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Blue Hill Avenue
By adamg - 1/18/24 - 11:51 am
Boston Police report officers investigating a report of gunfire at Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue around 2:45 a.m. quickly spotted and stopped a man leaving the scene and "visibly out of breath." Read more.
By adamg - 1/4/24 - 12:27 pm
The Boston Licensing Board today rejected a request from Cristian Market, 411 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall, to add beer to its inventory, because of overwhelming opposition from nearby residents about the already easy access to beer at six other stores within a half mile. Read more.
By adamg - 12/19/23 - 9:32 pm
Boston Police report arresting a South Boston man on charges he held up La Familia market, 64A Blue Hill Ave. at Moreland Street in Roxbury around 10:35 a.m. on Monday. Read more.
By adamg - 12/11/23 - 1:44 pm
On April 24, 1949, an employee of the Boston Transportation Department took this shot of Blue Hill Avenue outbound at Columbia Road.
Note the trolleys on both roads (the reason both have paved medians -that's where the trolleys used to go) and compare to today's view: Read more.
By adamg - 11/30/23 - 12:01 pm
The Supreme Judicial Court today ordered a new trial for a man convicted of gunning down Marcus Hall behind a Blue Hill Avenue barbershop, where Hall had brought his four-year-old son for a haircut on June 14, 2016. Read more.
By adamg - 11/26/23 - 4:58 pm
WCVB reports one person was pronounced dead at the scene after a crash at Blue Hill Avenue and American Legion Highway around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. A second person was taken to a local hospital, where he died.
By adamg - 11/23/23 - 10:48 pm
Police responding to a report of shots fired at Blue Hill Avenue and Edgewood Street around 9:20 p.m. found spent shells, a home and car hit by gunfire and an abandoned car that ended up at the front door of a townhouse on Edgewood Street.
Not long after, a man showed up at a local emergency room with gunshot injuries to his arm and leg.
By adamg - 10/31/23 - 11:52 am
Rendering by Arrowstreet.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a 41-unit, five-story apartment building at 1471 Blue Hill Ave. at Culbert Street in Mattapan. Read more.
By adamg - 10/29/23 - 4:12 pm
Boston Police report officers who responded to a motor-vehicle crash at Blue Hill Avenue and Woodbine Street in Roxbury early Friday wound up arresting the driver for the loaded gun they saw him try to toss away as they approached. Read more.
By adamg - 10/14/23 - 11:17 am
Victim identified as Kalil Jackson, 25, of Dorchester.
Boston Police report a man was shot outside 1194 Blue Hill Ave., near Morton Street in Mattapan, around 12:25 a.m. Read more.
By adamg - 10/12/23 - 12:13 pm
Boston Police report arresting Tony Vance, 39, of Roslindale (in photo) on charges he shot and killed Derrell Russell of Brighton at Blue Hill Avenue and Westview Street in Dorchester around 5:40 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2022.
Innocent, etc.
By adamg - 10/12/23 - 11:25 am
Rendering of possible bus and bike lanes on Blue Hill Avenue.
The city is out with a comparison of two basic approaches for improving Blue Hill Avenue between Mattapan Square and Grove Hall - a massive re-build with construction of dedicated bus lanes and a more modest plan with a massive increase in traffic enforcement by police - and says it expects Mayor Wu to announce a final plan for the road by the end of the year. Read more.
By adamg - 9/9/23 - 4:44 pm
Shortly after 4:35 p.m. on Blue Hill Avenue between Ansel Road and Balsam Street.
By adamg - 8/27/23 - 3:01 pm
Boston Police report arresting three men and a teenager for the eight-victim gun battle just feet from the Jouvert parade up Blue Hill Avenue Saturday morning - although only two of them may have done the shooting. Read more.
By adamg - 8/27/23 - 11:27 am
Five recovered guns and ammo, photo by BPD.
Boston Police report arresting a man they say stabbed somebody with a screwdriver at 493 Blue Hill Ave. in Grove Hall shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
By adamg - 8/26/23 - 9:08 pm
A man who may have been shot on Glenway Street got to Blue Hill Avenue, where police found him around 8:50 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 8/26/23 - 8:29 am
Update: One of the victims was also one of the shooters police say.
Eight people were shot on Talbot Avenue near Blue Hill Avenue around 7:45 a.m. as the Jouvert parade, part of the day's Carnival celebration, was passing by. Read more.
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