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Man charged with a shooting near Ashmont station

By adamg - 3/30/24 - 12:03 pm

Boston Police report a man arrested Friday on gun charges was later also charged with shooting a man Talbot Avenue at Dorchester Avenue last Sunday, leaving the victim with life-threatening injuries. Read more.

Teen with a replica gun was robbing a convenience store a day in Dorchester - until detectives spotted him walking into another store, police say

By adamg - 3/30/24 - 11:44 am

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old on charges he robbed three convenience stores on Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street in Dorchester - just after he entered a fourth store on Friday. Read more.

Board won't approve longer hours for Newmarket Square kitchen for start-up chefs without a detailed security plan after hearing of fights and cooking round the clock

By adamg - 3/29/24 - 2:11 pm

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday deferred action on a request from South Boston Bites, 94 Shirley St.in Roxbury, to extend its currently licensed hours of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. after hearing some of the food entrepreneurs it was renting kitchens to were already cooking up stuff around the clock in a space where women have expressed fear of being in and neighbors were complaining of noise in the early morning. Read more.

One advantage of storrowing in a tunnel on a day like this: You won't get drenched watching the crew trying to unwedge your vehicle

By adamg - 3/29/24 - 11:48 am

MassDOT reported at the tail end of the morning commute that one driver learned the hard way his rig was too big for the Sumner Tunnel, wedging it in firmly enough to warrant an alert that the tunnel's left lane was shut for awhile.

Company building Orange, Red Line trains is way late with deliveries so the MBTA tosses them some more money to speed things up

By adamg - 3/29/24 - 8:32 am

When the T hired CRRC to build hundreds of new cars despite not having any experience with American subways but at a price that was just too good to pass up, the contract contained penalty clauses in case the company was late. CommonWealth Beacon reports the T will be paying CRRC $148 million more - and will waive up to $131 million in penalties if CRRC delivers all the cars by the end of 2027, four years late. Both sides blame the pandemic and restrictions on Chinese companies by the Trump administration.

Trouble at the top at two BPS schools

By adamg - 3/29/24 - 8:27 am

The Crimson reports on the uproar at the Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston after BPS removed the principal three months ago after she allegedly failed to report serious problems among students, including "persistent bullying" and "sexual misconduct." Read more.

Orange Line briefly detoured through Wellesley

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 10:07 pm

The Orange Line has a photo of some old Orange Line cars crossing Rte. 9 - on flatbed trucks.

Daughter of bicyclist dragged and run over by a dump-truck driver in the Fenway sues driver, company

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 9:25 pm

The daughter of man dragged and then crushed by a dump truck at Massachusetts and Huntington avenues in 2022 today filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against both the driver and the New Hampshire company that owned the truck. Read more.

Man charged as Brighton peeping tom

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 1:47 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man for peering into windows on Donnybrook Road and a few blocks away on Beechcroft Street, both in Brighton - and trying to enter one of the residences. Read more.

Wu to seek permission to temporarily raise tax rates on office buildings should assessments show big decline in their values; says move would protect residents from potentially large tax increases

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 1:23 pm

Mayor Wu said today she will seek state legislation that would let the city tax owners of commercial and industrial property at a higher rate for four years, should official assessments being conducted this year show a precipitous drop in the assessed value of downtown office space in particular due to work shifts caused by the pandemic. Read more.

Board sets revocation hearing for Maverick Square liquor license, but it's six months out, so holder has yet another last chance to re-open his closed restaurant

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 11:50 am
John Tyler

The Boston Licensing Board voted today to set a revocation hearing in six months for the liquor license John Tyler holds for a space at 154 Maverick St., but said they are more hopeful this time than the last time they threatened him with revocation, last August, because he has letters of intent from two possible operators that could, finally, keep the place open longer than a couple months. Read more.

Allston's Sil has three-day suspension hanging over head for six months after five young'uns caught drinking there

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 11:06 am

The Boston Licensing Board voted today for a three-day license suspension at the Silhouette Lounge, 200 Brighton Ave. in Allston, but to hold that in abeyance for six months, after BPD licensing cops found five people under 21 drinking - three of them just 19. Read more.

South End chocolate bar wins approval

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 10:48 am

The Boston Licensing Board today granted a food-serving license to Cacao, 570 Columbus Ave. in the South End. Read more.

Boston area left with just one book bound in human skin after Harvard removes remains of woman's back from a book in its collection

By adamg - 3/28/24 - 9:37 am

The Crimson reports the university, after long and careful consideration of the sort only Harvard can mount after ten years of criticism, has "removed the human skin binding from a book held in Houghton Library and apologized for 'past failures in its stewardship of the book'." Read more.

Man charged with using knife, screwdriver and rock in East Boston attack and armed robbery

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 9:50 pm

Boston Police report arresting an East Boston man on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon not long after an attack on Border Street near the Umana School in East Boston yesterday afternoon. Read more.

In contentious meeting, Boston City Council moves to bring citywide planning into city government

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 5:33 pm

The Boston City Council today approved a measure to set up a planning department as the first major step towards abolishing the BPDA and giving the mayor and the council - and residents more of a direct say in how Boston grows. Read more.

Southern-style seafood restaurant could open in old Ashmont Grill space next month

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 2:59 pm

Three entrepreneurs hoping to replace the old Ashmont Grill at 555 Talbot Ave. at Dorchester Avenue with a seafood restaurant say they could begin "soft opening" next month, with a more formal grand opening in May. Read more.

Boston City Council unanimously supports Trans Day of Visibility

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 1:08 pm
Giselle Byrd, executive director of Theater Offensive, addresses councilors

Giselle Byrd, executive director of Theater Offensive, addresses councilors.

City councilors voted unanimously today to support the trans community in Boston and across the country on Sunday's Transgender Day of Visibility. Read more.

The city that always sleeps: North End to get Middle Eastern food, just not past midnight

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 11:59 am

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to Fatima and Mahmood Ibrahim to open a 40-seat Middle-Eastern fusion restaurant at 115 Salem St. in the North End. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Milkman, recycling guys and bus drivers blocked in Charlestown

By adamg - 3/27/24 - 9:27 am
Truck blocking Eden Street in Charlestown

What's a milkman to do?

A distraught citizen filed a 311 complaint this morning about the block blocking truck on Eden Street in Charlestown this morning: Read more.