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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.

By adamg - 8/1/23 - 2:23 pm
Sign on the door of the closed Codman Square post office: Be back at 3:30 p.m.

Last week, the Postal Service said the Codman Square post office was shut because the front door broke and it took awhile to get it fixed. But today, a Codman Square regular reported that even with a new door, people in the area are still having trouble getting in: Read more.

By adamg - 7/31/23 - 1:21 pm

Boston Police report arresting Cristofanes Mendes, the man who was wanted for carjacking and kidnapping for a July 14 incident in which he allegedly took off in a couple's pickup in Dorchester after they got out to check on their 2-year-old son in the back seat, then briefly returned to drop off toddler before speeding off again. Read more.

By adamg - 7/30/23 - 2:18 pm
Truck stuck under the Freeport Street Red Line bridge

Another Gay Boston Realtor, who spotted a storrowing at the Red Line bridge over Freeport Street earlier this month, got stuck in traffic again this afternoon when the driver of a beefy 18-wheeler tried his luck - and lost.

By adamg - 7/28/23 - 8:40 am

Somebody fired as many as 11 rounds shortly after 11 p.m. on Thursday on Kingsdale Street near Wales Street in Dorchester. No injuries, but three cars were hit.

Via Stanley Staco.

By adamg - 7/27/23 - 11:51 am
Electronic sign altered from No Parking After Dusk to No F--king After Dusk

"Noted," Jonathan Mardukas says about the slightly altered electronic signboard he spotted at the playground parking lot at McConnnell Park, overlooking beautiful Dorchester Bay.

By adamg - 7/27/23 - 11:04 am
Angry note on door of Codman Square post office demanding to know why it's shut again

The Codman Square post office (02124) was closed yesterday and, as Welcome to Dot shows us, it's closed again today and people who just want to pick up their mail or send a letter are getting annoyed.

A Postal Service spokesperson says: Read more.

By adamg - 7/25/23 - 4:35 pm
Third rail on fire in the rain

From video by Timothy Dunn.

The MBTA shut power on the Red Line in both directions at JFK/UMass after a third rail caught fire just before the station around 4:20 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 7/25/23 - 3:48 pm

As the torrential rains pour down, Columbia Road has flooded at Hamilton (where the train tracks cross) and in the area of Devon Street.

The flooding there sent motorists down Quincy Street, where they promptly had to stop near Ceylon Street, because of flooding under the train tracks there. One motorist climbed out of his car and was standing on the roof of his car due to floodwaters that came about halfway up his car.

By adamg - 7/25/23 - 3:08 pm
Cristofanes Mendes

Photos via BPD.

Update: Suspect arrested.

Boston Police report they are looking for Cristofanes Mendes, 33, on charges of kidnapping and auto theft for an incident in which he got into a couple's vehicle at Geneva Avenue and Leroy Street in Dorchester, drove off, then returned to drop off their 2-year-old son before speeding off again. Read more.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 5:14 pm

Boston Police report a man was found stabbed at 6 Hartford St., in Dorchester around 12:05 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Read more.

By adamg - 7/24/23 - 11:49 am

A man faces a dangerousness hearing tomorrow on charges he reacted to a woman failing to say "good morning" to him by punching her seven times in the face and then trying to run her over with one of his Mercedes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports - adding he was nabbed in part due to data from the GPS tracker he was wearing while on bail for an earlier assault. Read more.

By adamg - 7/21/23 - 10:53 am
Truck peeled back in Dorchester

Another Gay Boston Realtor came upon a prime example of storrowing at the Red Line bridge over Freeport Street in Boston, around 10:25 this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 7/19/23 - 12:23 pm

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let D'Buly Chimis, 1151 Blue Hill Ave., near Morton Street, extend its closing hour from the current 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/23 - 12:08 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old they say was packing "a Taurus Spectrum 380 with six rounds in the magazine" Sunday evening. Read more.

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