Erica Fletcher reports Boston police and firefighters had their work cut out for them this afternoon trying to untangle two cars that careened together at the oddball intersection of Washington Street with itself and South Street at the tip of Adams Park - and dealing with the resulting traffic nightmare at the start of the afternoon rush. Read more.
Seen by thousands every day, but seldom noticed — across from Forest Hills, at the corner of the Arboretum facing the Arborway, sits a prominent stone memorial dedicated for one of the fallen. Like many others, this weekend we remember, and work so that their stories are not forgotten. The memorial is for one of the neighborhood's own, Charles Morton Toole - killed in action in Cierges, France, October 1, 1918.
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An alleged marijuana dealer was arrested a couple of blocks away from a Roslindale McDonald's after a resident spotted him tossing McDonald's wrappers and an unfinished burger out his window and called 911 to complain - about the trash, not the oral sex that was the apparent reason he tossed the meal, according to a court filing by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Read more.
Fighter jet over South Bay. Photo by Danny in Boston.
Shortly before 11 a.m., the pilot of a Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 flew low over Hyde Park and Roslindale on the way to participate in the rededication of the Fallen Heroes Memorial on Northern Avenue in South Boston.
Danny in Boston videoed it as it passed over the South Bay mall, noted it's not every day you see a fighter jet over the mall: Read more.
WCVB reports two people, one a teenager, were stabbed at 100 Brookway Rd. around 4:20 p.m. The girl was stabbed by other girls who burst into her apartment; unclear if the second stabbing of a man nearby was related.
Most developers don't need to be told twice, but the BPDA has yet again rejected a proposal by a Dallas firm to construct a nine-building, 270-unit apartment complex on what is now a heavily wooded hillside on American Legion Highway next to the Stop & Shop strip mall. Read more.
The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune reports Lee Harvey, 30, of Roslindale, has been indicted for a 2022 shooting murder at a Lawrence ATM. A second Boston man, Dennis Ortiz, was indicted for the murder last June.
Innocent, etc.
The Boston Cannabis Board today approved closing-hour extensions at marijuana dispensaries in Back Bay, Roxbury, Dorchester and Roslindale. Read more.
WBUR reports that a spruce tree at the Arnold Arboretum has produced a rare batch of half male, half female cones this spring.
Lisa Kashinsky reports that William MacGregor has won the special Democratic primary in the 10th Suffolk District (West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Brookline) over Robert Orthman and Celia Segel, which means he will likely succeed former state Rep. Ed Coppinger since there are no Republican or other candidates for the final later this month.
Democratic voters in the 10th Suffolk state representative's district (West Roxbury and parts of Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Brookline) vote tomorrow in a special primary to determine who gets on the ballot later this month, but since there are no Republican or independents running, the winner will most likely replace Ed Coppinger, who resigned from the seat earlier this year. Read more.
WBUR reports on a Boston Public Schools plan to merge the Shaw and Taylor schools in Dorchester into a single school and a similar proposal to do the same thing with the Sumner and Philbrick schools in Roslindale.
Guira & Tambora, 4014 Washington St., is seeking permission to let customers have a dedicated bottle of alcohol at their table as they dine. Read more.
MacGregor, Orthman, Segel.
A generally genial online forum for the three candidates running for the state representative's seat that Ed Coppinger quit briefly turned tense last night over the West Roxbury hot-button of the fenced off field of dirt at Centre and Park streets. Read more.
The Highland Neighborhood Civic Association will hold a Zoom forum on Thursday for the three Democratic candidate for the state rep's seat vacated by Ed Coppinger. Read more.
A Roxbury man was arraigned today on charges he rammed into a car on Washington Street in Roslindale while making a turn, causing that vehicle to slam into two men enjoying a nice spring day, killing one of them and seriously injuring the other, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, charges, adding the man then ran from the scene. Read more.
Smoke rising from near tracks at Hyde Park Avenue and Cummins. Photo by Richard Ovesen.
Initial sketch of proposed condos.
A Roslindale developer last night showed off his initial plans for 28 townhouse condos in two buildings on a narrow acre off Dale Street, between the Sherrin Woods forest and the Northeast Corridor train tracks in Roslindale. Read more.
The Boston Transportation Department has proposed installing parking meters along the streets of Roslindale Square as a way to help remove the area's current parking lampreys, who suck up spaces for hours at a time as they commute downtown or wherever, making it harder for people who want to actually visit the square's stores and restaurants to find a space. Read more.
Officer tries to back up to no avail: Terror tom just keeps coming.
The other day, Spencer Roach watched a confrontation between one of the neighborhood tough toms and a Boston Police officer in a cruiser, from the safety of his fenced-in yard at Metropolitan Avenue and Poplar Street in Roslindale. Read more.
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