A Dorchester couple who showed up at Logan Airport last month with $589,041 in cash stuffed inside pants in two carry-on suitcases and two duffel bags could be about to lose the money, under a forfeiture motion filed yesterday by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Read more.
Jim Braude opened his Boston Public Radio show this morning with the news.
Rendering by Embarc.
A developer has filed plans with the BPDA for a five-story, 24-unit condo building on what is now a vacant lot at 944 Saratoga St., next to Noyes Playground and to another condo building that went up a few years ago. Read more.
A man locked up in a federal detention facility as he awaits trial on drug-trafficking charges was charged again today: This time for an alleged plot in which he was willing to pay to have the two assistant US attorneys handling his case in Boston court, a person he suspected of ratting him out and two rival drug dealers murdered. Read more.
Three Quincy teens were arraigned Friday on charges they decided to go all droog on some other South Shore teens and bash in their heads at the Kenmore Green Line stop on May 10, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports, adding police are continuing to try to ID two other alleged attackers. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether to let the owners of the closed Garage nightclub on Linden Street in Allston try to close a deal to lease the space and sell the liquor license to the owner of Jana Grill and Bakery of Watertown, who said today he would use the larger Allston space to offer both Mediterranean food and entertainment. Read more.
Last Thursday night, Boston Police had to respond to two near simultaneous gunfire attacks in East Boston, one at Brandywyne Village, the other on Liverpool Street near Maverick Street. Read more.
A roving UHub photographer spotted this guy slowly driving around the Common this morning, reports the guy has been circling Beacon Hill for a couple months now.
Caroline Barnes, who sells posters celebrating the angry turkeys of Brookline, reports that the town and the Brookline Art Makes Community are in receipt of their first shipment of oversized fiberglass turkeys, which local artists will paint and place around the town.
The State House News Service reports the state has collected $1.8 billion from rich people in new taxes in the first nine months of the fiscal year - $800 million more than state revenue officials had forecast for the entire fiscal year, which could be good news for the MBTA and schools. The money comes from a 4% surcharge on income above $1 million, as approved by voters in 2022.
T spreading the news at Park, photo by a roving UHub photographer.
Update, 8:21 a.m.: T reports service back to normal
The MBTA reports the Green Line is dead between Copley and Government Center because of a switch problem at Arlington. Take the Orange Line instead, or the 39 bus should your travel plans include Huntington Avenue, they say.
The group of five in surveillance photos released by BPD.
Two South Boston men were arraigned today on charges they sent three men to the hospital by stomping on them on Tudor Street after the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17. A third man, brother of one of the other two, will also face charges for the attack once police catch up with him. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Tavern in the Square on Brighton Avenue, where the Kells used to be, has served its last BU student.
The MBTA reports an outbound Red Line train at Charles/MGH that's developed a sudden fear of crossing the water is gumming up the works towards Alewife.
Brookline Police report officers responded to the Brookline Reservoir off Rte. 9 on a report of a body floating in the water around 5:40 a.m.: Read more.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint today about this new flag for the new Citrus & Salt restaurant making it difficult to get down A Street in Fort Point without getting into a flag war.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today tossed a lawsuit by the owner of the Davio's chain of Italian steakhouses against its insurer, which had told Davio's that its "all risks" policy did not, in fact, cover all risks, specifically losses from being forced to close or limit service in dining rooms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.
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