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In 2015 homicide rates in Boston reached a 15-year low, with a total of 40 killings, according to the Boston Globe. Last year, while the number of non-fatal shootings dropped, homicide rates in the state capital increased by 15 percent, to 46… Continue Reading →
Inside this Westland Avenue storefront and past its glass display case – filled with freshly-made poptarts and mini cheesecakes -the team at Oakleaf Cakes Bake Shop mixes, pipes and sprinkles this week’s custom cake orders. These cakes, along with the shop’s… Continue Reading →
Disappearances, gruesome attacks and murders- such were the toils that came to haunt Bostonians throughout the early 1870’s. The deeds, whose victims were young children, were perpetuated by an attacker just as alarming as his violence: 14-year-old Jesse Pomeroy. Roseanne… Continue Reading →
Digital media is rapidly changing in new and exciting ways. However, it has become much harder to focus on and cater to public interests. As journalists, we must call everything into question about our audience, from gender, to race, to… Continue Reading →
