The group, whose ages range from 11 to 16, has returned from the 2010 USA and World Hip Hop Dance Championships held last month in Las Vegas. Of the nine medals awarded in their categories, the teams took four overall. Beantown represent!!

Teenage girls from the inner-city hold forth on matters as small as ankle boots and as serious as domestic violence on GRLZradio.org. The program is streamed live every weekday.

For some teens, back-to-school shopping is a weekend trip to the local mall. For others, it’s a summer long process tailored by careful imitation of celebrity trends.

Trust is being built three ounces of frozen goodness at a time with Operation Hoodsie Cup. Boston Police will be handing out free Hoodsie® Cups in Boston neighborhoods, forging a bond with the city’s youth.

Boston is among the most recognized crime rates nation wide. By no means is this a statistic that 617Live is proud of. With that said, here are some dumb criminals that we just had to put on blast!! lol.

Students just shy of the proper credits to graduate have a second opportunity with a special online summer program.

The hood is still wildin out…..A 27-year-old man is due in court on charges he shot another man in the neck in Dorchester.

The MBTA is taking the next step in transforming the Fairmount commuter rail line, moving forward to construct a new station just north of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge and adjacent to the South Bay Shopping Center.

Days after five men between 17 and 22 years old were shot at about 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon of Aug. 15 near 3151 Washington St., in an apparent gang-related attack, & three days earlier, two men and a woman were shot near 3137 Washington St., the city’s police commissioner Ed Davis posted the following letter to the residents of Jamaica Plain outlining the efforts to rid the area of gang and drug violence.

Boston Fashion Week 2010 is right around the corner and 617Live is here to keep you in the loop of all the happenings surrounding this exciting week for the City of Boston. Beginning September 24 through October 1, there will be nothing but runway shows, special events and parties all around the city. There are currently over 40 events surrounding BFW scheduled with many more to come.

All aspiring designers, models, retailers and producers interested in being part of this exciting week of Fashion please visit www.bostonfashionweek.com