Roxbury

Helping low-income Bostonians get computer help

adamg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:35:25 -0500

Pops posts photos from today's Boston Tech Day at the O'Bryant School.

Police: Man attacked with hatchet in drunken brawl over woman

adamg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:24:35 -0500

The Globe reports on an incident Friday night on Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury.

State learns again that people don't like having things crammed down their throat

adamg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:34 -0500

And now the state loses out on $145 million in federal stimulus funds; money was to have gone to a fancy-shmancy Silver Line extension through Roxbury and Mattapan that state officials tried to foist on the neighborhoods as a fait accompli.

Lawmakers ask state to withdraw 28X proposal (from the Dorchester Reporter a couple weeks ago).

Steve Poftak is sad.

Earlier:
Gloria Fox, Byron Rushing objected to bus cramming.

Police: Car burglar slashes man with knife, then needs to be taken to the hospital himself

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54:40 -0500

Boston Police report a man caught in the act of rummaging through a woman's car in the parking lot of the Columbus Avenue Walgreens last night got into a "violent" struggle with her boyfriend, cutting his wrist with a knife before police arrived.

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Hit list of 12 poorly performing Boston schools targeted for overhauls or closure

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:59:23 -0500

School Superintendent Carol Johnson will release their names and proposed action plans at a School Committee meeting tonight, the Globe reports, adding at least half are in "the Circle of Promise, an area that includes parts of Roxbury and Dorchester.

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City Council to consider honoring fire lieutenant who died in crash and telling annoyed Charlestown yuppies to shut it

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:59:59 -0500

The City Council tomorrow considers a proposal by Council President Michael Ross to designate Huntington Avenue between Longwood and Ruggles as Lt. Kevin M. Kelley Avenue, in honor of the fire officer who died on Jan. 9 when the brakes on his firetruck failed on a steep Mission Hill Street.

The council is also scheduled to consider a resolution by Councilors Sal LaMattina and Steve Murphy to support "the preservation of the USS Constitution’s heritage and time-honored traditions of daily gun salutes and playing of the national anthem in Boston's Charlestown Navy Yard."

The council meeting begins at noon in the fifth-floor council room in City Hall.

Stabbed in the head in Roxbury

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:24:07 -0500

Boston Police tweet a man was stabbed in the head this afternoon at 256 Warren St.

Separately, two men were stabbed in a single incident at 241 Woodrow Ave. in Dorchester, police tweet. Their injuries are considered minor.

Roxbury murder suspect arrested in Lewiston, Maine

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:14 -0500

Boston Police report the arrest of Gregory Knight, 27, on charges he shot Carl Bonnie to death on Nov. 11 at 69 Clifford St. Knight was nabbed by the Boston Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit.

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Police: Mission Hill party ends with cop punched in face

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:09 -0500

Boston Police report a "visibly intoxicated" woman objected to her 8 Sunset St. party being broken up early Sunday by punching a responding officer in the face - which police say started a melee that ended with three more party-goers getting arrested.

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Permanent home for Speed's hot dogs?

adamg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:49:55 -0500

Penny Cherubino reports that Speed's, the hot-dog truck in Newmarket Square, could be moving to a permanent storefront. In the meantime, on Nov. 16, 17 and 18, you'll find the truck at 960 Morrissey Blvd., she reports.

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