Roslindale

Police say arrests could put a dent in recent wave of Roslindale car break-ins

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:03 -0500

Boston Police report that officers responding to a 4:45 a.m. call from Wyvern Street found two guys a couple blocks away on Hyde Park Avenue acting suspiciously.

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Keep your suburban white trash out of Boston

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:27 -0500

The Herald reports cheapskates from leafy suburbs like Milton are avoiding their towns' garbage-pickup fees by tossing their tony trash in Dumpsters and vacant lots in Boston. The Herald writes that City Councilor Rob Consalvo wants the city to install motion detectors in key trouble spots - such as behind the strip mall on American Legion Highway in Roslindale - that would emit stern beeps at people attempting to drop off trash after hours and take their photos.

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Gauging parent satisfaction with West Zone schools

adamg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:42:29 -0500

Geeky Mama takes a look at "student mobility" rates in elementary schools in West Roxbury, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain - she figures that the fewer students move from a school, the happier parents must be with the education their kids are getting. The top two: the Kilmer and the Lyndon. The bottom two: The Ellis and the King.

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The politest intersection in Boston

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:51:55 -0500

Boston's only polite intersection? Maybe that's what happens when you put an intersection in the middle of a forest. Mike Ball hails the intersection of Enneking, Turtle Pond and Dedham parkways deep in the woods of Stony Brook Reservation, where drivers not only obey the four-way stop but are actually courteous to one another:

... Could it be something in the oxygen from all the foliage? Might some nearby unknown native American burial ground be affecting Bostonians as they arrive at the intersection? Would the bucolic nature of the park all around calm the savages?

The cause is far less important than the mere existence of the magic intersection. ...

Boston, Dedham police/Belgrade Ave., 10:25 am Sat. Nov. 7th???

newchristine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:23:35 -0500

Anybody know what was going on on Belgrade Ave, upper 200 block near Ardent St., this morning? About 7 BPD cars and a Dedham car surrounded an apt. building. Scary scene.

$4.8 million bike cage at Forest Hills

Michael Kerpan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:35:31 -0500

The Jamaica Plains Gazzette has an article about how Forest Hills Station has run out of Bike Charlie Cards. In it, mention is made (in passing) that this cage for 100 bikes cost $4,800,000 (4.8 million!!!!)

http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/node/3733

Is this a mispint? Or an indication of Boston graft on an even more massive scale than usual?

It's Open Studios time in Roslindale

adamg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:08:40 -0500

More info.

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Armed home invasion in Roslindale this afternoon

adamg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:31:21 -0500

Boston Police tweet "gun shown" in attack at 105 Rowe St..

Rozzie residents no longer have to drive all the way down to Cleary Square for their ceramic tchotchkes

adamg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:45:36 -0500

The recent opening of Jerusalem Trading on Poplar Street in Roslindale Square (where that African discount store used to be) ends the giant-ceramics drought that's plagued Roslindale ever since Nancy's on Belgrade Avenue shut down this past spring.

The store looks to carry a complete line of life-size and near-life-size ceramic animals, including a ceramic peacock for only $119.99, and, naturally, snarling ceramic tigers. Also in stock: Ceramic figures of 17th-century European nobility and, of course, ceramic-flower-bedecked ceramic pillars on which to display all your ceramics. Also available: Furniture, which appears to be made of non-ceramic materials, such as wood.

Roslindale is hardcore on Halloween

adamg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:12:15 -0400

Swamp Thing awaits next ~~victim~~ trick-or-treater on Glendower Rd.

Even on Halloween, it's kind of weird talking to a guy who looks like he just climbed out of a fetid swamp, surrounded by body parts and giant vampire bats. He said it took him about a week to get ready for tonight. As I was leaving, he gave me a wave, as much as his condition allowed, and muttered "Have a good Halloween!"

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