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By adamg - 3/18/24 - 2:41 pm
Seized gun

Seized gun. Photo by Transit PD.

Transit Police report arresting a "highly intoxicated" man with a gun at Andrew station in South Boston at the conclusion of yesterday's parade. Read more.

By adamg - 3/9/24 - 3:00 pm

Boston Police report arresting a teenager Thursday for the armed holdup of a delivery person at 40 West 7th St. in the West Broadway development around 8:50 p.m. on Feb. 25. Read more.

By adamg - 3/6/24 - 9:12 am

Republicans in the First Suffolk district yesterday voted to keep their incumbent Republican State Committeewoman, Elizabeth Hinds-Ferrick, rather than put a Nazi into office. Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/24 - 3:25 pm
Signs warning of a mysterious something in Medal of Honor Park

An alarmed citizen files a 311 complaint about the signs that are popping up at Medal of Honor Park in South Boston, no matter how many times said citizen removes them: Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/24 - 1:29 pm

WBZ reports on the incident involving a special-needs child who was first put in restraints, which were then duct-taped to a chair at the Condon School in South Boston. The teacher and other staffers have been put on administrative leave as BPS investigates.

By adamg - 3/3/24 - 8:58 pm
A couple of vehicles adorned with American and Trump flags

A roving UHub photographer reports about 30 pickups and SUVs and one Army-surplus truck made their way along Day Boulevard today as part of the most special Magachusetts Trump's America First Get Out the Vote caravan, which wended its way from the USS Constitution in Charlestown to Castle Island, just in time for the annual re-opening of Sullivan's.

By adamg - 3/1/24 - 12:23 pm

Boston Police report a bystander who noticed red smoke pouring out of a woman's hoodie pocket held her in place until police could arrive to arrest her on charges she had just held up the Rockland Trust branch at 501 Southampton St. in South Boston around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/1/24 - 9:25 am

A put-out citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation at Courthouse on the Silver Line:

City of Boston or MBTA, please do something: 3 people smoking weed INSIDE the entrance to the Silver Line Courthouse station, top of escalator. At the same station, one person blasting music at the lobby practicing skate boarding for the Olympics. 5:45 pm, Thursday February 29, 2024.

By adamg - 2/28/24 - 11:25 am

Awesome Scene : Good Wil Hunting : Happy 21 Bro

Some NSFW language from back in the day.

Update: Approved.

Mark Medico has worked at the L Street Tavern in South Boston for more than 20 years, so he knows exactly what it's like and what its patrons want - and he vows not to change a thing. Read more.

By adamg - 2/27/24 - 12:39 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeals today approved plans by the Broadway Restaurant Group to open a 352-seat restaurant called Cook House next to its Lincoln Tavern on West Broadway in South Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 2/26/24 - 2:42 pm
Lori Kauffman seeks inspiration from Hitler

Nazi candidate memes herself.

Updated with statement by the Massachusetts Republican Committee.

Republicans in the First Suffolk district (state Sen. Nick Collins's district) who vote during the March 5 primary will get to decide who represents them on the Republican State Committee - one man and one woman.

On the woman's side, the candidates are Elizabeth Hinds-Ferrick and Lori Kauffman, both of Dorchester. Read more.

By adamg - 2/26/24 - 1:53 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Newton man on charges he reacted to being denied a drink at the bar at Lola 42, 22 Liberty Dr. by hurling some water at the bar then heading into the men's room to break a sink and set fire to a trash barrel. Read more.

By adamg - 2/25/24 - 12:49 pm

The Washington Post takes a look at what is increasingly stagnant demand for life-sciences lab space - even in Kendall Square - in the Boston area, which saw a huge increase in demand as companies rushed to develop Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.

By adamg - 2/18/24 - 11:50 am
Rendering of proposed new life-sciences building

Rendering by Handel Architects.

Beacon Capital Partners last week filed plans with the BPDA for a ten-story life-sciences lab building on Northern Avenue at Channel Street, next to the similar building it's already constructing there as part of its 4.4-acre South Boston Innovation Campus, where the Seaport turns into the Raymond Flynn Marine Park. Read more.

By adamg - 2/16/24 - 9:39 am
Woman in car refuses to back up from Silver Line Tunnel

Roman the roving UHub photographer was on a Silver Line bus that had just hurtled through the route's tunnel this morning when he noticed a woman in a vehicle that was definitely not a bus. He reports: Read more

By adamg - 2/13/24 - 2:28 pm
Dog on a uniwheel

Josh Bittker reported yesterday spotting his favorite Seaport commuter: A guy on an battery-powered one-wheel thing, this time accompanied by a fuzzy little dog throwing down major McKayla Maroney vibes.

By adamg - 2/11/24 - 1:52 pm
Dunlin at Castle Island

Mary Ellen took Dolly the dog up to Castle Island for a walk yesterday.

They spotted a plump dunlin, a flock of them and a female common eider (also purple sandpipers, which to the untrained eye look just like dunlins, only more gray than brown): Read more.

By adamg - 2/8/24 - 1:34 pm

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request from a chain called Museum of Ice Cream to open at 121 Seaport Blvd. and to buy the beer and wine license from Dig on Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Read more.

By adamg - 2/2/24 - 11:29 am

On the Channel considers and reviews the Summer Street Steps and wonders how, with all the billions of public and private dollars poured onto the blank slate that used to be the Seaport, that's what we wound up with - complete with loudspeakers pumping out pop music like some mall in the 1990s. Read more.

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