Your Town
The news, events, and people of your neighborhood
North End
St. John School club gives students chance to create own video games
Students at the North End's Saint John School recently completed the inaugural year of the school's new Immersive Education Scratch Club, the school announced.
Marblehead
Marblehead man charged with aggravated child rape
Marblehead police, along with two agents from Homeland Security, arrested a Marblehead man last Thursday afternoon after officials from Homeland Security allegedly found images online of the man performing sexual acts on a girl under the age of 14.
Melrose
Roosevelt Elementary playground meets fundraising goal
Thanks to your hard work and financial contributions, the Roosevelt Elementary School PTO is proud to announce that we have met our fundraising goal for the new playground! This year alone, the Roosevelt community has raised over $25,000 for the playground. This is in addition to the $19,000 that the PTO has contributed from prior year funds.
Downtown
Wheelock to celebrate international conference with cultural festival
Wheelock College will kick off its first international conference and celebrate its 125th anniversary Wednesday with a free professional development and a cultural festival for the Boston community.
Milton
Fight in Milton preceded by road rage and racial slur, police say
An afternoon road rage incident and a racial slur in Milton escalated into a fight and resulted in two arrests on Monday, June 10, police said.
Scituate
Scituate parishioners taking dispute to highest Vatican court
A nine-year fight to save a Scituate church may finally be reaching an end, as local parishioners prepare to file one final appeal to the highest Vatican court.
Allston Brighton
Chinese restaurant Shanghai Social Club to open in Allston this summer
A new Chinese restaurant, the Shanghai Social Club, plans to open in July at 1277 Commonwealth Ave. in Allston.
Snapshot
Community budget per person, 2012
Take the town budget and divide by the number of residents, and you get this chart. See where your town ranks. Summer communities -- with high warm weather populations but low permanent populations -- dominate the list. Wealthy communities, such as Weston, Lexington, and Cohasset are also ranked high.