Police and the FBI have yet to catch a man with a limp and a gun who keeps holding up markets and gas stations in an area roughly centered on Hyde Park's Readville section. Read more.
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By adamg - 9/23/19 - 3:29 pm
Yes, it's a rumor that seems to pop up every few months, but this time records at the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds show that the owners of the Tahiti, on Mah Way (not the highway), sold the building and its roughly 1 acre of land to a Dedham home builder, Frank Gobbi, last month for $2.9 million. Read more.
By adamg - 9/15/19 - 1:04 pm
Yesterday afternoon, an egret waded along the shallows on the Cutler Park side of the Charles in Dedham for awhile, before a duck got it riled and it began flapping its wings and tried to make the duck go away and then it walked onto a sandbar in the low river before flying the final 30 feet or so to the Millennium Park side of the river in West Roxbury.
Earlier:
Egrets, she's seen a few.
By adamg - 8/25/19 - 9:53 am
KMV surveyed the damage at the East Street Bridge in Dedham, where yet another Amazon driver had the top of his trailer peeled back like a can of sardines overnight (earlier).
This Garmin GPS for truckers offers a variety of features, including "alerts for upcoming Bridge heights."
By adamg - 8/17/19 - 9:21 pm
La Taqueria Taco Bar and Grill, open for a couple years now at Hyde Park Avenue and Canterbury Street in Roslindale, hopes to open a second outlet on Washington Street in Dedham, at the rotary with Providence Highway - next to UBreakIFix.
H/t Robert Orthman.
By adamg - 8/16/19 - 9:29 am
Roving UHub photographer came back a bit aghast from a trip to the At Home store in Dedham (where the Sears used to be), which already has Christmas trees and large, fake candy canes for sale.
By adamg - 8/5/19 - 8:50 pm
Don Reisner spotted this stuck truck at the East Street bridge in Dedham late this afternoon (if you thought they'd fixed the bridge, you're thinking of the East Street bridge next door in Westwood).
Earlier:
Dedham train bridge turns into Prime location for a storrowing.
By adamg - 7/11/19 - 7:47 pm
Dedham Police posted this photo of a freshly storrowed Amazon truck on East Street this evening.
By adamg - 7/8/19 - 2:19 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports some "bacon masters" plan to take over the recently closed Roadworthy space on Washington Street in Dedham, near the mall. Unlike Roadworthy, Small Batch Cafe will concentrate on breakfast and lunch, so presumably the bacon expertise will come in handy.
By DaveA - 6/2/19 - 7:49 am
On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 7 pm at The First Church and Parish, Dedham, The Charles River Green Coalition will host a Green New Deal Town Hall. The town hall will focus on the existential threat posed by climate change and explain the Green New Deal, a stimulus package designed to combat both climate change and the burgeoning economic inequality in the United States.
By adamg - 5/10/19 - 6:37 pm
At Home is the newish replacement for the old Dedham Sears and it's just the place to go if you need vague art and fake plants (including tiny little fake cacti) to furnish your home. We checked it out today and were particularly struck by the piece of wood shown above - emblazoned with American pride on the front and a little "Made in China" sticker on the back.
By adamg - 5/9/19 - 10:14 pm
Chris Ferry snapped a plastic Wile E today at the Dedham Mall, which really is sick of geese, but which may not realize the decoy will only work for a few days and then the geese were realize it never moves and ignore it.
By adamg - 4/21/19 - 9:42 pm
Mark Smith had a ringside seat for the Easter sunset this evening.
Kellyness also watched the sunset, over the First Church in Dedham: Read more.
By adamg - 4/5/19 - 11:51 am
Maybe he really needed a Big Gulp: Dedham Police report they are looking for this guy, whom they say broke into several cars in Dedham on March 18, found a credit card in one, then headed down Spring Street in West Roxbury to the 7-Eleven there.
If Pom-Pom Dude looks familiar, contact police at 781-751-9301.
By adamg - 3/10/19 - 3:31 pm
The Dedham Stop & Shop always seem to have one of the largest selections of food that's kosher for Passover outside of Harvard Street in Brookline - and not just the traditional stuff like matzoh and gefilte fish. Among the selections this year: Roasted seaweed snacks.
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