Readville
Early morning crash kills one, injures four in Readville
By adamg - 2/5/12 - 1:28 pmState Police report a crash at Hyde Park Avenue and Milton Street around 2:40 a.m. killed the driver of one car and sent four occupants of the other car to the hospital.
State Police said the dead driver was a 24-year-old Hyde Park man. No charges have yet been filed and the crash remains under investigation.
Snow in the Boston area!
By adamg - 1/8/12 - 6:10 pm
OK, granted, it's man made, but if you want to remember what the stuff looks like, you can get a good view of the Great Blue Hill ski slope from Meadow Road in Readville.
Earlier:
What a difference a year makes.
Mayor's neighborhood on alert for somebody breaking into elderly residents' homes
By adamg - 12/22/11 - 5:25 pmDistrict E-18 reports that over the past couple of weeks, several homes owned by elderly people in Dedham and Readville along River Street have been broken in at night - while the residents were at home.
Boston Police say both they and Dedham Police have stepped up patrols on either side of the town line in the normally quiet area - where Mayor Menino lives.
If you see anybody suspicious there, contact E-18 detectives at 617-343-5607 or the anonymous tip line at 800-494-8477.
He spent a weekend in Readville overnight
By adamg - 12/20/11 - 6:45 am
Bill managed to get on one of the trains actually moving between New York and Boston last night. Then a tree fell against the overhead wires in Readville around 11 p.m., caught fire and brought the Northeast Corridor to a halt again, with powerless trains just sitting on the tracks for almost 90 minutes. He reports:
After a 3hr 22 minute delay, Amtrak train 2170 arrives at South Station.
Police: Readville shooter arrested in Atlanta
By adamg - 11/14/11 - 5:08 pmBoston Police report arresting Jerome Brody, 24, in connection with a September shooting that left a man near death on a normally quiet Readville street.
Brody was arrested with the help of U.S. marshals and will be returned to Boston to face charges of assault with intent to murder, assault and batter by means of a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm in connection with a Sept. 8 attack in which the victim was shot eight or nine times on Millstone Street, police say.
Javann Hall of Dorchester was arrested two days after the attack. At his arraignment, prosecutors described Hall as the driver, not the shooter, and said the shooter was a member of the Orchard Park gang out to get the victim, an alleged member of the H Block gang, both in Roxbury.
Innocent, etc.
Connolly vote collapses in Hyde Park
By adamg - 11/11/11 - 12:42 pmSteve Poftak looks at the numbers from Tuesday's election, notices that John Connolly's tally in Hyde Park and the neighboring part of Roslindale dropped more than 1,000 votes from 2009:
What's the explanation here? Well, my best guess would be a certain 60-something Readville resident and civic leader might have been less than fully supportive.
Chris Lovett also looks at Hyde Park's numbers - from 1999, the year of Dapper O'Neil's last hurrah.
Readville to postal service: Don't cancel our post office
By adamg - 10/20/11 - 10:01 am
Readville Post Office: Residents aren't licked yet.
Postal officials come to Hyde Park on Tuesday to explain their proposal to stamp out the Readville post office. The Readville and Camp Meigs neighborhood watches, however, are planning a little special delivery of their own: A large turnout to show that residents don't want to or can't travel all the way up to Cleary Square for their postal needs.
The session begins at 6 p.m. at the Hyde Park Community Center, 1179 River St.
DA: Readville man shot repeatedly in feud between two Roxbury gangs
By adamg - 9/12/11 - 1:31 pm
HallJavann Hall of Dorchester was arraigned today on charges he acted as the driver for a gunman who blasted away at a Readville man about to get his todller out of the car Saturday night.
Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Mark Lee estimated the victim was hit eight or nine times by bullets as he and his girlfriend stood outside their apartment on Millstone Street, in one of the city's most remote, quietest areas. Lee told West Roxbury District Court Judge Kathleen Coffey that while the victim is expected to survive, he is still in bad enough shape that officials are still not sure exactly how many times he was shot.
Police make arrest in Readville shooting
By adamg - 9/10/11 - 4:23 pmBoston Police report arresting Javann Hall, 26, for the Thursday shooting that sent one man to the hospital in critical condition.
Hall will be arraigned Monday in West Roxbury District Court on assault with intent to murder, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm, police say.
Innocent, etc.
Shooting in Readville leaves one near death
By adamg - 9/8/11 - 8:19 pmUpdate: Arrest made
Update: Boston Police report the victim, in his 20s, was shot repeatedly.
A man was shot tonight at 47 Millstone Rd., off Neponset Valley Parkway, backing up to the old Stop & Shop warehouse property. The homicide unit was summoned, which means the victim was taken away in critical condition.
Police are looking for two cars: A black Dodge Charger or Intrepid with "some chrome" and a foot-long black antenna out of the rear window and a dark, four-door Civic-like vehicle with a heavy-set driver wearing a cranberry-colored sweatshirt.
This is the second shooting in less than two weeks in what is normally the sleepier end of Hyde Park.
