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The fire pit was still smoldering this past Monday. Around it, hundreds of empty beer cans were scattered over the piles of dead leaves. This was the aftermath of a teen drinking party in a secluded section of the West Quincy quarries in the Blue Hills Reservation, police say.

As former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger was led out of a courtroom to begin serving a life sentence for his murderous reign in the 1970s and ’80s, questions remained for the families of some of his victims.

The agency overseeing development at SouthField has tightened its agreements with outside consultants and firms following a scathing state audit that faulted the agency for paying out millions of dollars without proper documentation, according to a follow-up review by Weymouth’s auditor.

A shock from a defibrillator helped save the life a man who collapsed inside a Norwell store Sunday night, Police Chief Ted Ross said.

The school department has officially given up control of the old Central Middle School building on Hancock Street, a month after opening a new school in Wollaston.

Marshfield Harbormaster Mike DiMeo will soon field fewer phone calls from angry boaters on the South River now that a dredging project to remove several feet of sand and 25 wooden pilings from the old Sea Street Bridge nears completion.

A high-speed chase Thursday ended with the arrest of a Middleboro man in connection with a burglary the previous day at a Dunkin’ Donuts shop, police said.

The state’s new online unemployment application system is “more difficult for all claimants,” says an attorney who works for people seeking benefits.

Randolph Patrol Officer Craig Staffier was on North Street when he spotted a vehicle and driver that matched the description of the man who had robbed the Bank of Canton branch at 67 N. Main St., said Randolph police Lt. George McNeil.

The state is committing $73 million to build or preserve affordable housing in Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday.