Dorchester Avenue
Man stabbed in Ashmont
By adamg - 2/1/11 - 2:27 pmBoston Police tweet a man, 26, was stabbed at Ashmont Street and Dorchester Avenue early this afternoon. No immediate word on his condition.
Spare Change Guy visits Dorchester
By adamg - 8/19/10 - 8:46 amMaybe Spare Change Guy is just tired of Downtown Crossing and the Common? Around 8:30 this morning, Tracey Newman tweets, MBTA police escorted him out of the Savin Hill T stop on the Red Line. Not long after, Dan Tobin spotted him nearby on Dorchester Avenue, asking for, yes, spaaaare chaaaange.
Police: Would-be burglar done in by early riser on Dot. Ave.
By adamg - 3/27/10 - 8:06 pmBoston Police report arresting a Dorchester man on attempted burglary charges early this morning after, they say, somebody living near JJ's Irish Pub and Grill, 1130 Dorchester Ave., watched him go around back and then heard a series of banging noises.
The banging came from Dennis Reddy's attempts to kick the bar's rear door down, police say. Officers arriving around 5:21 a.m. caught him with a pry bar, a saw, bolt cutters, a hammer, a long screwdriver and a pair of gloves.
Reddy, 57, was also charged with possession of burglarious tools and trespassing.
Innocent, etc.
Keep up with Dot. Ave. construction news
By adamg - 3/12/10 - 4:21 pm
The state Department of Transportation has set up a Web site with info on its $15.6-million, two-year intersection project along the busy road.
Coming soon: Indian food downtown, pasta at Rowes Wharf and bubble tea on Dot. Ave.
By adamg - 2/3/10 - 11:50 amThe Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant licenses to three new eateries:
First nominee for the Storeowner Snow Hall of Shame: Dot Ave Burger King
By adamg - 12/21/09 - 5:43 pmYo, King! There are these things called snow shovels. You might want to buy a couple and then use them so pedestrians who make the mistake of walking on your side of Dorchester Avenue after a snowstorm don't have to risk getting pancaked in the street because you couldn't be bothered to clear your sidewalk.
Short-fused Massholes would do well to avoid Dot Ave. near Freeport Street today
By adamg - 6/26/09 - 8:11 amBoston Police are apparently getting tired of dealing with angry motorists acting out in traffic delays caused by construction along Dorchester Avenue (including one who is charged with sending a couple of cops to the hospital), so they've issued an advisory that construction will continue today at Dot. Ave. and Freeport. They add:
The work being done is expected to cause and create a certain level of delay and inconvenience.
The parade started right on the Dot
By adamg - 6/7/09 - 6:42 pm
This kid in the Caribbean outfit saw me taking pictures and flashed me a huge grin as we sat on Dot. Ave. in Ashmont watching the Dorchester Day parade go by this afternoon.
Possibly the last time the Boston Police mounted unit will march in a Dorchester Day parade:
This one guy on the Dot Out float had these really big balls:
It takes a special sort of Masshole to send two cops to the hospital
By adamg - 6/3/09 - 12:19 pmThe Dorchester Reporter relates the saga of a woman who, on getting impatient with sitting in traffic at Freeport Street and Dorchester Avenue yesterday morning, took off with two cops still attached to her car - after first kicking a third officer.
Innocent, etc.
Rush-hour fire in Andrew Square
By adamg - 6/3/09 - 8:21 amBoston Police tweet a fire at 188 Boston St. caused major traffic and bus delays on Dorchester Avenue through Andrew Square this morning.
