South End
Boston Police report an argument between a cab driver and the occupants of a car pulled up next to him at Harrison Avenue and Herald Street around 2:40 this morning ended when one of the car's passengers got out, jumped on the cab's hood and started jumping up and down.
Officers on routine patrol noticed the commotion and wound up arresting Emmanuel Taylor, 29, on a charge of willful and malicious destruction of property.
Police did not specify what allegedly got Taylor so heated up.
Innocent, etc.
Boston Police report a man pumping gas at the Sunoco station at 895 Mass. Ave. got into an argument with two other men that ended with one of them stabbing him, around 12:30 a.m. on Friday.
The victim was taken to nearby Boston Medical Center with injuries not considered life threatening.
So those steel girders can just slowly turn to dust now - unless some enterprising soul puts some boards across them and turns the ex-construction site into a teeter-totter park.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that a gun found in the pants of a suspected drug dealer in a South End alley can be used against him at his trial.
A lower-court judge had ordered the gun dismissed as evidence, saying two Boston detectives had no probable cause to frisk Enrique Cabrera on Oct. 15, 2007. The appeals court, however, said a series of events gave the detectives reason to conclude Cabrera was involved in a drug deal and that officers who feel their safety is at risk can frisk suspects for weapons even in the absence of bulges that might indicate a weapon. The judges add, though, that such cases are showing the strain between conflicting sections of the federal and state constitutions: Read more
Jed braved the elements to take this exclusive photo of, er, um, a non-snow-covered Columbus Avenue in the South End around noon.
UPDATE: Rapidly deteriorating conditions on the waterfront. And look at these near-whiteout conditions in Dorchester, captured at no small risk by Matt Vaitiskis:
Stephanie Rogers checks out the first Cabin Fever indie gift show on what used to be a fairly desolate South End street.
Boston Police tweet the Hingham Institute for Savings at 540 Tremont St., was held up late this afternoon.
Joanne Chang of Myers + Chang responds to a Yelp review that not only accuses it of de-grittifying the South End but of being offensive to Asians, to boot.
Chinatown Blog reports some residents and merchants along East Berkeley Street want to change its name to Dover Street, and that there's a public hearing on the matter on Feb. 9th 6:30 p.m. at Project Place, 1145 Washington St.
Could somebody explain why this is necessary?
The Huntington News reports two students and a guest were robbed near Tremont Street and Douglas Park while on a liquor run around 7 p.m. on Jan. 23. The three were robbed by two guys who'd followed them into Hollywood Liquors and then followed them down the street before flashing a knife and taking their liquor, cell phones and cash.
Aquitane, 569 Tremont St., received a citation from police on Oct. 29 because workers cleaning up after a party piled eight chairs in front of a rear exit. Boston Licensing Board members today told the restaurant not to let it happen again. Read more
The Chinatown Blog has the details on a proposal for 275 Albany St.
The Boston Fire Department tweets the rear wall at 56 Berkeley St., from the third to fifth floors, collapsed around 11:30 p.m., Wednesday. The building is vacant and nobody was injured, but as a precaution, a nine-unit condo building at 50 Berkeley St. was ordered evacuated for the night.
Meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Cathedral, 1400 Washington St., according to state Rep. Linda Dorcena-Forry (D-Dorchester):
At the meeting, aide organizations, government officials, Haitian Americans and concerned citizens will both mourn the devastation and begin the recovery. I hope you can join us. We will discuss search and rescue operations and have details regarding various funds where we can start channeling supplies to aide in the recovery.
Boston Police report Warren Tyler took advantage of a motorist leaving his car running at a gas station to steal the car, then go on a short joy ride that killed one man and sent Tyler and a truck driver in the hospital last night. Read more
Preston Jackson, a Mattapan man charged with continuing to rob Back Bay, South End and Fenway stores even after his photo started showing up on TV, pleaded guilty today to nine counts of armed robbery and one count each of armed assault with intent to rob and attempted robbery, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Peter Lauriat sentenced Jackson to 13 to 20 years in state prison.
Jackson never actually showed a weapon during his holdups, in which he typically passed a note to a clerk, but was charged with armed robbery because he told his victims he was armed. After his last, failed heist, police recovered a note on the street that read "Give me the money quietly and no one will be shot."
Boston Police tweet somebody was stabbed this evening on Yarmouth Place, was able to get to Boston Medical Center, wound not considered life threatening.
Location. The Hampton Inn Suites Boston is located at the Boston Crosstown Center and stands adjacent to the Boston Medical Center in Boston, Mass. This property is positioned one mile from the Boston Ballet, Copley Place and Symphony Hall. Newbury Street is located less than two miles away. Read more
Driving directions:
From Boston Logan International Airport:
Approximate distance to the hotel is four miles.
Take Exit 93 South Boston.
Take Exit 18 toward Dorchester/Roxbury.
The hotel is located on the right.
That argument we have here any time there's a news story about the area behind Northeastern University? The Globe has picked it up.
My personal opinion? Sussex Street is Roxbury, since it was part of the separate city of Roxbury before Boston annexed it in 1868.
Boston Police report finding a black male, 22, shot to death around 3 a.m. today at 35 Hammond St..
It's the latest violent incident on the street: Read more
Penny and Ed Cherubino report they were first in line last night when Coppa, Ken Oringer and Jamie Biss's new joint, sorry, enoteca, opened its doors for its first Friday night:
... By 6:30 pm the place was jammed. Customers waiting for seats were standing in back of us getting drinks passed to them- including cans of Schaefer beer (go figure). ...
Ed. note: After all, Schaeffer. Is the. One beer to have. When you're having more than one. Sure, I have trouble remembering people's birthday's, but I can't forget that jingle.
Boston Police report that when Roberto Rodriguez, 24, attempted to grab a woman's purse on Upton Street around 5:40 p.m. yesterday, the woman fought back: Read more
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