Grove Hall

Owner of violence-plagued Roxbury building rebuffed in effort to open take-out place

adamg — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:14:17 +0000

The Boston Licensing Board today took the unusual step of rejecting a proposed takeout place after city officials said its owner has failed to do enough to curb violence in and near the Warren Street block of stores he owns.

John Shear, who owns a commercial building on Warren Street at the intersection with Blue Hill Avenue, went before the board yesterday for permission to open La Rotisserie at 651 Warren St., just a couple doors down from his 24Seven Convenience Store, where a man was gunned down on March 31.

Dorchester school aide now charged with touching second child

adamg — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:15:45 +0000

A former aide at the Harbor Pilot Middle School who was already facing charges of improper sexual activity with a student there now faces charges of indecent assault and battery against a 7-year-old boy at the Martin Luther King School in Grove Hall.

A Suffolk County grand jury indicted LaShawn Hill, 34, for his alleged assault on the young child in March of last year, in addition to allegedly being caught with his pants down with an autistic and non-verbal 14-year-old at the Harbor Pilot school on Dec. 12, 2011.

Hill is also facing larceny charges for a series of computer thefts at the Harbor Pilot school.

Innocent, etc.

Daytime shooting near Grove Hall sends one to hospital

adamg — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:58:16 +0000

Boston Police are investigating a shooting around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Wayland Street. At first, police had only the word of witnesses - and some ballistic evidence - that somebody was shot. However, not long after, a possible victim showed up at Boston Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the arm.

Police charge Dorchester man ended argument by repeatedly plunging knife into opponent

adamg — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:26:35 +0000

1/18/12 - 11:55 pm

Boston Police report arresting Melvin Wright, 28, on charges he sent another man to Boston Medical Center with multiple life-threatening stab wounds shortly before midnight last night.

Wright, police say, stabbed another man repeatedly during a "verbal altercation" at 107 Devon St.

He was charged with assault with intent to murder and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.

Innocent, etc.

One-alarm fire damages house on Columbia Road

adamg — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:34:39 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire erupted around 11:30 p.m. at 333 Columbia Rd.

Six residents were displaced, the department says. None suffered injuries, but one firefighter went to the hospital for observation after slipping, the department says.

11/4/11 - 11:48 pm

Uphams Corner, Grove Hall and Readville could lose post offices

adamg — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:30:56 +0000

Readville Post Office: Small, but no easy walk to the next post office.

The US Postal Service has released its list of Massachusetts post offices it's thinking of shutting down to save money.

In addition to those locations, the postal service is thinking of ditching post offices in Inman Square, East Arlington, East Dedham and a whole bunch in Newton, as part of an effort to close 3,700 post offices across the country.

DA: Dorchester man who swung cane and screamed epithets at women sent for evaluation

adamg — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:02:35 +0000

1/12/11 - 7:00 pm

A Dorchester man started screaming at two gay women coming out of a market and was attempting to beat them with his cane when police arrived on the scene Wednesday evening, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Exploring the forms of the built city in the Grove Hall library

adamg — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:42:43 +0000

Shoshanna Kahne reviews Matt Hosey's works, on the walls of the BPL branch in Grove Hall - built entirely out of material he finds in hardware stores:

Hosey doesn't take pictures of his inspiration anymore. He just sees something — electrical wiring, roof lines, filled?in holes in the sidewalk and street — and he carries that feeling back to the studio with him. It's not about recreating the shape that so fascinates him; it's about recreating the feeling

Matt Hosey Studio.

Photos from a peace march

adamg — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:47:47 +0000

Yesterday, Grove Hall to Mattapan, by BNN's Christ Lovett.

Two-alarm fire displaces 12 in Dorchester

adamg — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:02:15 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports a fire called in around 1:45 a.m. at 385 Columbia Rd. quickly went to two alarms and did an estimated $200,000 in damage.

The Red Cross was called in to help find new housing for seven adults and five children in the three-unit building, the department reports.

Photo of the scene.

9/19/10 (All day)

Grove Hall vs. Mattapan on new buses, maybe?

adamg — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:00:49 +0000

The Globe reports riders of the 28 in Mattapan love the new, larger buses the T has put on the route but that people in Grove Hall are, um, disquieted by the buses. The Globe doesn't cite any specific complaints about the specific new vehicles in Grove Hall, but seems to indicate that City Councilor Chuck Turner wanted the buses pulled off the roads after one month because of the legacy of 30 years of the T treating the neighborhood like dirt.

Two gang members shot on Blue Hill Avenue, one dies

adamg — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:19:42 +0000

9/2/10 - 12:13 am

Boston Police report two 18-year-olds were shot at 471 Blue Hill Ave. shortly after midnight this morning. One was pronounced at the scene; the other was rushed to Boston Medical Center. Police add:

The preliminary investigation indicates that this is not a random incident. Both victims are known to police.

Boston-area WiFi provider sues Google over privacy issues

adamg — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:26:21 +0000

Galaxy Internet Services, which runs Brookline's townwide WiFi network, charges the wireless system Google used as it took Street View photos collected data on at least one occasion from Brookline wireless users.

Watch the entries for the Dorchester Youth Council's Anti-Littering PSA video contest

Gabriel Fishman — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:46:09 +0000

The Dorchester Youth Council asked neighborhood youth groups to make video Public Service Announcements to help their peers become more aware of the littering problem in the community. Here are some of the entries.

(In the interest of full disclosure, I mentored the BCYF Grove Hall Community Center team)

Grove Hall gets gyro

adamg — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:49:05 +0000

Culinary diversity continues to spread across Dorchester: A Blue Hill Avenue motorist passes along the news that Grove Hall is getting a Gyro King, which will offer, yes, gyros and felafel.