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A 19-year-old man was found fatally stabbed just after midnight yesterday in Roxbury, police said. Officers found the man shortly on the sidewalk at 16 Horadan Way. He was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he died from his injuries. The victim’s name has not been released. The slaying was the city’s 34th homicide of the year. At this time last year, 39 homicides had been recorded.

More than 75 volunteers gathered in Roxbury yesterday to spruce up the Tobin School. The work was a joint effort by the New England Steering Committee for Organizing for America and Women for Change. Participants donned work gloves and braved the heat to paint and landscape, making the area more inviting to students who return Sept. 10. Rob Barber, chairman of the New England Steering Committee, a fund-raising arm for Organizing for America and the Democratic National Committee, said volunteers donated plants, supplies, and rented a backhoe. “We did this as a demonstration and a reflection of our wish to add something to the community,’’ he said.

Officials will honor the firefighter killed when the ladder truck he was in crashed into a high-rise apartment building. Lieutenant Kevin Kelley of Quincy, a 30-year department veteran, died in the Jan. 9 crash. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser, and Kelley’s relatives will be among those dedicating a memorial plaque honoring Kelley today. Kelley’s truck was returning from a medical call when it skidded down a hill and struck the building. (AP)

An unattended candle caused a three-alarm blaze that left 15 people homeless and caused $400,000 worth of damage to two buildings on Saratoga Street in East Boston last night. The fire started at 346 Saratoga St. around 5 p.m., according to Steve McDonald, a Boston Fire Department spokesman. The flames quickly spread across an alley to 344 Saratoga St., he said. A resident was taken to the hospital with burn wounds, and a firefighter was treated for a cut to his hand.

An off-duty Norfolk County corrections officer was jogging in his hometown of Weymouth yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a United States Postal Service vehicle, police said. James Zupkofska, was on Summer Street when he was hit about 6:20. He died at South Shore Hospital, said Weymouth police Lieutenant Richard C. Grimes. Zupkofska had been at the Norfolk County Correctional Center for five years. “He had the respect of the entire staff,’’ Sheriff Michael G. Bellotti said in a statement last night. “He was a stellar officer.’’ The unidentified driver was not seriously injured. Police are investigating.

It is rusty, it is unused, and it is in the way. But according to two Wellfleet fishermen, the biggest problem with the fishing vessel Ginny Lu is that it is just too big. David Ziemba and Brent Valli have sued to force the town to evict the vessel from Wellfleet Marina. They say it exceeds the marina’s 65-foot length limit. But harbormaster Michael Flanagan says the boat is 64 feet long and the suit has no merit. (AP)

Police officials in Maine said they will more likely issue warnings, rather than tickets, for the first few months after a law takes effect to crack down on distracted driving. Sept. 12 is the effective date for a law passed earlier this year that attempts to target drivers distracted by cellphones, GPS navigators, or other electronic devices. (AP)