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By adamg - 4/12/22 - 3:06 pm

Eileen Murphy shows how Aspen the Wonder Howler makes the case: Read more.

By adamg - 4/11/22 - 11:35 pm

WCVB talks to the family of Robinson Lalin, a father of two who died early Sunday when his arm got stuck in the door of an older 1500-series train inbound at Broadway station and was then dragged to his death.

By adamg - 4/11/22 - 9:18 am

Boston 25 reports the National Transportation Safety Board will help with the investigation into how a man was dragged to his death early Sunday when his arm got stuck in a Red Line car door at Broadway and the train then dragged him to this death.

Board investigators were last in Boston last year to investigate how one trolley plowed into another on Commonwealth Avenue.

By adamg - 4/10/22 - 12:31 pm

A man who got his arm stuck in Red Line train doors just before it left Broadway early this morning was pulled into the tunnel and to his death, according to a communication from the T to employees today.

WHDH reports emergency crews responded to the station around 12:30 a.m.

By adamg - 4/6/22 - 1:09 pm

Update: Both approved.

Boston could soon be awash in places to hit your putts without worrying about the weather: With one indoor simulated golf "course" already planned for West Broadway in South Boston, companies are now proposing two more: A similar full-swing facility across from City Hall, where the wax museum used to be, and a mini-golf range in a new space in the Seaport. Read more.

By adamg - 4/4/22 - 12:36 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old from Somerville and men from Roxbury and Charlestown after stopping their car in South Boston, initially because officers throught its window tinting was too dark. Read more.

By adamg - 3/31/22 - 10:42 am

Timothy Kostka, convicted for the 2012 stabbing murder of a friend's mother, today lost an appeal that centered largely on what his lawyer said were irregularities in evidence related to the scratch tickets he was charged with stealing after slicing the woman's throat. Read more.

By adamg - 3/30/22 - 9:49 am
Long line for the 7 bus in South Boston

Realdavejshea joined one of the lines for the 7 bus in South Boston this morning:

Just another day waiting for the 7 Bus.

By adamg - 3/23/22 - 12:01 pm

The Dropkick Murphys respond to local Nazis who used their music as background for a video of their South Boston parade cosplaying: Read more.

By adamg - 3/22/22 - 1:37 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved letting a bank move into an empty space at 71-75 West Broadway at A Street in South Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 3/22/22 - 12:07 pm

Not long after approving a proposal for a roof deck on Worcester Street in the South End, the Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a request for permission to build a new roof deck at 460 East 7th St. in South Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 3/20/22 - 4:12 pm
Men with leprechauns on their knees

Michael Spicher took in the return of the St. Patrick's parade down Broadway, after two years of cancellations due to Covid- 19. Read more.

By adamg - 3/20/22 - 1:46 pm
Nazis at St. Patrick's Day Parade

Sarah Z spotted Nazis on West Broadway, goes "WTF."

Why, yes, they have appropriated the Celtic Cross as a symbol; but if you need more proof, that weird scribble on the sign is their more "official" logo. Background on local Nazis.

By adamg - 3/19/22 - 11:15 am
Wreath in South Boston on March 19

A fed-up citizen filed a 311 complaint on March 17 about a wreath still hanging at Dorchester Avenue and West Broadway in South Boston that included this explanation: Read more.

By adamg - 3/17/22 - 12:47 pm
Clown

One of the clowns who interrupted the playing of Taps. Photo by Jake.

There was a ceremony at Dorchester Heights this morning to commemorate the day the Americans drove the British out of Boston. Mayor Wu was there and so was her obviously jobless contingent of Covid deniers, banging drums and yelling about whatever specific Covid thing they're upset about today. Fine, but they kept right on banging their drums and yelling even as a bugler played Taps to remember the true patriots who died before the British left.

By adamg - 3/15/22 - 6:05 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Newton man on charges he used a knife to threaten an MBTA worker who tried to shoo him out of Andrew on the Red Line around 1 a.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/15/22 - 5:15 pm
330 C St. rendering

Rendering by Group One Partners.

City Realty of Brookline, best known for its residential projects, has filed plans with the BPDA to build a six-story, 74-room hotel at 330 C St. in South Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 3/15/22 - 11:58 am
Coyote at H Street

Owens408 spotted this coyote on the beach at H Street this morning - possibly the one that had been hanging out at Moakley Park.

By adamg - 3/12/22 - 12:01 pm

The Davio's chain of Italian steakhouses says Covid-19 physically changed the air and surfaces in his restaurants in Massachusetts and other states and is suing the Strathmore Insurance Co. for refusing to cover claims related to Covid-19 losses at its Boston-area, Pennsylvania and New York outlets. Read more.

By adamg - 3/11/22 - 5:33 pm

Rue Gilt Groupe, in Fort Point's Channel Center, today sued the Zurich American Insurance Co. for refusing to pay a claim based on the physical damage Rue Gilt says the coronavirus caused not only to the desks and other "non-porous" surfaces - and also the very air itself - in its headquarters, but to similar surfaces and air or five miles around. Read more.

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