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Mayor Martin Walsh launches the Office of Returning Citizens to support individuals returning to Boston after incarceration. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh launches new office to aid former inmates

Kaylie Felsberg October 30, 2017

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced the launch of the Office of Returning Citizens Friday, a bureau that will support citizens returning to Boston from all types of detention centers. This office...

A man is shot and seriously injured on the Boston Common Tuesday night, which is indicative of Boston’s increasing gun violence. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Gun violence in Boston is up 25 percent from last year

Till Kaeslin September 15, 2017

  The usually scenic and peaceful grounds of the Boston Common were transformed into a crime scene Tuesday evening, with lines of caution tape marking a shooting that left a 19-year-old Hyde...

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