The Conservation Law Foundation today sued Greyhound Lines, saying the company is letting its drivers idle their diesel-powered buses - and spew out noxious chemicals - for more than the five minutes allowed by state law. Read more.
Surveillance photos of suspect via BPD
Boston Police report they are looking for a man for an assault and battery at the Lincoln Tavern, 425 West Broadway in South Boston around 12:45 a.m. on Monday. Read more.
Some 900 members of UNITE HERE Local 26 went on strike this morning at the Hilton Park Plaza, Hilton Logan Airport, Hilton-Hampton Inn Boston Seaport, and Fairmont Copley Plaza over wages and against staffing and service cuts.
GBH uncorks the news that City Hall is considering several "open container districts" where people could buy something adult at a local restaurant and then just walk around sipping like we're a common New Orleans or Las Vegas. Read more.
Photo via the mayor's office.
The city today formally opened a "bike town" at Moakley Park in South Boston aimed at giving kids a way to safely learn how to ride a bike in an urban setting. Read more.
Procter & Gamble told the city yesterday it will soon file detailed plans for turning World Shaving Headquarters along Fort Point Channel into a new neighborhood as it moves its manufacturing to Andover over the next few years. Read more.
The Bay State Banner reports on an art installation in which binocularish viewfinder things along the water at the Children's Museum show virtual-reality monsters instead of the water or the skyline.
Rendering by Sousa Design Architects.
The owner of the Playwright bar on East Broadway in South Boston has filed plans to replace a neighboring building with a four-story 12-unit apartment building. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans to replace the long shuttered Supreme House of Pizza at 313 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston with a new restaurant that would serve Middle Eastern food and fresh-pressed juices - along with pizza and burgers - between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. - but on condition it not offer takeout. Read more.
As Boston officials await word on whether the legislature will give last-second approval to more than 250 liquor licenses for the city, the Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by developer John Hynes IV to pay $600,000 for the liquor license of a defunct downtown bar to use it as an enticement to bring in somebody to run the restaurant he wants to have in his 18-story, $600-million Seaport office and life-sciences building. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board voted today to let an East 8th Street market begin selling beer and wine, but again cautioned they are going to put more scrutiny on any future requests from South Boston markets to add alcoholic beverages. Read more.
Eversource outage map; orange dot is for more than 1,600 customers.
Eversource reports nearly 1,900 homes and businesses in a swath of Roxbury along Melnea Cass Boulevard - and into South Boston - are without power. Among the affected buildings: 1010 Massachusetts Ave., home to the Boston Public Health Commission, ISD and the Zoning Board of Appeal, which has turned to battery-powered laptops to try to continue its scheduled hearings for today.
Eversource says it hopes to begin restoring power around 3:30 p.m., with the final outage eliminated by 5.
Boston firefighters responded to a fire at 587 East Broadway that spread to a neighboring house and went to three alarms before being brought under control this afternoon. Read more.
Tony Ursillo was among the (fully clothed) people watching naked, half-naked and faux naked people riding down Northern Avenue on bikes, skateboard and, yes, at least one penny farthing last night as part of the annual World Naked Bike Ride Boston, which started at Stony Brook in Jamaica Plain.
Hugmajesty spotted our rare fly-in brown booby hanging out near Carson Beach with one of the local cormorants, in sharp contrast to yesterday's attempt by some of the meaner gulls to chase it off. Also note its feet are yellowish - you're thinking of blue-footed boobies, which are a different species altogether, one found in the eastern Pacific.
Mary Ellen was among the bird enthusiasts who gathered on the beach between the Curley Community Center and Carson Beach today for a chance to photograph the brown booby that decided to head north for some time in the Hub.
The booby in action - look at that neck go: Read more.
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