Jamaica Plain
UPDATE: The T's fixed the digital clocks, at least - when I got back to Forest Hills at 3:59 p.m., they read 3:59. The giant hanging clocks are still an hour behind, though.
I got to Forest Hills around what I think was 12:30 p.m. today for a trip downtown. The large ceiling clocks inside the main part of the station all read 11:30. The clock above the stairs down to the platform read 12:30. The digital clocks on the platform read 1:30.
No doubt they also had a clock set to the year 2001 - which would explain Beth Bresnahan's tweet this afternoon:
Must laugh about the lady w/baby who approached me in D'town Xing yelling "Oh my god, can you help me? What happened to Filenes's Basement?"
The Boston Fire Department battled a two-alarm fire that broke out around 1 p.m. at 110 McBride St. Smoke was reported coming from the roof; firefighters found fire in the basement.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette quotes city Councilor John Tobin on BPL officials: "They've said they don't have a list [of branches to close]. Of course they have a list."
The Gazette has more on Tuesday's hearing on BPL finances.
Form letter in support of the North End branch.
Capt. John Greland of District E-13 reports a 66-year-old woman was walking near 41 Greenough Ave. around 5:40 p.m. yesterday when a guy snatched her pocketbook. He's described as 5'11" and about 45.
Boston Police report shutting down the Super Mario Store, 3115 Washington St., for selling counterfeit merchandise.
Police say the joint was hawking fake name-brand clothing and sneakers, including faux gear not really made by Timberland, Gucci, Lacost, Juicy Couture, Chanel, North Face, Polo, Oakley, Coach or True Religion. The several hundred dollars officers seized, however, was real, police say,.
Daniel Cabral, 42, of Roslindale and Mario Cabral, 51, of Jamaica Plain will be summoned to court to face charges of crimes against property.
Innocent, etc.
The Globe reports that Edward Corliss tried to get rid of the gun he allegedly used to murder JP convenience store clerk Surendra Dangol by tossing it into the ocean at Revere Beach. Police waited for low tide one day and retrieved the weapon they say is tied to the Roslindale loser, who has a record dating to 1962, including a conviction for killing another store clerk.
"Summer in Winter: Paintings by Anthony Apesos" is on display at the Arnold Arboretum until March 6. Read the full review by John Stephen Dwyer.
Latest Boston Police statistics show five stores in District E-13 have been robbed to date, compared to none in the same period last year and two the year before.
The number does not include the fatal holdup of the Centre Street Tedeschi, which happened Dec. 26.
Police urge store owners to take a number of steps to protect themselves, including instituting a no-hats/no-sunglasses rule for customers, ensuring surveillance cameras are working and adding a measurement strip to exits, to get a better gauge of any robber's height. Read more
BPL officials have yet to publish a list of neighborhood libraries they would shut if they can't come up with enough money for the next fiscal year, but the Jamaica Plain Gazette reports officials in JP worry their library would be top of the list.
Joseph Porcelli reports on a community meeting with police and city officials in Jamaica Plain last night. District E-13 reports there were 21 robberies within 1,500 feet of the Orange Line stop between Nov. 1 and Feb. 14 and that most of the attackers are teens with prior robbery records:
Robbers get away because if your phone is stolen you can't call the police immediately. Don't use your phone on the way home, it won't get stolen, and you won't have to call the police.
Earlier:
Three teens arrested for failed robbery down the street from Stony Brook station.
Three charged for early-morning stickup near Stony Brook T stop.
Police detail five Jamaica Plain holdups Tuesday evening.
J'way Cafe, in the basement of Jamaicaway Books and Gifts, 676 Centre St., Boston Restaurant Talk reports.
Boston Police report the arrest of a Mattapan man for the May 29, 1995 stabbing death of Zandera Sullivan in Roxbury. Read more
A Roslindale man was charged with open and lewd grossness on Thursday after several passengers on his Orange Line car told police he stood up, opened his fly and began masturbating as the train hurtled through Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more
Boston Police report a woman was indecently attacked at Centre Street and Seaverns Avenue around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 3.
Police describe the alleged perp as black, about 5'8" and about 20. He was carrying a black backpack and wore a blue hood or large hat that covered his neck. They say he ran toward Green Street.
If you know him, contact the sexual assault unit at 617-343-4400 or contact the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or texting TIP to CRIME.
A couple hours before this attack, a woman walking near the Shawmut T stop was also attacked but beat her assailant off with her cane. The attacker in that case was described as about 5'10" and 200 lbs.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the parking lot across the street from the Forest Hills T stop will be put up for a foreclosure auction on March 3.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday voted to grant a beer-and-wine license to Wee Angel, a Scottish bistro proposed for the site of the old Zon's in Hyde Square. The pub is also seeking a license from a separate city board for acoustic music. More on Wee Angel.
Also yesterday, the board granted a beer and wine license to 660 Al-Wadi, a Lebanese restaurant under construction at the site of the old Spring Blossom on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury. The board set a closing time of midnight Sunday through Thursday and 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Owner Ghassan Samaha originally proposed a 2 a.m. closing time on weekends, but the three residents who live right next to the location objected at a hearing on Wednesday.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to approve a beer and wine license for the city's first Scottish pub, which would move into the old Zon's space at 2 Perkins St. in Hyde Square.
Owner Jason Waddleton said that among Wee Angel's offerings would be both meat and vegetarian versions of the traditional Scottish dish haggis. Haggis traditionally consists of a variety of an animal's innards, cooked in its stomach or a lining for three hours with oatmeal and spices. He said he's also trying to convince his chef to try haggis burgers. Read more
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the shuttered Zon's in Hyde Square could be replaced by a Scottish pub called Wee Angel. On Wednesday, the Boston Licensing Board considers its request for a beer and wine license.
This missed connection ad on Craigslist reads like a modern day love poem. Bearded men of Boston...pull your faces out of the PBR pitcher, it looks like someone has their eye on you...
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/mis/1567745744.html
The Globe interviews Kelly Young, whose Braving the BPS Lottery has been a great resource for parents in the West Zone (Roslindale, West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain) dealing with the issue of school choice for their pre-schoolers and impending kindergarteners.
The unidentified victim, 53, came under fire in an alleyway near 12 Hawthorne St. around noon yesterday, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which says he was rushed to Mass. General for emergency surgery.
"The incident does not appear to be random" and may be related to a domestic disturbance at that address, the DA's office says in a statement. Know anything about it? Call the Chelsea Police tip line at 617-466-4880 or by texting CHELSEA and your message to TIP411 (847411).
Sami's, which has been teasing JP with window signs for falafel, wraps and breakfast for almost forever now at 654 Centre St., finally got the last city permit it needs today, will do some touch-up work this weekend and, barring any last-minute mishaps, actually open next week. At least, that's what they said when I stopped in - I was thanked profusely for being so interested in their food.
It's owned by Sami himself, the guy who's been dishing up falafel and wraps in the medical district since 1979.
Edward Corliss of Roslindale was ordered held without bail today on charges he gunned down a convenience-store clerk who gave him everything he wanted - which turned out to be $746 in cash, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Read more
RMV photoPolice today charged a Roslindale resident on parole for gunning down a convenience-store owner 38 years ago with the shooting death of Surendra Dangol, a clerk at the Tedeschi store on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain.
Edward P. Corliss, 63, was charged with murder and other crimes and is scheduled for arraignment on Tuesday in West Roxbury District Court. In 1972, Corliss was convicted of second-degree murder for the shooting death of the owner of a small store in Salisbury the year before - while on the lam from a Rhode Island prison work camp to which he'd been sent on a breaking-and-entering conviction. Read more
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