A woman has been arrested after allegedly hitting another woman with her car at the South Bay shopping center in Dorchester. The incident happened Wednesday night. Officers responded just after 11 p.m. to find the victim in the backseat of another vehicle, suffering from cuts and scrapes. Blood was coming out of her mouth, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s...

Boston police seized 20 mopeds Thursday during an operation they said was aimed at enforcing traffic laws for off-road vehicles. Officers patrolled the South End and Back Bay neighborhoods in search of unlicensed operators with unregistered and uninsured mopeds and motorcycles. Authorities say they focused their efforts on the 500 block of Boylston Street, Huntington Avenue, Gainsborough Street and the…

Firefighters were working to save a cat from the roof of a burning house while at the same time putting out the flames in the South Bay on Wednesday.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A location of a chain of burger spots with local roots appears to have closed. According to a source, Wahlburgers at South Bay in Dorchester is no longer in business, with the website for the chain seeming to confirm that it is gone as it has been removed from the locations section…

A new taco shop has opened up in the South Bay bringing some Tijuana-style tacos to the mix.

An inmate at the Suffolk County House of Correction died after a fight with his cellmate early Wednesday morning. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday that it was investigating the death. A day later, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department identified the man who was killed as 45-year-old Carl Taylor. The fight happened around 3 a.m. Wednesday, the...

Just weeks before her wedding, a bride in the South Bay was compelled to call it off. Hoping to turn something bad into something good, the bride decided to donate the entire event to a local nonprofit so they could have a party.

The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday for a 54-year-old man who had been swept to sea the day south of Half Moon Bay the day before, and also reported that a 5-year-old girl previously rescued had died. 

For one San Jose mom, creating an elaborate Halloween display is about more than celebrating the season: it’s also a labor of love for her son. 

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] Last summer it was reported that a chain of NYC-based halal restaurants would be expanding to a third location in the Boston area, and now we have learned that it is on the verge of opening. According to a press release, The Halal Guys is having its grand opening on Friday, September…