Boston Police report they are looking for a guy for attacking somebody else with a knife at the McDonald's, 301 Warren St. in Roxbury, around 4:40 p.m. on April 10. Read more.
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By adamg - 4/11/23 - 11:47 am
Drone-eye rendering by DHK towards Nubian Square.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposal for a ten-story building with 64 apartments and 32 condos - all but two to be rented or sold as affordable - on Washington Street at Melnea Cass Boulevard. Read more.
By adamg - 4/11/23 - 10:49 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal to increase the size of an approved condo building at 14 Schuyler St., not because of the merits of the proposal but because of the way it came before the board without a public-comment process on the changes. Read more.
By adamg - 4/9/23 - 6:09 pm
Update: Victim identified as Christopher Shivers.
Boston Police report a man was shot at 2055 Columbus Ave. around 10:15 p.m. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
By adamg - 4/4/23 - 11:44 am
Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old from Dorchester in East Boston yesterday on charges he used a gun to murder Hanser Abraham Moreta-Gonzalez, 26, on Shawmut Avenue in Roxbury on Sept. 29. Read more.
By adamg - 3/24/23 - 11:24 am
Boston Police report officers who pulled a man over for a traffic infraction in the South End last night wound up arresting him after his name came up on a warrant charging him with the murder of Bihlal Bell, 31, in Orchard Park on April 11, 2022. Read more.
By adamg - 3/22/23 - 3:44 pm
The Boston City Council today unanimously approved a proposed plea to the state legislature to grant Boston 250 new liquor licenses - but only for certain neighborhoods. Read more.
By adamg - 3/17/23 - 11:05 am
Boston Police report arresting a suspect for the shooting murder of Terrell Banks, 37, outside Slade's Bar and Grill at Tremont and Hammond streets Feb. 18. Read more.
By adamg - 3/9/23 - 1:42 pm
Rendering of smaller Cheney Street apartment building by Icon Architecture.
A non-profit group that originally proposed building 59 affordable and assisted-living apartments for senior citizens and 15 affordable condos on and near Cheney Street in Roxbury has filed revised plans with the BPDA that decrease the number of apartments to 48 and the number of condos to 12. Read more.
By adamg - 3/8/23 - 9:23 am
Boston Police report two men were sliced in the neck at 189 Blue Hill Ave. around 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.
By adamg - 3/7/23 - 4:04 pm
A Dorchester man with a record of gun arrests was charged yesterday on charges he shot Jose Despeignes, 56, to death in an apartment on Weaver Way in Roxbury's Academy Homes development Saturday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 3/7/23 - 1:22 pm
GBH takes a look at ridership figures from the 23, 28 and 29 lines, which are now free under a two-year Boston pilot that started in March - several months after the city first started paying the T for fares on the 28.
By adamg - 3/5/23 - 5:11 pm
Wanted for hamburglary; wearing different outfit than one might expect.
Boston Police report they're looking for a guy they say broke into the McDonald's at 301 Warren St. after it had closed for sit-down dining around 12:45 a.m. on Saturday - possibly by climbing in the drive-thru window. Read more.
By adamg - 3/4/23 - 9:10 pm
Victim identified as Jose Despeignes, 56, of Hyde Park.
Boston Police report a man was shot at 109 Weaver Way in Roxbury around 3:30 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 2/26/23 - 8:50 pm
The Boston Fire Department reports a fire that started at 41 Quincy St. in Roxbury spread to the adjacent 43 and 45 Quincy St. shortly before 8:30 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 2/26/23 - 6:16 pm
Ginnette noticed today that somebody used a marker in the Ruggles busway to ask: "When will this end?"
By adamg - 2/24/23 - 9:42 am
MIT News recounts the story of the Roxbury Photographers Training Program, the subject of an exhibit at the MIT Museum.
The studio in the heart of Roxbury included a darkroom and a gallery. Students were well supplied with film and photographic equipment, with support from Polaroid Corporation.
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