Mission Hill

Two shot on Mission Hill

By adamg - 12/20/17 - 7:19 pm

NBC Boston reports two men in a car were shot at Parker and Gurney street early this evening.

Mission Hill shooting victim identified: Jose Montero was 19

By adamg - 12/8/17 - 9:56 am

Friends have identified the man shot to death at Tremont and Parker streets as Jose Montero.

Among his friends: Adam Foss, a former Suffolk County assistant district attorney who now heads a criminal-justice non-profit group. Foss has set up a GoFundMe page to help Montero's family pay his funeral expenses. Read more.

Person shot off Ruggles Street

By adamg - 12/7/17 - 5:48 pm

In the leg, shortly before 5:40 p.m. in the rear of 260 Ruggles St., near Annunciation Road.

Two restaurants go into the liquor-licensing arena, only one emerges with a license

By adamg - 12/7/17 - 3:54 pm

Zakim makes rare appearance at licensing hearing in support of Laughing Monk.

The Boston Licensing Board today chose an existing Mission Hill Thai/sushi restaurant for the one liquor license it had over a proposed shaken-seafood place in Roslindale. Read more.

Three shot on Mission Hill; two dead

By adamg - 12/6/17 - 9:00 pm

UPDATE: Jose Montero, 19, (shown right) died later that night. Ameen Lacy, 17, (left) died on Dec. 8. GoFundMe pages set up for the families of Montero and Lacy.

Scan Boston reports that shortly before 8 p.m., two people were found shot on Parker Street near Tremont and that a third victim was found shot in the back on Sewall Street, on the other side of Tremont.

Barrage of gunfire on Annunciation Road

By adamg - 11/13/17 - 9:24 pm

At least eight rounds fired shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Annunciation Road near Parker Street. At least two cars hit.

Drone gets high as a kite over Brigham Circle

By adamg - 11/9/17 - 5:25 pm

A Uhub reader on the 18th floor of a Mission Hill building looked outside around 3 p.m. to see this drone hovering level with his window, over Huntington and Longwood avenues for a few minutes:

It had a flashing blue light. I wonder who they are spying on.

Boston could be beyond Peak Poutine

By adamg - 10/24/17 - 11:43 am

With Romano's in Roslindale having given up its version of poutine months (years?) ago, word reaches us that Grub in Brigham Circle is shutting down and taking its "variety of poutine options" with it.

State gives green light to project to give trolleys, some buses more green lights

By adamg - 10/23/17 - 4:02 pm

MassDOT announced today that it's installing specialized traffic signal systems along Beacon Street in Brookline, and Comm. Ave. and Huntington Ave. in Boston that will switch to green lights for approaching trolleys. Mass. Ave. in Cambridge will get similar treatment for buses. Read more.

Two to get life for murder of teen on Annunciation Road in 2015

By adamg - 10/6/17 - 2:11 pm

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Enrique Auch, 20, of Revere, and Tsunami Ortiz, 18, of second-degree murder for the Dec. 18, 2015 shooting murder of D'Andre King-Settles in the Alice Taylor project, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Good news for ampersand fans who like to drink

By adamg - 9/13/17 - 10:32 am

The Playwright Bar, 658 E. Broadway in South Boston, is changing its name to the Punk & Poet. Read more.

Triple stabbing on Mission Hill

By adamg - 9/3/17 - 8:20 am

WHDH reports the stabbing were at 24 Turquoise Way around 3 a.m. on Saturday.

Mission Hill could be about to get magically delicious pancakes

By adamg - 8/11/17 - 10:41 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the impending opening of Milkweed, a cafe on Tremont Street at Burney Street, and that one of its menu items might be pancakes made with Lucky Charms.

The branding work that went into the cafe.

Three charged with murder of Mission Hill shop owner; one remains in the hospital

By adamg - 7/19/17 - 1:16 pm

A Mission Hill resident who thought it was odd that the front door of AC Hardware was shut in the middle of the day sent her husband to investigate. Inside the store, assistant Suffolk County District Attorney John Verner said, the man found merchandise and blood all over the place - and owner Andres Cruz lying on the floor, dying from gunshot wounds. Read more.

Owner of Mission Hill hardware store shot and killed there

By adamg - 7/18/17 - 5:07 pm

WCVB reports the owner of AC Hardware, 1562 Tremont St., was shot during a robbery attempt around 4 p.m. Three men were arrested at Cedar and Lambert streets in Roxbury - two of them with injuries from the encounter serious enough to put them in the hospital. Read more.

Pink plushie all alone on the E Line

By adamg - 7/12/17 - 11:15 pm

Pink stuffed animal on a Green Line trolley

Kate Estrop found this stuffed animal riding the E Line all alone tonight, wonders if it belongs to somebody.

Flaming manhole shuts Tremont Street on Mission Hill

By adamg - 7/11/17 - 8:32 pm

Firefighters and utility crews are at Tremont and Parrker streets, where a manhole burst into flames around 8 p.m. Tremont was shut in both directions.

Man shot on Annunciation Road

By adamg - 7/2/17 - 11:37 pm

In the ankle, around 11:20 p.m. on Annunciation Road near Parker Street, Mass. Incident Paging reports.

Person shot on Annunciation Road

By adamg - 6/10/17 - 9:16 am

Around 12:40 a.m., Stanley Staco reports. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

Men convicted of 1968 double murder in a Mission Hill drugstore get to stay in prison until they die, court rules

By adamg - 5/25/17 - 10:46 am

For the seventh time, the Supreme Judicial Court declined to overturn Paul Robinson's conviction for the murders of Patrick Hughes and his nephew, also named Patrick Hughes, in the family drugstore on Tremont Street across from Mission Church on Dec. 21, 1968. Read more.