Columbia Point

Community gun cache uncovered on Columbia Point

adamg — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:37:17 +0000

District C-6 reports:

On 4/26/11 5:07PM at 57 Ocean View Dr., witness observed 3 BMs 20-25 years throw something into the bushes. Officer discovered a Colt .25 caliber loaded with 1 round in the chamber and 5 in the magazine, H&R Model 622 revolver loaded with 6 rounds, and a Kel-Tec .380 loaded with 1 round in the chamber and 7 rounds in the magazine. Each gun was found inside of a sock.

Gangs sometimes store guns in semi-public places where members can have easy access to them.

UMass Boston falling down, falling down, falling down

adamg — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:30:00 +0000

A 385-pound chunk of concrete plummeted from a ceiling, but school officials said no problems, it happened in an area where nobody is supposed to go, the Dorchester Reporter informs us.

Police searching for armed teens in Harbor Point home invasion

adamg — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:34:16 +0000

1/7/10 - 3:00 pm

Boston Police tweet they're looking for three black males, about 18, who busted into an apartment on Westwind Road this afternoon. They claimed to have guns; one pulled out a knife. Police say one was wearing a white jacket, the other two black jackets.

Something smells: Developer threatens to pull $1B Dorchester development over stink plant

adamg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:16:49 +0000

The Dorchester Reporter breaks the news that Corcoran Jennison Companies is considering canceling its giant "Bayside on the Point" project because the MWRA is refusing to budge on its plans to build an odor-control plant nearby.

The housing project would replace the current Bayside Expo Center; the odor-control plant would use carbon filters and a smokestack to get rid of odors from up to 18-million gallons of sewage-laden storm runoff. The paper talks to South End residents who live near a similar treatment plant.