Violent fight on MBTA bus leaves one dead on sidewalk outside Roxbury elementary school
By adamg - 11/2/10 - 9:37 am
An argument on a 44 bus on Humboldt Avenue this morning ended in a fatal knife fight, according to the MBTA and the Boston Globe.
The Herald reports police are looking for four people who fled the bus.
The fight erupted around 9 a.m. as the bus neared the Trotter School, 135 Humboldt Ave. A nurse at the school rushed outside and performed CPR on the more seriously injured person, but he died, the Globe reports.
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That's the heart of Roxbury
That's the heart of Roxbury Highlands, across the street from the old Roxbury Memorial high school.
Fixed, thanks
What threw me was the Zip code and the fact that the school itself lists its address as "Dorchester."
Yeah, that area is disputed
Post office says it's Dorchester, city says it's Dorchester, most people say it's Roxbury.
Roxbury yes, Highlands no
Isn't Roxbury Highlands the area around Fort Hill (Highland Park), west of Washington Street and east of Columbus Ave?
No. Roxbury Highlands was the
No. Roxbury Highlands was the gradually elevated land between Warren and Humbolt aves, from Dudley sq. to what is now Franklin Park. When you came across Boston Neck, you could see the land rise to the south in front of you. As opposed to Lower Roxbury, which was the low area adjacent to Boston.
Fort Hill is just that - one hill. It could be included in the Highlands, plural, but it was never 'The Highlands.'
Roxbury Highlands is also the
Roxbury Highlands is also the name of a Historic District that is closer to what Ron Newman describes in terms of bounds.
Does anybody here know how to spell parochial?
The normally well-informed NotWhitey mis-informs his readers:
One could be forgiven for believing that...but, there is at least one more hill in the environs: Linwood Hill. Surmounted by Linwood Square, the eponymous hill is divided from the higher Fort Hill by Cedar Street.
So in your own words, there
So in your own words, there are two hills, and Fort is one of them. As I said.
There are at least two hills that comprise Fort Hill.
Not really, NotWhitey. Fort Hill, the neighborhood, is not just one hill. There are at least two named hills that comprise the neighborhood commonly known as Fort Hill: Linwood Hill and Fort Hill.
Little known fact
Isn't Fort Hill where they actually had the battle of Bunker Hill?
No, that's Breed's Hill.
No, that's Breed's Hill.
"Don't fire
until you see the glare of their sunglasses!"
From Mr. Peabody's Improbable History
I have a goal in life
It's a simple one, but it's a goal nonetheless.
My goal is this: "Try to live life in such a way that your eulogy is more substantial than UH readers arguing over exactly what neighborhood you were in upon kicking the bucket"
And a lofty goal at that!
I do get a kick out of these arguments for which there is no definite answer.
Then make sure that you are
Then make sure that you are in a three way car/bicycle/t collision when you die.