Boston 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.

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:

The 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.

Boston Police tweet a fire at 188 Boston St. caused major traffic and bus delays on Dorchester Avenue through Andrew Square this morning.

If you came here from RSS, I've delete this post because it linked to somebody else's post that was completely wrong and which itself is now gone. My apologies!

Savin Oxide is loving it:

... The bright greens, yellows, whites and purples are everywhere and it is a welcome change from the dingy looking streets of Dorchester. These trees with white blossoms line both sides of Dot Ave in Dorchester. ...

Boston Police tweet that the Bank of America branch at 1440 Dorchester Ave. was held up by three men around 11 a.m.

Like a complete moron, apparently:

... Suddenly we noticed that we were across the street from our destination and we had to cross Dorchester Ave. I caught up to the others, who were waiting for an opening in the traffic. But Junior walked out in front of us and shouted:

"YOU IN DORCHESTER! THIS IS HOW YOU CROSS THE STREET IN DORCHESTER!"

And then he broke from the group and walked right into the rear side panel of a speeding, green, 2-door Civic. His knee made a grotesque pop! as it struck the car. It sounded like a two-liter bottle of soda hitting the pavement after a long fall. ...

Lily Von Schtoop begins to wonder about never-opening Van's Restaurant on Dorchester Avenue and its promise of "causal dining" and "coktails."

Boston Police report a man who sped away from officers investigating two reports of gunfire early this morning led police on a chase around Dorchester - when he wasn't busy driving straight at them - until he slammed into a tree on Dorchester Avenue.

The man was ejected from the car and taken away in an ambulance to Boston Medical Center. If he survives, he'll be charged with a variety of traffic offenses - and possibly charges related to the original gunfire incidents.

Police say the incidents began shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Levant Street. Units in the area were then told to look for a black Honda operating at a high rate of speed with no headlights on. Police say he aimed right at police cruisers twice, the last time shortly before he hit a tree at 1453 Dorchester Ave.