If nothing else, the clouds heralding Lee gave us an amazing sunset tonight, as Tim Babatz couldn't help but notice at Fan Pier on the harbor.
Up the harbor a bit, Adam Balsam got a good view in the North End: Read more.
King vs. Weber, Pepen vs. Ruiz.
Voters in District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) today solidly rejected one-term incumbent and crash-plagued incumbent Kendra Lara, while voters in neighboring District 5 (Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale) gave the boot to ethics-plagued incumbent Ricardo Arroyo. Read more.
Residents in four City Council districts have preliminary elections tomorrow to narrow the fields in the November elections to two candidates each. There is no preliminary for the four citywide council seats because there are eight candidates, all of whom will battle in November. Read more.
The owners of the former Roxbury Boy's Club at 10 Malcolm X Blvd. in Roxbury say they will soon file plans to add two buildings to the site with a total of 140 new residential units. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old they say were each packing loaded guns - two with laser sights - at 38 Crestwood Park in Roxbury shortly before 10 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.
The John B. Cruz Construction Co. yesterday sued Beacon Communities over the way it charges Beacon pushed it out of a project to rebuild the Boston Housing Authority's 357-unit Lenox/Camden complex in Roxbury. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man they say fired a gun outside his apartment at 83 Maple St. in Roxbury around 6:15 a.m. on Aug. 10. Read more.
Five recovered guns and ammo, photo by BPD.
Boston Police report arresting a man they say stabbed somebody with a screwdriver at 493 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Greg Cook got up early to take in the Jouvert parade up Blue Hill Avenue yesterday. Read more.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office yesterday moved to seize the 2017 BMW 750I it alleges a man sold crack out of at Mass and Cass and at the South Bay mall. Read more.
Wu announces new initiatives at the Base on Shirley Street.
Mayor Wu and other officials today announced a second drive to rid Mass and Cass of the tents that have sprung up there again - coupled with new programs to get people into transitional housing and to quickly squelch the rise of new encampments elsewhere in the city. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter reports on one of the potential effects of the proposal to add bus and bike lanes in the center of the road, says a September meeting has been scheduled to try to figure out a solution.
Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he murdered Moises Ortiz-Santiago, 27, of Dorchester, at Weldon and Quincy streets in Roxbury on July 30. Read more.
Rendering by Carlos Medina Lora.
A developer has proposed replacing a couple of parking lots and a "dilapidated" former storefront church that was once home to Packy Connors on Blue Hill Avenue at Southwood Street in Roxbury with three four-story apartment buildings. Read more.
A Dorchester woman admitted Friday she stole more than $100,000 in a year from people applying to rent apartments in Hyde Park, Dorchester and Roxbury by charging them twice as much for security deposits as her employer normally would, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Police responding to a report of gunfire on Holworthy Street near where it turns into Hollander Street found a shooting victim at Hollander and Crawford streets around 9:25 p.m. Read more.
Gun photographed by BPD officer's body-worn camera in Roxbury.
A Roxbury man convicted for his role in a Boston-area coke ring - and who has a criminal record dating to his teens - was charged in federal court this week as a felon in possession of a firearm. Read more.
Mayor Wu today announced a pilot program to stock the restrooms at BPL branches with dispensers offering free pads and tampons. Read more.
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