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By adamg - 6/22/23 - 12:22 pm

Boston Police report arresting a woman they say entered a work locker room in Copley Place on Huntington Avenue in the Back Bay, broke into a man's locker and stole his licensed, loaded gun around 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/18/23 - 6:47 pm

A dead trolley at Hynes means outbound Green Line service is facing at least 20 minute delays, just as people are relying on the Green Line to get to Kenmore for the Sox/Yankees game. Or as Michelle Greenberg reports:

Stuck on green line trying to get to Fenway. Train lost power all green line shut down

By adamg - 6/16/23 - 3:01 pm

The Charles River Conservancy has announced its canceled tomorrow's City Splash swim event at the Esplanade due to forecast "heavy rain and potential thunderstorms" that would make swimming unsafe.

The group had set Sunday as its rain date, but it's been forced to cancel that as well, because all the rain Saturday could mean unsafe levels of potentially harmful microorganisms via pipes that still drain into the river.

By adamg - 6/15/23 - 10:23 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment plans to open a coffeehouse called Central Perk, as in the place where the Friends used to hang out, on Newbury Street. Maybe the cardboard cutouts of Chandler and Phoebe we assume they'll have could throw down with the cardboard cutouts of Norm and Cliff from Cheers in a battle of sitcom dominance.

By adamg - 6/15/23 - 4:07 pm

The Boston Sun reports Old South Church in Copley Square formally honored the Boston chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour for its "exceptional contributions to our communities and the profound impact of storytelling" during a service this past Sunday.

By adamg - 6/11/23 - 11:19 am
Adrianna Boulin, president of Boston Pride of the People, limbos below the opening ribbon of Pride parade

Frank Solensky watched yesterday as Adrianna Boulin, president of Boston Pride of the People, limbos below the opening ribbon of the Pride parade on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, as US Sen. Ed Markey, Gov. Maura Healey and others watched. Read more.

By adamg - 6/10/23 - 10:34 pm
Bicyclist on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Back Bay

Kaitlin snapped this guy outbound on the turnpike at Clarendon Street this evening.

Earlier:
Pike bike in Allston.

By adamg - 6/5/23 - 3:07 pm

Live Boston reports investigators are trying to figure out how the man fell from the top of One Dalton today.

By adamg - 6/1/23 - 3:05 pm
Fountain at the Christian Science Center

Brooks Payne reports the large fountain was turned back on again today.

By adamg - 5/30/23 - 11:02 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the demise of Georgetown Cupcake - named for the DC neighborhood - on Newbury Street.

By adamg - 5/23/23 - 8:26 am

Transit Police report arresting a convicted sex offender with a golf club at Hynes on the Green Line after he used the club to threaten a couple who declined to give him money around 11:45 p.m. on Monday.

By adamg - 5/17/23 - 3:17 pm

A man who worked as as a manager at PNC Bank's office on Boylston Street in the Back Bay was charged today with one count of bank fraud for the way he allegedly transferred money from a number of dormant accounts to new accounts that he controlled. Read more.

By adamg - 5/17/23 - 1:21 pm

Update: Might have been brush fires in Burlington.

A Back Bay resident tries to sniff out the story: Read more.

By Oliver Blake - 5/16/23 - 10:48 pm

The Boston Cannabis Board today approved closing-hour extensions at marijuana dispensaries in Back Bay, Roxbury, Dorchester and Roslindale. Read more.

By adamg - 5/4/23 - 11:04 am

The Boston Licensing Board this morning approved plans for a 16,500-square-foot Trader Joe's at 500 Boylston St., with enough room for liquor sales, but the chain says it will also keep its current, world's-smallest Trader Joes's, just four blocks away at 889 Boylston St.

"We have no plans to close our existing Back Bay store," chain spokesperson Nakia Rohde said this morning.

By adamg - 5/3/23 - 9:55 pm

A Los Angeles man who took in a Patriots game at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 26, 2021 today sued the MBTA and the Kone escalator company for the injuries he says he suffered when the escalator he was riding up from the train at Back Bay after the game suddenly went into reverse, throwing him to the bottom of the escalator, where he became pinned as other people fell on top of him. Read more.

By adamg - 5/3/23 - 1:25 pm

Update: Approved, with a 9 p.m. closing time.

The Boston Licensing Board could vote tomorrow whether to grant a liquor-store license to Trader Joe's so it can open a larger new store in the Denny Crane building, 500 Boylston St., just four blocks from its current small store. Read more.

By adamg - 5/2/23 - 9:48 pm
Golden stripes on Boston buildings

Adam Smith watched the golden stripes on Boston buildings at sunset today.

By adamg - 5/2/23 - 1:49 pm
Street chess in Jamaica Plain

Some street chess during last year's JP Open Streets.

Mayor Wu today announced an expanded "Open Streets" program in which Newbury Street in the Back Bay will be closed to motor vehicles every Sunday between July 2 and Oct. 15 and five streets in other neighborhoods will be shut to cars and trucks for one-day celebrations. Read more.

By adamg - 5/2/23 - 1:25 pm

A woman told she couldn't bring a bottle of beer with her at closing time at Barney's Grill, 299 Havre St. in East Boston, reacted by hurling the bottle at the bartender, hitting her in the chest, the bartender and police told the Boston Licensing Board today. Read more.

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