For some people, the New Year begins with a ball drop or a champagne toast. For others, a dunk into the chilly waters of Dorchester Bay is a better fit. You can count a bunch of your Savin Hill neighbors among the latter group. Mark Culliton and his two sons, Oliver and Julius, were among a group of about 25 brave souls who jumped into the bay on Monday afternoon at Savin Hill
The 15-member task force, which met for the first time Tuesday, will focus specifically on the people pulling the trigger and the handful of small locations where an outsized amount of street violence happens, officials said.