraud by attempting to collect on accidental-disability pensions.

Flames tore through a church in South Boston on Saturday morning. A church worker at St Peter's Lithuanian Parish lit some incense that came in contact with several combustible items, according to fire officials.

Boston officials last night approved a controversial project to relocate and rebuild a low-income housing complex in Allston to make room for Harvard University's planned expansion in the area.

And you know what that means: Space-saving regulations go into effect - you can save a space with a traffic cone, lawn chair or old TV for up to 48 hours after the snow stops.

We knew he could dance, but now it's official. Roxbury's Russell Ferguson is the winner of FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance." "I've been dreaming of this since I was born," an emotional Ferguson told host Cat Deeley during last night's live finale.

Around 6:42 p.m. Tuesday, police report they showed up at a Dorchester apartment where a woman allegedly attacked her sister.

MTM Luxury Lodging and Boston's acclaimed Liberty Hotel announce the appointment of Rachel Moniz as general manager of the Beacon Hill hotel.

James Harrel, 40, of Arlington allegedly robbed a Sovereign Bank on Massachusetts Avenue and fled on foot, leaping from rooftop to rooftop on Norfolk Street as local cops and the state police K-9 unit set a perimeter around the neighborhood, according to authorities.

She gave birth to her first Brady baby - a still apparently unnamed boy - and sold her NYC townhouse that was listed for something in the neighborhood of $14 million.

Federal prosecutors have arrested Mayor Thomas Menino's representative in East Boston and charged him with distribution of powerful painkiller OxyContin and marijuana.

Today, Thursday, December 17, 2009, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley draw great satisfaction in announcing the arrest of a suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Guiliardo M. Rodrigues in 2006.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and City officials today marked a major milestone in the continued revitalization of Blue Hill Avenue in breaking ground for Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation's $22.2 million mixed-use development at the former Kasanof Bakery site located half way between Dudley Square and Grove Hall.A Once completed, 48 new units of ...

Boston is hitting the brakes on texting while behind the wheel. The Boston City Council today unanimously approved a measure banning texting while driving.

Police say two 44-year-old Boston women accused of robbing a bank and fleeing in an SUV have been arrested on charges of armed robbery.

A dying pit bull was rescued from a wooded area of Hyde Park in Boston on Tuesday night.

A murder trial is underway in Savannah for a 14-year-old girl who was shot and killed while dining at a Savannah restaurant.

In what police called a rare occurrence, two women allegedly robbed a bank in Brighton this morning but were quickly arrested.

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A juvenile was arrested and charged with assault and battery by means of a knife, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.