West Roxbury

Man charged with double stabbing at West Roxbury store had just been convicted of assault and battery

By adamg - 10/8/15 - 4:49 pm

Kristopher Soderberg, 38, of West Roxbury walked out of West Roxbury Municipal Court last week with a suspended six-month jail sentence after he was convicted of drunk driving and assault and battery.

Soderberg was arraigned today - in a bed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - by a West Roxbury Municipal Court justice on one count of armed assault with intent to rob and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, following a bloody incident at a Grove Street market that left two other people with stab wounds as well, one to the chest, one requiring a tourniquet at the scene to reduce the bleeding. Read more.

Three stabbed in argument over dog at West Roxbury market

By adamg - 10/7/15 - 9:38 pm

Updated with info from WCVB.

A man who wasn't allowed to bring his dog into the tiny Familia Grocery on Grove Street returned around 9:30 p.m. with a knife, WCVB reports.

Protesters try to block pipeline at West Roxbury line

By adamg - 10/6/15 - 9:58 am

Action going on this morning on Washington Street.

From West Roxbury to Saugus, a stunning sunset

By adamg - 10/5/15 - 9:01 pm

Sunset over Centre Street in West Roxbury

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People were getting their phones out along Centre Street in West Roxbury this evening to take photos of the sunset.

And people everywhere else were looking up as well: Read more.

Residents continue to fight 'humongous' 16-unit condo building at Roslindale/West Roxbury line

By adamg - 10/5/15 - 8:38 pm

Joined by district City Councilor Matt O'Malley, residents in the area of Weld and Centre streets once again told developers their proposed replacement for the collapsing old Weld-American gas station is just too big. Read more.

Tranquility in the city

By adamg - 10/5/15 - 2:31 pm

Dock in Turtle Pond in the Stony Brook Reservation

One of the docks on Turtle Pond in Stony Brook Reservation this afternoon - during the two minutes when the wind stopped and the surface of the pond was fairly calm.

Gas company crosses the line into West Roxbury

By adamg - 10/3/15 - 2:14 pm

Trench being dug for new high-pressure gas line on Washington Street in West Roxbury

Workers for Algonquin Gas Transmission were busy today digging a trench up Washington Street just past the Dedham line so they can lay down a high-pressure natural-gas pipeline that will end at a new transfer station at Grove and Centre Streets, across from the West Roxbury quarry.

A judge dismissed the city's challenges to the pipeline three weeks ago. At a rally last weekend, residents vowed civil disobedience to stop the pipeline.

Developer proposes residential building on VFW Parkway parcel where the IHOP used to be

By adamg - 9/29/15 - 11:31 pm

West Roxbury developer Peter Davos has filed a letter of intent with the BRA to build 84 residential units in a four-story building at 1235 VFW Parkway, the one-time home of an IHOP that over the past couple of decades has served as a parking lot and the site of a sign advertising stump removal. Read more.

Gas pipeline won't come into West Roxbury without a fight

By adamg - 9/27/15 - 6:27 pm

Inflatable pipeline crosses Lagrange Street

Protesters carry inflatable simulation of a pipeline across Lagrange Street.

Some 200 protesters, joined by several city councilors and a state representative, vowed today to continue their fight against the proposed Westwood-to-West-Roxbury natural-gas pipeline down Washington and Grove streets.

Organizer Chuck Collins said at a rally at Billings Field that 160 people have already received civil-disobedience training to put themselves in the way of Spectra Energy construction equipment once it gets to the West Roxbury line on Washington Street. Read more.

The mean streets of Westie

By adamg - 9/24/15 - 3:29 pm

The Montreal Gazette talks to former Canadiens enforcer Chris "Knuckles" Nilan about "Black Mass." Seems Nilan was once married to Whitey's stepdaughter, so he's obviously qualified to talk about the movie. Also, he's "a product of Boston’s rough-and-tumble West Roxbury," the Gazette reports. Read more.

Neighbors of rotting West Roxbury factory still hate idea of the apartments proposed to replace it

By adamg - 9/23/15 - 11:25 pm

From the 425 Lagrange St. filing with the BRA.

The meeting was not quite as boisterous as past sessions. But at the one hearing the BRA was required to hold, residents of Lagrange Street and nearby side streets told landlord Michael Argiros they still can't stomach his proposal for apartments on Lagrange just off Centre because it's too big. Read more.

West Roxbury shocker: A bank on Centre Street is closing

By adamg - 9/23/15 - 8:00 pm

The Eastern Bank branch on Centre Street at Lagrange is closing in December, apparent victim of a tiny parking lot off a busy intersection. No word if it will be replaced by another bank, a funeral home or a pizza place.

Large fungus amongus

By adamg - 9/23/15 - 2:34 pm

Daisy Razor took this photo of a large fungusy thing on Glenhaven Road in West Roxbury, wonders what it is and whether she should warn the neighborhood kids to stay away from it.

Girl struck, dragged by car driven by elderly man in West Roxbury Roche Bros. parking lot

By adamg - 9/21/15 - 7:38 pm

Fox 25 reports.

Apparently, there's a vast gray market in unused diabetic test strips

By adamg - 9/13/15 - 1:05 pm

At least, based on the zillions of little yellow signs advertising "CASH" for unused test strips that sprouted overnight in West Roxbury, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain.

West Roxbury High gets all new athletic fields

By adamg - 9/12/15 - 12:58 pm

Falcons player watches Raiders practice in West Roxbury

A Parkway Falcons player watches West Roxbury Raiders and cheerleaders practice.

City and state officials gathered with Parkway athletes today to officially open the new $18-million Raiders Field, which includes revamped football and baseball fields with artificial turf and lighting and new facilities for track and field events.

Among those who spoke: Retired West Roxbury High Raiders Coach Leo Sybertz, who led the team to several high-school Super Bowl championships: Read more.

Judge OKs new gas pipeline through West Roxbury

By adamg - 9/11/15 - 8:12 am

A federal judge yesterday gave Algonquin Gas Transmission the OK to dig up Washington and Grove streets for a high-pressure natural-gas main that will end in a new transfer station across from the West Roxbury quarry, Wicked Local West Roxbury reports.

Sounds like there aren't enough trash cans at Hynes Field

By adamg - 9/4/15 - 9:12 am

Don't leave dirty diapers on the street in West Roxbury

Daniel Guzman spotted this sign at Courtney and Russett near Hynes Field in West Roxbury yesterday.

West Roxbury landlord formally files plans for apartment building on Lagrange Street

By adamg - 8/31/15 - 8:17 pm

Proposed Lagrange Street apartments in West Roxbury

Architect's rendering of the view from across Centre Street.

Michael Argiros of Charles River Realty today filed a formal request with the BRA to let him replace the increasingly decrepit old asthma-inhaler factory he now owns on Lagrange Street with a $10-million, 48-unit apartment building with 81 parking spaces. Read more.

So when do the giant inflatable Santas go on display?

By adamg - 8/29/15 - 11:04 am

Robert Orthman was forced to deal with this sight at the West Roxbury Home Depot this morning.

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