Roxbury
You'll know immediately what square the new Ferdinand building is in
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 6:39 pmThe Bay State Banner reports on the latest plans for the Ferdinand building in Dudley Square, which will feature a brick and glass extension with "DUDLEY" in giant letters on top.
The long shuttered building will become the new home of the Boston School Department on its upper floors, with stores and community space on the first two floor.
Remembering Willis Saunders
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 7:48 amWBUR takes a look at the life of Willis Saunders, a Tuskegee Airman from Roxbury who became one of Boston's top cops.
Police make show of force before halftime at Northeastern
By adamg - 2/5/12 - 8:00 pm
BPD command post tonight. Photo by BPD.
At 7:14, Max Voelker tweeted:
BPD Motorcycle Police as well as NUPD patrolling campus already.
At 7:50 p.m., Brian D'Amico tweeted:
7 K9s outside my building, numerous SWAT teams, another spec ops cycle unit down the road. And that's just around campus.
S. Ryder shows all the police forces represented at Northeastern:
Person hit, killed by Amtrak train at Ruggles
By adamg - 1/31/12 - 6:43 pmUpdate, 7:25 p.m.: One track was cleared and limited train service through Ruggles resumed.
Commuter-rail and Amtrak service through Ruggles is stopped as transit and fire officials investigate a fatal train-vs-person collision on the inbound side this evening. The T is describing it as a "trespasser strike."
Dan Esdale reports his outbound train to Franklin stopped, then headed back to South Station.
In the other direction, Craig Herman reports an Amtrak train is just sitting at Forest Hills.
Convenience-store clerk robbed at knifepoint, then jumps in his car to pursue his attackers
By adamg - 1/31/12 - 2:47 pmBoston Police report a super vigilant store employee helped them capture two knife-wielding robbers and their getaway driver after a robbery last night.
According to police, two guys dressed in black and with black ski masks over their faces entered South Huntington Convenience, 12 S. Huntington Ave. around 9:30 p.m. yesterday and demanded money:
Police investigating chemical spray that sent 11 Roxbury residents fleeing into the night
By adamg - 1/29/12 - 8:15 pmBoston Police are looking for whoever released a spray that emptied the apartment building at 10 Codman Park around 1:30 a.m. The Boston Fire Department declared a "mass casualty incident" as firefighters, EMTs and a hazmat technician raced to the scene to help 11 coughing residents, possible victims of pepper spray.
Man on bike hit by car, then shot by one of its occupants
By adamg - 1/27/12 - 1:19 pmBoston Police are looking for a gray hatchback, possibly a Prius or a Mazda 5, for a shooting this afternoon on Harold Street near Homestead Street in Roxbury.
Police say the vehicle may have some scratches on the front from where it hit the bicycle before the shooting.
Police say the victim, 20, was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital and is expected to survive.
Northeastern student gets message about his parking
By adamg - 1/26/12 - 7:37 amThe Huntington News reports a Northeastern grad student who parked his car overnight in a college parking lot on Columbus Avenue returned the next afternoon to find both his side mirrors ripped off and a note "criticizing his parking and threatening to vandalize the car next time it is improperly parked."
Andromeda Strain lab set to begin low-level operations next month
By adamg - 1/25/12 - 3:58 pmThe Daily Free Press goes on a tour of BU's new South End biolab, which is set to begin work on less-dangerous pathogens next month as it gears up for eventual work on killers such as Ebola. The Free Press describes the measures the lab is taking to keep killer bugs out of our air; conspicuous in their absence: darts set to fire automatically at escaping monkeys and nuclear bombs.
Brockton man charged with 2007 murder of Roxbury teen
By adamg - 1/23/12 - 3:47 pmAndre McNeil, now 22, was ordered held without bail today on charges he gunned down David Jones as Jones walked home from school on the afternoon of Nov. 14, 2007.
McNeil already has a record for illegal gun possession - he was sentenced to 18 months in jail for an incident more than a year after Jones's death.
