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By adamg - 1/30/24 - 12:38 pm
Proposed three-unit condo building

Rendering of proposed new triplex on Savin Hill Avenue by Nicholas Landry, DRT.

Three residents of Savin Hill Avenue near Playstead Road in Dorchester yesterday sued the Zoning Board of Appeal and the owners of what is now a single family home at 164 Savin Hill Ave. over plans to enlarge it into three condos. Read more.

By adamg - 1/29/24 - 9:30 am

The American Prospect reports, in hindsight, it should have been easy to figure out how Steward Health Care would begin circling the drain more than a decade ago. Key point:

For ten years, the hospital chain, which originated as an agglomeration of nun-operated Boston-area neighborhood hospitals known as Caritas Christi, was owned by the private equity firm Cerberus, which extracted more than $800 million in excess of its investment out of the hospitals, then left during the pandemic.

By adamg - 1/28/24 - 3:36 pm

The Boston Housing Authority and National Grid announced Friday they will replace the current gas-fueled boiler system in seven Franklin Field buildings with a new system that uses heat pumps connected to pipes drilled deep into the ground. Read more .

By adamg - 1/26/24 - 4:35 pm

An outbound Red Line train thought it could, but it couldn't, so it died nearJFK/UMass, causing delays that reached 15 minutes shortly after noon but which were cleared shortly before 12:30, the MBTA reports.

By adamg - 1/25/24 - 2:55 pm
Chowdhury

A Dorchester man who bargained down some hitmen from $10,000 to just $4,000 apiece to kill his his wife and her boyfriend, only to learn the killers were really undercover FBI agents, pleaded guilty today to two counts of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, which the US Attorney's office reports could get him 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 23. Read more.

By adamg - 1/25/24 - 12:31 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports on a growing effort to convert the "tunnel cap" that covers the Red Line between Fields Corner and Ashmont into a something more parklike, a greenway for pedestrians and bicyclists. Small sections are already in use for parks, but other sections are fenced off.

By adamg - 1/24/24 - 2:52 pm

City Councilors decided today to begin focusing on what to do if Steward Health Care, which runs St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton and Carney Hospital in Dorchester, goes under - and to deal with the more immediate issue of Walgreens closing yet another pharmacy in Roxbury and CVS in the Fields Corner Target. Read more.

By adamg - 1/24/24 - 2:03 pm

Transit Police report arresting a man they say "while armed with a knife, threatened to stab a fellow passenger without provocation," on an inbound Ashmont train about 7:45 a.m. Police say the man was arrested at JFK/UMass on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.

By adamg - 1/22/24 - 12:55 pm
Look at all that salt

Salt, salt everywhere.

A gagging citizen files a 311 complaint about the amount of salt Boston Public Works has put down over the past week: Read more.

By adamg - 1/16/24 - 3:12 pm

Update: MBTA reports problem fixed, service to resume.

It's bustitution for Ashmont Line riders because of something wrong with a third rail at JFK/UMass the MBTA reports.

By adamg - 1/14/24 - 2:07 pm
Man in canoe with handheld sail to catch the winds off Dorchester Bay

One of these days, years, decades, the state promises to do something about Morrissey Boulevard so it doesn't flood when it rains or somebody spills their iced Dunk's. In the meantime, Savin Hill Sailor shows us yesterday's Second Semi-Annual Morrissey Boulevard Challenge, which involved getting across and along Morrissey Boulevard when cars couldn't. Don't worry: The canoe was equipped with a paddle for when the winds die down or the sailor's arms get tired. Video.

By adamg - 1/13/24 - 5:33 pm
Rainbow over Uphams Corner

After the overnight torrents, we got another mini-torrent this afternoon, followed by a rainbow that water-weary Bostonians rushed out to see. Danny in Boston shows us the double rainbow over Uphams Corner in Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 1/13/24 - 1:11 pm
Flooding outside the New England Aquarium

This morning, Lisa Green walked from the North End to Rowes Wharf, where Boston Harbor was a lot closer than it usually is, like at the Aquarium, where the harbor consumed the harborwalk.

Kevin Whitely forwarded a friend's video of flooding on Commercial Wharf in the North End: Read more.

By adamg - 1/12/24 - 11:38 am

Epiphany School, located right next to the MBTA's Shawmut Red Line stop, today sued the BPDA for its decision to approve a four-story, affordable apartment building next door. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/24 - 11:14 am

Update: Some 70 people convicted in Suffolk County could have their sentences changed to add the possibility of parole based on the rulings, the Suffolk County DA's office reports.

The Supreme Judicial Court today extended a ban on automatic parole-less life sentences for teens convicted of first-degree murder to people as old as 20. Read more.

By adamg - 1/10/24 - 9:55 am
Rendering of proposed new three-family house on Savin Hill Avenue

Rendering by Nicholas Landry, DRT.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by Pauline and Tony King of 164 Savin Hill Ave. in Dorchester to enlarge their single-family home into a three-condo building. Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 1:38 pm
Rendering of proposed Greenhills Bakery and condos

Rendering by Choo & Company.

The owners of the Greenhills Bakery, 780 Adams St. in Dorchester, today won approval to raze their current store to replace it with a larger bakery topped with three additional floors with nine condos. Read more.

By adamg - 1/8/24 - 11:36 pm

“Don’t Take Me Off The Rocket, Please!” - Ayo Edebiri On The Success Of Her Show, “The Bear”

GBH interviews a couple of Ayo Edebiri's teachers at Boston Latin School on her award for her role in "The Bear."

By adamg - 1/8/24 - 10:34 am

The state Attorney General's office last week sued the BHA over its treatment of a family with two girls with asthma and developmental issues, charging the authority ignored repeated complaints for three years about the unsanitary conditions in their Franklin Field apartment that were so bad the girls had to seek emergency care at a local hospital two to three times a month. Read more.

By adamg - 1/6/24 - 4:42 pm

A South Boston man already charged in two firearm cases was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing next week following his arrest on a variety of gun charges at Centre and Redwood streets in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

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