Peter Howe at NECN reports the T is getting tired of the expense of maintaining heirloom trolleys from the 1940s when it has billions of dollars worth of unmet needs and so replacing the trolleys with electric buses is "on the table."
UPDATE: Boston Police report the more seriously injured victim died.
Around 8:45 a.m. outside 23 Wilmore St., between Blue Hill Avenue and Norfolk Street. Because of the severity of at least one victim's injuries, the homicide unit was summoned. Possibly six rounds fired. Both victims are in their late teens.
Around 8:30 p.m. on Rosewood Street, near Cummins Highway, according to Boston EMS Incidents and Stanley Staco.
Architect's rendering.
Two non-profit groups have filed plans with the BRA to replace the old Cote Ford dealership at Cummins Highway and Regis Road with a 76 apartments - 52 in an apartment building and 24 in three townhouse buildings.
The Planning Office for Urban Affairs and Caribbean Integration Community Development say the proposed Cote Village, next to the planned Cummins Highway stop on the Fairmount Line, would remove a neighborhood blight and provide much needed affordable housing in a transit-oriented development. Read more.
Dervin Hibbert, 54, faces up to 15 years in prison following his conviction today on charges he drunkenly drove a minivan backwards down Cummins Highway on Nov. 23, 2013, hitting and dragging Walter Harris to his death, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The jury found Hibbert guilty of motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence; it deadlocked on convicting him of the more serious charge of motor-vehicle homicide. Read more.
Firefighters made the discovery when they responded to a report of a car on fire in a rear parking lot at 229 River St. around 11:30 a.m. Boston Police homicide detectives and Boston Fire arson investigators were summoned to the scene.
Boston Police report officers drew their guns yesterday before arresting Matthew Davis, 25, of Roxbury, on charges he repeatedly stabbed his mother in a Mattapan apartment building on Tuesday. Read more.
UPDATE: Arrest made.
Around 3 p.m. at 435 River St., the Globe reports.
Boston Police report arresting Tyrone Wilson, 29, on charges of being a crack and fentanyl dealer.
Police say drug detectives raided Wilson's 20 Regis Rd. home yesterday and seized fentanyl, crack, a scale, other implements that could be used in drug dealing, and ammunition.
Innocent, etc.
A Dorchester man faces arraignment today on numerous charges after he allegedly gunned his car while two police officers were asking him to step out last night - dragging them 100 yards until he crashed into a parked car, Boston Police say. Read more.
Kyle Pam, 28, was arraigned today on charges of larceny over $250 from an elderly person, perjury, embezzlement by a fiduciary and money laundering. Boston Municipal Court Judge Peter Coyne set bail at $10,000 and ordered him to stay away from the woman and her accounts, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Yancey vows to keep working for a high school in Mattapan, WGBH reports. WGBH reports on Campbell's path to victory. Read more.
Winners: Essaibi-George and Campbell.
The Dorchester Reporter calls District 4 for Andrea Campbell in a decisive win over three-decade Councilor Charles Yancey, in her first run for elective office.
Annissa Essaibi-George finished ahead of incumbent Steve Murphy for the fourth at-large seat, behind Wu, Flaherty and Pressley. Murphy, on the council since 1997, called Essaibi-George to congratulate her. Essaibi-George came in fifth for an at-large seat two years ago.
The Globe reports on District 4 city-council candidate Andrea Campbell's residency status over the past few years.
A delivery driver for a Hyde Park Chinese restaurant was held up around 10:50 p.m. in the area of Orchard and Vanderbilt streets in Mattapan by three teens in hoodies, one of whom showed a silver handgun.
Ari Ofsevit makes the case that adding electric wires and buying electric-powered cars would make a lot more sense on the only in-city commuter-rail line than the individual diesel cars the T proposed buying until the governor put the kibosh on them: Electrification would be cheaper in the long run and the trains would get to and from downtown faster.
Around 9:50 p.m. at 98 Standard St. Firefighters were able to shut off the gas before anything exploded - and before National Grid arrived.
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