Story updated to reflect statement from mayor's office that she did not outright ban artificial turf.
Mayor Wu says she hasn't banned the installation of artificial turf for new playing fields in Boston, just that she'd prefer it no longer be installed, which is how the city Parks and Recreation Department is going ahead with plans to stick with synthetic turf when it replaces the current aging artificial grass at Charlestown High School's football and softball fields. Read more.
A judge ordered a former Charlestown High School student now living in Brockton held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on charges related to gunfire that forced the postponement of graduation ceremonies at Charlestown High School in June, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Update: Police release photos of suspects.
Shortly before 4 p.m. on Polk Street near Walford Way. No apparent injuries, but two cars hit. One apartment on Polk Street hit. Discarded magazine found on Polk Street. North Washington Street bridge shut. Read more.
A 13-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested today after Charlestown High School officials and police found two guns at the school. Read more.
A BPS committee this evening rejected a proposal to shut Charlestown High School and use its building for a brand-new "innovation and inclusion" school that would be largely autonomous from BPS and would limit enrollment to students from elementary schools in Charlestown and the North End. Read more
Sunny Pai, director of Diploma Plus at Charlestown High School, this week won the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Award - which means a $100,000 grant to the school. Read more.
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