Hey, there! Log in / Register

Allston/Brighton convenience stores being held up at alarming rate

By adamg on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:27am

District D-14 reports eight armed holdups of small convenience stores in the neighborhood since Nov. 1 - typically in the early evening.

Please be advised that stores should check their security systems, remove all obstructions from windows and counter tops and make sure that you are taking good security video, also make sure that you have measurement tape near the doorways in a location that can easily assess their height on video. Store owners should also be advised not to take any measures that would put them or their employees in danger.

Dec. 28:
Two Brighton convenience stores held up at gunpoint in 15 minutes.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Fatal shooting in Jackson Square

By adamg on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 8:12am

New England Radio News tweets a fatal shooting shortly before 2 a.m. at a basketball court off Centre Street near the Bromley-Heath project.

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 01:40
Neighborhoods: 
Jamaica Plain
Topics: 
Crime
Free tagging: 
Guns


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

A Dorchester tradition? Chilling gummi worms in the snow

By adamg on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 8:01am

Whalehead King learns the hard way on Tuttle Street in Dorchester that gummi worms taste better when chilled for awhile in a snow pile:

... "Put it down!" the voice repeated and I noticed it came from a window facing me that was cracked open. The curtains were drawn. "I was just looking," I told the window, "Why are these worms in the snow?" The voice said, "I'm chilling them. They're better that way."

I asked, "Don't you have a refrigerator?" and as I did the front door opened. A woman glared at me while holding a broom with the business end held high, in swat position. "Put the candy down and back away, Mister," she said. ...


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Three-alarm fire in Roxbury house

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 7:59pm

102 Harrishof St. had flames coming through the attic when crews arrived around 7:30 p.m.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Hyde Park clothing store held up at gunpoint

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 7:49pm

Hyde Park suspectsHyde Park suspectsBoston Police report that Diaga, 1276 Hyde Park Ave. in Cleary Square, was held up around 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 by three men.

One of the suspects then asked the clerk about a clothing item in the store and when the victim went to get the article of clothing, one of the suspects pointed a gun at the victim and instructed the victim to open the cash register. The victim opened the cash register and was then instructed to lie on the ground. The suspects took an undetermined amount of money from the cash register and fled the store before the victim could dial 911.

Anybody with information can contact E-18 detectives at 617-343-5607 or the anonymous tip line at 800-494-TIPS.

Thu, 12/31/2009 - 16:35
Neighborhoods: 
Hyde Park
Topics: 
Crime
Free tagging: 
Guns
Cleary Square


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

The future of the BPL

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 5:00pm

The Boston Public Library is trying to plan out the next ten years and is holding a series of meetings - and posting to a new blog - to solicit public input.

BPL officials will hold "community conversations" Tues., Jan. 5 at at the Mattapan branch library, Thurs., Jan. 7 at the Hyde Park branch and Mon., Jan. 11 at the South Boston branch on its "BPL Compass" planning. All three sessions start at 6 p.m.

The BPL Compass blog has started looking at some of the issues the city's library system expects to face.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Police: Dorchester mom finds shotgun in son's bedroom; turns him in

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 4:20pm

Boston Police report the arrest of a Callender Street teen on Saturday thanks to a tip from his mother:

Sat, 01/02/2010 - 12:00
Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
Topics: 
Crime


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Galluccio couldn't brush this one off; sent to jail for a year

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 4:03pm

Channel 4 tweets the judge didn't buy the toothpaste defense: Cambridge state Senator Anthony Galluccio was ordered taken away for one year for probation violations - the positive alcohol readings on his home Breathalyzer.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Looks like the Globe will need a new religion writer

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 3:55pm

Because Michael Paulson is now city editor, Adam Reilly reports.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Not-so-major incident involving MBTA bus, UPS truck by Boston English High School

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 2:49pm

UPDATE: File this under: Yeesh. Contrary to what BPD tweeted, MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo reports: "A motor vehicle pushed another motor vehicle into a bus that was parked at a stop. No injuries aboard the bus and very little, if any, damage to the bus."

Boston Police tweet a crash this afternoon between the bus, the truck and a third vehicle on Washington Street has resulted in "multiple injuries" and the shutdown of Washington Street at Rossmore Road.


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Pages