The Bay State Banner goes out on the hustings with the four candidates running for the Democratic nomination for the 2nd Suffolk state-senate seat: State reps Nika Elugardo and Liz Miranda, minister Miniard Culpepper and former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.
Jake reports spotting this parakeet perched on a fence at the Westinghouse complex this morning.
Don't try this at home, because your blender will stop working, suit charges.
A Hyde Park woman and other purchasers of expensive Blendtec blenders say that far from being marble-crushing, skeleton-destroying marvels of modern engineering, the gizmos are actually pretty fragile contrivances that quickly fall apart, leaking their contents and belching smoke and spitting "deteriorated rubber, silicone, and/or plastic" into whatever they're blending before they stop working completely. Read more.
On Feb. 26, police and bar workers say, two couples entered Master McGrath's on River Street in Hyde Park as friends. An hour later, though, one of the men lay in wait for the other outside - with a knife, which he used to slash his new enemy's arm - and which he would have used to inflict even more damage if alert bystanders hadn't stopped him, they said. Read more.
The Boston Police Department reports two people have died of drug overdoses in Hyde Park recently, possibly from what they thought was one kind of drug laced with or replaced by fentanyl, which can be fatal in lower doses than other drugs.
While no illegal drugs are ever considered to be safe, fentanyl or other unknown substances can be easily mixed with those illegal drugs, which can increase the risk of a fatal overdose.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved Jeff Similien's plans to open a pot shop at 5252 Washington St. in West Roxbury, just up from the Dedham line, and a building to grow his wares at 48-54 Walter St. in Hyde Park. Read more.
A report of somebody possibly drowning at Turtle Pond in Stony Brook Reservation this morning brought firefighters - including ones trained in "tech rescues" rushing to the scene - only to discover nobody drowning, just people ignoring the "No Swimming" signs on a warm summer day - signs that went up last summer after somebody did drown in the pond. Read more.
A suspicious package in front of the YMCA on River Street in Hyde Park around noon emptied the building and brought the BPD bomb squad, K-9 units and at least one news copter running as other officers shut River Street to traffic around noon. Read more.
Remains of the house. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports two residents were injured by a two-alarm fire at 22 Norton St. in Hyde Park that was called in shortly before 7:10 a.m. Read more.
Covering over the hateful graffiti this afternoon.
Somebody with a can of black spray paint tried to scare off the people building and supporting what will be New England's first LGBTQ-friendly senior-citizen apartment complex overnight, by spraying homophobic and threatening messages on signs outside the former Rogers Middle School but all they did was fire those people up who vowed to work even faster to open its doors to its first residents. Read more.
Boston Police report gang-unit and SWAT officers armed with a search warrant showed up at 42 Georgetowne Dr. at 4:49 this morning as part of an ongoing investigation. Read more.
Evidence markers at the scene. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports a 14-year-old girl found with gunshot wounds in an Uber car early this morning at Metropolitan Avenue and River Street in Hyde Park was likely shot a few blocks away on Wood Avenue - an area that has seen a number of gunfire incidents, including one murder, and the shooting of another young teen, over the past year. Read more.
Some pigeons up a couple floors at the old boiler plant at the Shops at Riverwood on River Street in Hyde Park.
Boston Police report arresting two men on murder charges for the Oct. 10 shooting death of Trevon Sands on Ayles Road in Hyde Park. Read more.
Among the vacant spaces at the mall: A 1902 boiler building by the banks of the Neponset.
Urban Edge Properties of New York has purchased the Shops at Riverwood on River Street at the Mattapan Line for $32.9 million from Finard Properties, which started building the mall on the grounds of a sprawling former paper mill in 2008. Read more.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint today about a basketball stuck up at the top of a spray-deck water feature at Moynihan Playground on Truman Parkway in Hyde Park - just up the hill from an actual basketball court.
Crime scene. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports two people were stabbed outside the Cavan Cafe, 1406 Hyde Park Ave. around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both victims were expected to survive.
Row of cops keeps Nelson from getting in Louijeune's face at Hyde Park playground.
With most people there to get some free potted plants or Munchkins and to chat with Mayor Wu, the usual gang of Covid screamers also descended on Iacono Playground in Readville this morning - this time with a large contingent of uniformed cops between them and the mayor. Read more.
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