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By adamg - 8/23/23 - 11:47 am

The Dorchester Reporter reports on one of the potential effects of the proposal to add bus and bike lanes in the center of the road, says a September meeting has been scheduled to try to figure out a solution.

By adamg - 8/22/23 - 10:37 am
Snack-sized Macy's

A Macy's with no escalators.

Macy's says it will be opening a micro-Macy's at the South Bay mall next month. Read more.

By adamg - 8/21/23 - 8:53 pm
Rendering of proposed 81 Hancock St.

Rendering with lens flare by Vanko Studio.

Ed. note: Story updated to note the current building will not be torn down.

The owner of the building that now houses the Fernandez IV Liquors, a pizza place and a laundromat on Hancock Street at Trull Street in Dorchester has proposed adding three floors of apartments, with the liquor store and the laundromat remaining during construction. Read more.

By adamg - 8/20/23 - 2:07 pm
The hole the woman fell through

BFD photo of collapsed hollow sidewalk.

The Boston Fire Department reports a person fell through a hollow sidewalk outside the Bethlehem Healing Temple Church at 428 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall around 11 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/18/23 - 9:26 am

Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he murdered Moises Ortiz-Santiago, 27, of Dorchester, at Weldon and Quincy streets in Roxbury on July 30. Read more.

By adamg - 8/16/23 - 12:50 pm

Boston Police report eight arrests, dozens of tickets and 19 vehicle seizures and one gun seizure during a weekend series of raids at several locations from Roslindale to Dorchester on Saturday aimed at busting up the large rolling parties of scooters, ATVs and speaker-equipped and booze-filled cars that have become a regular event across the city. Read more.

By adamg - 8/14/23 - 9:08 pm

A federal judge today sentenced Kenji Ingram, 45, of Dorchester, to 27 months in federal prison after he admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Read more.

By adamg - 8/13/23 - 10:37 pm

A roving UHub correspondent reports spotting a man stripped down to his birthday suit at Malibu Beach, the better to soak in all the sun's rays as he lay on the sand completely dishabille and sunny side, um, front side, up.

By adamg - 8/12/23 - 9:21 pm

A possible road-rage gun battle on Talbot Avenue sent people at a basketball game at the courts near the Lee School on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester fleeing in panic around 8:45 p.m. Nobody seemed to get hit, at least. Read more.

By adamg - 8/12/23 - 6:11 pm

Boston Police report a man was stabbed on Bloomfield Street, just off Greenbrier Street in Dorchester, shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/12/23 - 1:41 pm
Anthony Chester

Boston Police report they are looking for the man they say stabbed Earnest Sims to death on Beauford Way in Dorchester on May 30, 2022. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 3:48 pm

State Police report that a pedestrian on Columbia Road near the exit from the Expressway northbound was thrown into the air when a driver slammed into him around 2:20 a.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 11:35 am

Mayor Wu today announced a pilot program to stock the restrooms at BPL branches with dispensers offering free pads and tampons. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 8:56 am

WBUR takes a look at the issue, which may be partly due to infighting over the cost of needed repairs between BCYF, which runs the pools, and BPS, which owns the buildings many of them are in.

By adamg - 8/10/23 - 9:12 pm

Live Boston shows us the mannequin inside the car State Police stopped in the Expressway HOV lane this week in some motorists vain attempt to get to zip down the highway all by himself.

He's not the first to try the trick.

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:50 pm
Rendering of finished Dudley Street building

Rendering with red box showing the extra floor.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a sixth floor for a five-story building now under construction at 734-742 Dudley St. in Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 8/7/23 - 11:15 am
Boston cops doing annual marijuana harvest on Willow Court in Dorchester

In August, 1951, Bryon Campbell, a photographer for the Boston Herald, photographed an unusual annual harvest on Willow Court, a short, narrow street behind what is now the South Bay mall: Read more.

By adamg - 8/5/23 - 2:55 pm

Transit Police report arresting several teens they say responded to a woman's request to settle down on the Red Line Thursday night by pointing gel-pellet guns at her - with one opening fire and shooting her in the mouth. Read more.

By adamg - 8/3/23 - 9:37 am

The Dorchester Reporter reports state environmental officials have ordered the developer of 3.6-acre project at the tip of Dorchester's Port Norfolk, where the Neponset meets Dorchester Bay, to come up with plans to reduce the impact of the proposed residential units and marina.

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