— A community party designed to keep teens off the streets turned bloody Saturday night when 19-year-old Aaron Brown was shot to death. His body was found inside the YMCA, and officials believe that he was shot just before the last dance. Police do not believe that the killing was random. The...

Today is the last day for cities and towns to opt for higher meal taxes. About 7% of cities and towns have already approved the increase including Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline. [ WHDH ] Connecticut man tries to sell his parents on Craigslist. [ WVIT-TV ] Meat is no longer served at Julia Child’s...

Elliot Haney got a great night shot of Huntington Ave. as seen from Mass. Ave. The vanishing point and light streaks are excellent and give a good flow to the picture. The processing is also inviting and not overdone. It appears that Elliot has just recently moved to Boston so hopefully we’ll...

Copyright 2009, The Associated Press The pitchers wing of the geriatric baseball hospital must have been unusually ebullient when the Sox shut out the Blue Jays, 7-0, yesterday afternoon. Paul Byrd, Billy Wagner, and Takashi Saito, ages 38, 38, and 39, respectively, gave a new meaning to the phrase...

NBC reported on Sunday that Tedy Bruschi intends to retire on Monday after 13 seasons with the New England Patriots. Bruschi played more regular season games than any linebacker in team history while playing on three Super Bowl winning teams. The team scheduled an “important player announcement”...

Image by 16WadeSt from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Saturday was a day filled with sadness, humor and hope for the Kennedy family. All three were embodied in the funeral Mass by the address given by Teddy Kennedy Jr., who, while normally outside of the public glare that accompanies...

Between Tropical Storm Danny and the rash of street closures for Ted Kennedy’s funeral, many of them clustered around the student-heavy neighborhood of Mission Hill, this final weekend in August might be the worst move-in weekend in recent memory. Do you have a move-in horror story? Or some funny...

AP Photo/Nick Wass . Two of Boston’s best pro athletes were on display on Friday with mixed results. Preseason 2009 for the New England Patriots can be summed up in two words: Tom Brady. Is he ready to play after missing the entire 2008 season? Is he risking injury by playing too much in games...

Image by Chris Devers from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Tens of thousands of people gathered on Friday to mourn Senator Edward Kennedy. [ MyFoxBoston.com ] Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and Rev. J. Donald Monan, formerly the president of Boston College will preside at...

skazama took today’s Film Friday shot with a Nikon N6006 on a flight from Reykjavik to Boston. The bold colors make some interesting geometric shapes and the world certainly looks different from 35,000 feet. The rest is here: Photo of the Day, August 28, 2009: FL 631