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It was a dismal weekend of violence in Boston that ended with two dead, including a pregnant teenager.

-- 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 dance was a part of a weekly series of events designed as a safe alternative to late night Boston streets. The Dorchester Y will not host any further events pending an investigation and possible policy recommendations. [Globe, Herald]

-- Boston cops found a man who had been stabbed multiple times lying on the ground near the intersection of Commonwealth and Harvard Ave. in Brighton. He has been hospitalized with life threatening injuries, and no suspects have been caught. [BPDNews]

• With the 40th Anniversary of the first moonwalk looming on Monday, Museum of Science has an updated exhibit on display. Maybe that can explain how NASA taped over that footage? [Boston Globe]

• The 35-year old father hit by a car on Wednesday in Brighton died last night at Mass. General. [Boston Herald]

-- Police found a 37-year-old man stabbed to death in a South End room Wednesday night after responding to a call from a woman who had found his body. No arrests have been made, and police have not speculated about the motive of the killing. [BPDNews]

Bostonist reader Monica Wing writes to tell us about her art car (pictured), which was apparently stolen in Brighton between June 16 and 18. We'll let her take it from here:

-- William O’Brien, a Framingham accountant, was arrested on charges that he bilked Harvard's Hillel chapter of $780,000. O'Brien worked for the Jewish campus group from 2003 until 2008. [Herald]

-- The man who was muscled to the ground by a Brockton shop owner during an attempted robbery has been captured, according to authorities. The suspect David Stanton, a 33-year-old Bridgewater man, allegedly robbed the store of $200 while leaving behind his shoe and shotgun. [Globe]

-- Boston and state police arrested Joseph D'Amelio, a uniformed MIT police officer, on charges that he and an accomplice were trafficking pain pills. Authorities say that D'Amelio was captured with 340 pills of OxyContin and even more Roxycodone. [Suffolk County D.A.]

-- Matthew J. Werner, a 22-year-old Brockton man, faces charges that he throttled the 11-month-old daughter of his girlfriend after flying into a drunken rage over the child's crying. [Herald]

-- Jashawn Robinson, 22, of Brighton, was acquitted today in the murder of Brookline cab driver Heureur Previlon, who was stabbed to death in 2005. Another man, Cleveland "Sleazy" Martin, had been found guilty in the killing last December. [Universal Hub]

-- A Cambridge man was charged yesterday in a double stabbing in a La Quinta Inn that left one dead and one seriously injured. Joseph Palmisano, 20, was arrested on homicide and assault charges after he allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Romeo Murray to death and left another man injured. [Herald]

-- Victor Rosario, a 21-year-old East Boston man, pleaded guilty to manslaughter today when he admitted that he beat a man to death with a baseball bat in 2007. [Suffolk County DA's Office]

-- An 18-year-old man was shot dead early this morning in front of a residence near Healy Playground in Roslindale. A second victim, a 25-year-old, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews]

-- Boston cops responding this morning to reports of trespassing teens at English High School in Jamaica Plain nabbed one trespasser, a 17-year-old from Dorchester, with a gun in his napsack, according to authorities. Four others were arrested on lesser charges. [BPDNews]

-- Rodolfo Bonilla, who stands accused of a twisted scheme to defraud a 91-year-old man, was ordered held on a $100,000 cash bail today, according to the Suffolk County DA. The 48-year-old Jamaica Plain man and Tammy Lewis, his 39-year-old girlfriend, allegedly forged a document that gave the victim's power of attorney to Lewis, which they used to cash checks from the victim's accounts.

Run by transplants from Cork, Ireland, this is the closest Boston has to the chip shops that are so easy to find across the pond. The menu is pretty basic - fries and battered things like fish and sausages. You can order a la carte or put together a supper with a main, fries, and a choice of peas, coleslaw, curry, or gravy. The fish (pollack) supper, shown above, is gigantic for only $8.95 - you really need to be starving to be able to put all this food away. The fish is flaky and steaming inside the crisp crust, and the hand cut chips are superbly crunchy on the outside and smooth on the inside. They're best enjoyed piping hot, though, as they lose some of their integrity as they cool. The Battery also offers Irish drinks, like Club Orange and Club Lemon, Lilt, Lucozade, and Ribena, if you want a truly authentic meal.

-- Norton Cartright, the 21-year-old Chelsea man who assaulted his mother with a claw hammer and left her to die in a closet, was sentenced to life without parole by a Suffolk Superior Court Judge today, according to the Suffolk DA's office. During sentencing, prosecutors read aloud a letter from Cartright's 10-year-old brother that read, in part, “I think he should stay in jail for the rest of his life because if he got out in 15 to 20 years he would be 30 or 40 something and he could get away with a lot, like he could kill everyone."

-- Wellesley might be the hottest new place to encounter a prostitute, but Brighton's brothels continue to service customers who take the Green Line or the 57 bus. Boston police are tackling online sex rings as a part of "Operation Rubout," an effort to wipe out prostitution in Allston and Brighton that began in 2005. The newest thing in the neighborhood? The emerging market in transexual encounters. There are some things you still can't get in the suburbs. [Herald]

-- A woman was attacked in the North End early yesterday morning. While walking down Richmond Street, the victim was attacked from behind and assaulted sexually before she broke free and fled, police say. The alleged perpetrator is described as a 5'10" white male in his 20s with dirty blond hair. Police believe that this attack might be a part of a series of sexual assaults stretching back to July, 2007. [BPDNews; Globe]

-- Luis Marquez, a 26-year-old blind man from Brighton, pleaded not guilty today in the stabbing murder of a woman who was found dead in his apartment yesterday. The victim was 56 years old, and authorities have not revealed her identity or her relationship to Marquez. She was stabbed multiple times on her torso and head. Police say that Marquez, who reportedly suffers from psychological problems, admitted to the murder at the time of his arrest. [Globe]

-- Boston police are looking for a man rumored to be in the South End or Downtown who is wanted in connection with an alleged murder by arson by police in Trenton, NJ. Tormu Pralle (pictured), also known as Denzel Willington is considered dangerous. [BPDNews]

--Two firefighters were stabbed last night at the Club Caravan in Revere. They were off duty at the time. [WBZ]

--State Senator James Marzilli, of Arlington, has been accused of assaulting a woman over the weekend. [WBZ]

The sign was taken down yesterday, the Allston-Brighton TAB reports. The company had planned to take it down because it had become so old, but it's still a little sad.

--A 25-year-old man was shot to death while sitting in his car early this morning in Allston. An image of the shot-out window and info on WBZ indicates that whoever killed him walked to the rear passenger window and fired. [WBZ]

--Massachusetts earned a C in state government from the Pew Center. Given the state of the Big Dig, is it any wonder? [Boston Herald]

--Five men were arrested for the stabbing death of Terrence Jacobs, 16, last May. Everyone arrested is from Dorchester, except one man from Brockton. [Boston Globe]

Say hello to new columnist Ol' Scratch, who is posting on all things retro in Boston. Here's how he describes "Retroville" to us: "Amongst Boston's many underground scenes and small, quirky social groups, a segment who are passionate about the 'classic' lifestyle has arisen. Whether it's the greasers who love rockabilly, the classy cabaret kids, the swing dancers, or the bodacious burlesquers, they've all got one thing in common: They all live in Retroville." With that ...

--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist]