Roslindale
Outbreak of break-ins in Roslindale, West Roxbury
By adamg - 5/24/12 - 4:31 pmA skyrocketing burglary rate across Roslindale and West Roxbury has police asking residents to watch out for their neighbors' homes during the day.
District E-5 reports a series of mostly daytime residential break-ins across the two neighborhoods dating back to January, one in which somebody apparently used a crowbar to break open the front door.
Residences on Cornell Street in Roslindale and Temple, Salman and Bellevue streets in West Roxbury are among those hit, police say. Although most have been during the day, police say some have occurred in the evening when residents were not at home.
Latest stats from BPD show a 112% increase in break-ins in E-5 so far this year, compared to the same period last year - from 43 to 91 through May 21.
Police are urging residents who are at home during the day to watch out for their neighbors' homes and report anybody who doesn't seem to belong, for example, people going from door to door or looking into cars or houses.
Attempted armed robbery on Roslindale street
By adamg - 5/23/12 - 6:40 amBoston Police are investigating a failed gunpoint holdup around 10:30 p.m. yesterday on Belgrade Avenue, just past Walworth toward Roslindale Square.
Brookwood Community Farm annual seedling sale
By Lanny Budd - 5/10/12 - 9:42 amSpring Seedling Sale May 19th and 20th 9am-3pm
Wake up the Farm Pancake Breakfast May 19th 9am-11am
Join us to celebrate the start of the 2012 season. Enjoy delicious pancakes with friends and stock up on seedlings for your home garden.
He rides the 30 so you don't have to
By adamg - 5/9/12 - 7:23 amJason, who blogs about rides on the T, reviews the 30 bus, which runs between Mattapan Square and Forest Hills via Roslindale Square:
In contrast to the 28 and 31, the 30 route itself is quite tranquil serving a mainly residential slice of western Mattapan and northern Roslindale, the parts of Boston no typical tourist would think could exist within Boston city limits. It also may be the only MBTA bus route that gets to cut through a cemetery which when coupled with the High Speed Line creates a double play of cemetery-cutting. ... The 30 keeps quiet and does its job and tries to not let delays get in its way.
Whopper of an idea in Roslindale: Burger King wants to stay open 24 hours
By adamg - 5/2/12 - 3:33 pm
Can the City that Always Sleeps deal with burgers at 4 a.m.?
The owners of the Burger King at 4594 Washington St. in Roslindale go before the Boston Licensing Board next week with a request to stay open 24 hours a day.
The burger place is currently licensed for operation between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. It sits in the council district represented by Rob Consalvo, who has long resisted attempts to make his part of Boston less sleepy.
The licensing-board hearing begins at 10 a.m. in the board's eighth-floor hearing room in City Hall.
NOTE: Wicked Local Roslindale reports an owner told resident he would not seek to open 24 hours a day based on their objections. It's possible he could show up next week and withdraw the request for 24-hour service.
The sound of police responding to one of the Roslindale booms
By adamg - 5/2/12 - 6:50 amAn Arizona woman who goes by Sheila Aliens posted this audio of a BPD dispatcher sending officers out to investigate Sunday's mystery boom in Roslindale.
Ed. note: I listened to the calls live so, yeah, these are, in fact, what the scanner sounded like that night, except without all the annoying non-Roslindale traffic.
Roslindale man charged with possession of 22 pounds of cocaine after Egleston Square traffic stop
By adamg - 5/1/12 - 5:10 pmBoston Police making a traffic stop yesterday wound up recovering 10 one-kilo blocks of cocaine from a hidden compartment in a mini-van, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The driver of the van, Elvyn Rafael Garcia, 31, of Hyde Park Avenue, was ordered held in lieu of $30,000 bail at his arraignment in Roxbury District Court, according to the DA's office, which had requested bail of $1 million.
Roslindale is a booming neighborhood
By adamg - 4/29/12 - 9:33 pmFor the second time in three nights, police are investigating a mystery explosion in the area of Zeller Street.
"Seriously! It just happened again! A huge blast in Rozzie," Todd Johnson reported shortly before 9 p.m. Mike Flynn reports he heard it at Centre and Fletcher, a few blocks away.
David reported, "I saw red sparks in the air near Ardale & Selwyn, looked like a firework and sounded like it too." Evan Allen reports, "Just spoke with BPD, looks like it was just fireworks."
Mystery flash, boom rattle Roslindale, but cause no apparent damage
By adamg - 4/27/12 - 9:28 pmBoston firefighters and police rushed to 52 Zeller St. tonight after residents reported a flash and a loud boom. But as Jonathan Bohan reports, after walking over there:
People out looking, cops have no idea what it was, something burning, nothing visible.
Senator to tour Roslindale Square
By adamg - 4/26/12 - 10:35 amShould you wish to adjust your schedule for Friday morning, Scott Brown will be ambling about the Square around 10 a.m., going into stores (whose owners have already been asked if that's OK), shaking hands, getting the lay of the land, doing whatever it is senators do when they visit the hustings.
