Mass and Cass
By adamg - 4/28/22 - 12:01 pm
A Mattapan man charged with selling crack and fentanyl he was storing in plastic bags clenched in his buttocks at Mass and Cass could lose the $1,401 police say they found in his jacket pockets at booking. Read more.
By adamg - 4/26/22 - 12:18 pm
BPD responded in force to the train station. Photo by Night Ridah.
Gavin Schoch reports one man was found stabbed on Topeka Street while another was found stabbed by police following a blood trail to the Newmarket commuter-rail station, around 9:30 a.m.
By adamg - 4/8/22 - 6:27 pm
A Boston man arrested last fall on state human-trafficking and drug charges at Mass and Cass now faces federal charges that he trafficked women and drugs both there on the Cape and in New York - and that he would beat and rape women to keep them in line. Read more.
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By adamg - 2/24/22 - 10:15 am
WBUR reports.
Earlier:
Wu said tent removal only part of a longer-term project.
By adamg - 2/23/22 - 9:15 am
The Revere Journal reports the city licensing board renewed the license for the Quality Inn after the owner gave assurances he's really trying to re-open the Covid-19-shuttered place as an actual hotel, and not let it be used as overflow for Mass and Cass, as had been proposed by then acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey back in the day, like last year.
By adamg - 2/7/22 - 1:48 pm
City Councilor Michael Flaherty (at large) wants to cut a break for property owners in Newmarket Square for everything they have to put up with these days. Read more.
By adamg - 1/13/22 - 11:54 pm
Live Boston reports crews removing tents from the Mass and Cass area or patrolling the area n Monday and Tuesday found two bodies. Read more.
By adamg - 1/12/22 - 11:43 pm
The South End-Roxbury Community Partnership posted this photo tonight of Southampton Street, home to a city shelter and a key congregating point for people at Mass and Cass.Read more.
By adamg - 1/10/22 - 11:56 am
Mayor Wu said today that 83 people who had been living in tents along Methadone Mile have been placed in new, "low-threshold" housing - with heat, hot water and ready access to counseling and health services. Read more.
By adamg - 12/15/21 - 11:44 am
Temporary shelters being installed yesterday at Shattuck Hospital. Photo by thebostonlol.
Mayor Wu today announced a plan to get everybody now living in tents in the Mass and Cass area connected with "appropriate services" by Jan. 12, after which the city will "ensure the area remains clear of encampments." Read more.
By adamg - 12/13/21 - 4:11 pm
Volunteers of America reports it's re-opened its Hello House, its residential recovery center in a brownstone on Mass. Ave. near Harrison Avenue. Read more.
By adamg - 11/17/21 - 1:19 pm
WBZ Newsradio reports Mayor Wu has ended the city program to make people leave Methadone Mile by removing their tents, at least until after an ACLU lawsuit over the practice is resolved. A Suffolk Superior Court judge could decide today whether to grant a temporary restraining order to block the removals while the case is pending.
By adamg - 11/15/21 - 4:42 pm
A Pallet shelter.
The state next month will set up a "temporary cottage community" on the grounds of Shattuck Hospital in Franklin Park to house and care for up to 30 people who now live - or try to live - in tents along Methadone Mile, state Health and Human Services Secretary Mary Lou Sudders said today. Read more.
Public-health doctor who led state's initial Covid-19 response to head Boston's Mass and Cass effort
By adamg - 11/10/21 - 10:21 am
Mayor-elect Michelle Wu said today she plans to appoint Dr. Monica Bharel, who served as commissioner of the state Department of Public Health as Covid-19 exploded, to serve as the cabinet-level head of the city's efforts to do something about Mass and Cass after Wu takes office on Tuesday. Read more.
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