West Springfield Street

Prospective AARP members charged with running a crack and fentanyl ring

By adamg - 4/21/24 - 3:13 pm

Boston Police report arresting five men - aged between 41 and 62 - on drug-distribution charges and seizing more than 2 1/2 pounds of crack and fentanyl in raids on three addresses near Boston Medical Center and Mass and Cass. Read more.

Historic South End church could be turned into residential units

By adamg - 5/13/21 - 5:17 pm

The Boston Sun reports on plans to turn the former Ebenezer Baptist Church, 157 West Springfield St. in the South End, into nine residential units with eight parking spaces.

The church was founded by former slaves in 1871 and was the site of civil-rights rallies in the 1950s.

South End woman faces charges for the gun, drugs police say she kept at home

By adamg - 12/6/18 - 11:09 am

Boston Police report arresting Marybeth Bilodeau, 39, of 168 West Springfield St., near Tremont, after finding "a loaded .40 caliber Ruger SR40C handgun, 50 bags of crack cocaine weighing 44 grams and 11 bags of marijuana weighing approximately one pound," in her residence there. Read more.

Police officer shot in the leg in the South End

By adamg - 9/23/18 - 2:15 pm

Police officers, including SWAT members, and EMTs converged on the scene.

Shortly before 2 p.m. on West Springfield Street between Shawmut Avenue and Washington Street. Read more.

Shots fired in the South End

By adamg - 12/6/15 - 3:35 pm

On West Springfield Street near Shawmut Avenue, out of a white or silver sedan, around 3:15 p.m.