What the MBTA described as a signal problem turned out to be a trolley derailment just after Copley Square outbound that left passengers on that train and two trains behind it stuck in the tunnel. Read more.
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By adamg - 1/26/23 - 9:27 pm
The scene in Copley Square. Photo by Rand. Can't sit still.
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By adamg - 1/24/23 - 1:30 pm
The Lego Group announced today it's moving its US headquarters from Connecticut to the Back Bay. Read more.
By adamg - 1/23/23 - 5:55 pm
A medical assistant at the MGH Back Bay Health Center, 388 Commonwealth Ave., who was arrested last week on a charge he raped a patient in an exam room was arrested again today for sexually attacking another patient earlier in the month. Read more.
By adamg - 1/19/23 - 9:46 pm
A medical assistant at the MGH Back Bay Health Center, 388 Commonwealth Ave., was arrested yesterday after allegedly raping a patient whom he first told to undress for a test allegedly ordered by a doctor, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - 1/19/23 - 4:03 pm
Charles River Associates, which says it was hired by Twitter to help it figure out how to make Elon Musk pay $44 billion for the company after he tried to back out of the deal, today sued Musk's newest acquisition for the $2.2 million it says it's owed for the work - times two or, even better, three, plus 18% annual interest. Read more.
By adamg - 1/19/23 - 11:15 am
The BPDA board this afternoon will vote on spending $100,000 for a consultant to recommend ways to turn Dartmouth Street between the BPL main library and the Copley Square park into a permanent mall for pedestrians and bicyclists - with space set aside for a lane for emergency vehicles. Read more.
By adamg - 1/15/23 - 5:40 pm
Tony Ursillo had a great seat for this evening's sunset over Beacon Hill, the Common and the Back Bay.
By adamg - 1/12/23 - 9:59 pm
At one point, he looked behind to see if Animal Control was gaining on him.
Liz Robson had a roadrunner's-eye view for a few hours today of a coyote running around Back Street along Storrow Drive for several hours today, successfully evading Boston Animal Control, which apparently didn't have any fresh paint with which to create a tunnel on the side of the building to stun him. Read more.
By adamg - 1/11/23 - 7:07 pm
Scott marvels at the Pru's current blue lighting:
Dare I say the new lighting actually makes the Pru look...nice?
By adamg - 1/9/23 - 3:58 pm
Papa Wheelies Back Bay, which had been selling bicycles at 362 Comm. Ave., at Mass. Ave. since 1992, initially as Back Bay Bicycles, closed last month. Its Wellesley and Portsmouth, NH locations remain open.
H/t Lee.
By adamg - 1/5/23 - 10:23 pm
One of the new Orange Line trains is just sitting at Back Bay, immobile, with passengers wishing it could get up and go already so they can get home. Josh Levinger tweets at the T, which replies, it knows, oh, Lord it knows, or more specifically: Read more.
By adamg - 12/23/22 - 10:11 am
Police in Newton and Wellesley report a significant increase in people having their checks stolen by mailbox fishers, even from the newer models designed to prevent such crimes, and are telling residents it's time to drop their mail off at their local post office, rather than using a box on the street, especially if they contain checks. Read more.
By adamg - 12/21/22 - 5:04 pm
Boston Police report a Lynn man initially arrested on a probation violation will be charged with attacks on three women in separate incidents near Back Bay station on Saturday afternoon.
Wetnsy Louicius, 22, will be charged with robbery and aggravated assault and battery, police say.
Innocent, etc.
By adamg - 12/20/22 - 11:36 pm
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police report a woman was sexually attacked inside the garage at 100 Clarendon St. , next to Back Bay station, around 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Read more.
By adamg - 12/18/22 - 7:19 pm
Surveillance photos via BPD.
>Update: Suspect arrested.
Boston Police have released photos of a man they say physically attacked three women in separate incidents between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Read more.
By adamg - 12/17/22 - 5:08 pm
Samuel Maskell watched a flotilla of geese floating along in the Esplanade lagoon.
By adamg - 12/14/22 - 2:18 pm
The window poster that allegedly outraged Xiaolei Wu.
A Chinese guitar player studying at Berklee was scheduled for an appearance in Boston federal court today on a charge of stalking for allegedly threatening the student who posted a poster calling for democracy in China, by saying he had reported that student's family to Chinese authorities and hoping the student would get stuck with a needle by an addict at South Bay and then eaten. Read more.
By adamg - 12/13/22 - 10:10 pm
Shamus Moynihan was gliding along Storrow Drive inbound this afternoon when traffic suddenly stopped. Read more.
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