Commonwealth Avenue
Boston Police report a 68-year-old woman is in critical condition after being hit by a car at Comm. Ave. and Allston Street around 7 p.m. yesterday.
Officers spoke with the female operator of the vehicle that struck the victim and learned that she was traveling on Commonwealth Avenue and came to a stop due to the red light at the intersection of Allston Street. After stopping, the female operator proceeded when the light turned green. At this time, the operator informed officers that the woman ran across the street towards the tracks when her vehicle struck her. It should be noted that the operator of the vehicle immediately stopped and awaited the arrival of the officers.
Police say no charges or violations have been issued to this point.
Green Line service along Commonwealth Avenue was briefly disrupted tonight when two land yachts tried occupying the same space at the same time at Allston Street. Dan Chace was there for the aftermath; says it appears the gray behemoth was going the wrong way on Comm. Ave.
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A Lowell man found bleeding from his eyes and mouth on Comm. Ave. in Allston early Sunday was arraigned yesterday on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more
The Daily Free Press reports the University Credit Union, 846 Commonwealth Ave., was held up around noon yesterday, by a black man with a mustache and a gun.
No trolleys along Comm. Ave. between Packards Corner and Blandford St. The T says: Take the 57 bus instead - and that they've added extra buses.
T spokesman Joe Pesaturo says repairs are being made to a section of the overhead wire on the outbound side near the BU Bridge, with the work expected to be done by 1 p.m.
A BU student who failed to check for oncoming trolleys was "clipped" by one near BU Central around 5 p.m. Saturday, the Daily Free Press reports. Read more
The Outraged Liberal reports he made the mistake of trying to take a bus from Kenmore Square to Harvard Avenue and now wonders:
... [W]hat brilliant person is behind the rebuilding of the BU Bridge-Commonwealth Avenue nightmare? And do they have a clue how to time traffic lights? ...
Boston Biker reports there's a meeting at 6 p.m. today (yes, today) at the BPL main branch in Copley Square - and that, as you might expect, Back Bay doyens and doyennes will oppose the plan.
Does anyone have any idea whats going on by the BU bridge on Comm Ave? Tons of cop cars!
The MBTA reports it is running bus service between Washington Street and Boston College because of a car crash at Chiswick Street that ended with a car on the tracks.
Joe Gravellese reports his train stopped around 9:30 a.m. near Chestnut Hill Avenue. He tweets:
got off the train to walk to d-line-lots of cops, ambulances about half mile past chestnut hill av inbound. Not pretty.
Small chemical explosion on the third floor, 590 Comm. Ave., around 8:45 p.m., hazmat team on the way.
Penny Cherubino posts a photo of an ailing elm tree at Mass. Ave. and Commonwealth Ave. that appears to have the classic signs of the killer fungus spread by beetles.
Earlier:
The dying trees of South Boston.
At Comm. Ave. and South Street. Three minor injuries in the car.
Owner blames 'exorbitant' rent increase by landlord, Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports.
Mr. Butch, gone.
Grecian Yearning, gone.
Marty's, gone.
What's next?
Lisa inquires via a comment here:
Does anyone know anything about the car that got stuck on the track between the Harvard Ave and Griggs Street stop on the Green B line last night? No one's reported anything but there was for sure a car on the tracks and lots of cops/firetrucks....
The Herald reports the driver blew his horn, but the kid didn't hear him as he cut across the tracks near the BC stop this morning.
Jane Kokernak looks up just as a 57 bus passes by on Comm. Ave., headed toward Kenmore during the morning rush:
... People were packed inside, seated in rows, their many heads bowed over what they held in their laps - blots of white to me - opened books. And before my consciousness fully registered the scene, it seemed to me that people were praying, like supplicants in pews, staring down into hymnals, waiting for the priest to interrupt them from their reverie and say, "All rise."
The Allston/Brighton Tab reports on a Sept. 18 incident in which one bicyclist who didn't seem to appreciate getting passed by another one sped up to cut the guy off, forcing the guy into two parked cars. But proving karma is a bitch, the alleged rager then flipped over the front of his own bike, requiring a trip to the hospital, the paper reports.
BostonZest reports on Back Bay elm trees being taken down because of Dutch Elm Disease. Dead trees walking (well, dead trees standing there) can be identified by the "girdle" or strip of bark taken off them to try to stop the disease from getting to the roots before the tree is chopped down.
Light turns green, BU student on bicycle attempts to turn left in front of car going straight on Comm. Ave. and University Road Tuesday morning, the Daily Free Press reports, adding he was taken away with a head wound.
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