Grace Zokovitch
Grace Zokovitch is a general assignment reporter. Email her at gzokovitch@bostonherald.com.
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Brockton man accused of shooting Boston police officer held without bail
Brockton man John Lazare, 23, was held without bail on charges that he shot and injured a Boston police officer who was responding to a report of a robbery on...
Charlestown trumpets Bunker Hill Day with annual parade
Bostonians showed out for a beautiful, warm Bunker Hill Day Parade early Sunday afternoon, remembering the historic day with rounds of marching bands, costumed paraders and community support.
Day one of alleged 2018 killer of Weymouth cop and bystander trial weighs defendant’s sanity
The case of Emanuel Lopes, the young man accused of the shocking killing of police officer Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Weymouth resident Vera Adams in the early hours of July...
New study questions renewable policies’ impact on energy costs
"The annual cost of Massachusetts renewable energy policies has quadrupled in 10 years from $250 million in 2011 to $1 billion in 2020," the report states, noting the cumulative cost...
Cops use drinking glass DNA to nab lawyer in alleged string of rapes and assaults
A New Jersey lawyer charged in an alleged series of cold case rapes and assaults that occurred in Boston in 2007 and 2008, was caught after police trailing him were...
Dorchester Parade returns for chilly but enthusiastic 117th annual celebration
The annual celebration of Boston's largest and most diverse neighborhood was back Sunday afternoon -- marching raucous floats, booming beats, dancing and kicking kids, colorful dragons and clowns and a...
Peregrine falcon chicks ‘banded’ at Huntington Ave skyscraper
"We have three times as many nesting peregrines today as we ever did in the past," said MassWildlife ornithologist Andrew Vitz holding a chick. "It really is quite an excellent...
Police respond after BB gun found at the King School in Dorchester
Boston Police are at the the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Grove Hall, Dorchester, following a call reporting a person with a gun.
Officials urge students to get involved in open BPS summer programming, summer jobs
With a "historic" increase to 17,000 BPS summer programming seats and 7,000 youth summer jobs this year, the programs are still looking to fill spots, the mayor and BPS superintendent...
3-alarm fire displaces 78 residents in Brighton
A fire at 1980 Commonwealth Ave spread through two stories of a 52-unit apartment building, Boston Fire officials reported, injuring one firefighter but no civilians.