Author: Gazette Staff

Man charged with May 3 murder

A Roxbury man has been charged with murder in last month’s shooting death in the Alice Taylor Homes housing development, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). Maiqui Hernandez, 35, of Boston was shot to death May 3 at 41…

Editorial: The parklet boondoggle

The up-to-$25,000 cost of the City-funded “parklet,” aka free sidewalk seating for private businesses, is as amazing as the fact that it took a Gazette Freedom of Information Act request to get that number. The parklet program looks like a…

Editorial: The abuses of spying

Recently revealed government spying on peaceful protestors and potentially everyone’s phone records, email and Internet activity are outrageous violations of the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They are shocking examples of fear overcoming wisdom and power overcoming…