Braintree

East Boston man charged with stomping cabbie at Braintree T stop

By adamg - 5/24/21 - 3:37 pm

Transit Police report arresting an East Boston man at the Braintree Red Line station who, they charge, punched a cabbie to the ground and then repeatedly kicked him in the head after the driver told him he could not take him anywhere because he was at the station to pick somebody up. Read more.

Man charged as racist testicle-grabbing, book-throwing puncher at Braintree Red Line station

By adamg - 3/13/21 - 8:20 pm

Transit Police report arresting a Boston man they say went ballistic when told to get off the train at the end of the line in Braintree late last night. Read more.

Braintree councilor says screw masks and shutdowns; Covid-19 ain't that bad

By adamg - 12/17/20 - 9:39 am

Lawrence C. Mackin Jr., city councilor for Braintree's District 6, says it's time to bring back the old days of crowded stores, large family get togethers and just freedom. In a long rant, he says that because the governor of California is a hypocrite and because the media never tell you that most people survive Covid-19, restrictions don't work except to make things worse. Read more.

Boston Apartment Availability Percentage Spikes in Key Neighborhoods - Reveals Ominous Trend

By bostonpads - 11/9/20 - 1:30 pm

The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the country, and Boston is no exception. It effectively took one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets and caused it to come to a grinding halt as apartment vacancies soar all over the city.

Abigail Adams's tenant troubles

By adamg - 7/16/20 - 1:28 pm

J.L. Bell recounts the battle in 1775 between Abigail Adams and a tenant who was refusing to leave her Braintree house even as she was trying to make room for a family from Boston, which, as you might realize from the date, was at the front lines of the burgeoning Revolution - and while her husband John was in Philadelphia for the second Continental Congress.

Boston man charged for South Shore Plaza shooting

By adamg - 7/4/20 - 10:49 am

Braintree Police report charging Jose Rodriguez, 21, for taking part in a gun battle inside the South Shore Plaza yesterday that sent a 15-year-old to the hospital.
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South Shore Plaza locked down after 15-year-old shot; two suspects arrested

By adamg - 7/3/20 - 5:12 pm

Braintree Police report the teen was shot around 4:40 p.m.; she is expected to survive. Read more.

Copley Place, Chestnut Hill Mall, South Shore Plaza to shut until March 29

By adamg - 3/18/20 - 5:54 pm

Simon announced today that Copley Place, the Shops at Chestnut Hill, South Shore Plaza and 11 other malls it owns in Massachusetts will close tonight and stay closed through at least March 29 due to Covid-19 concerns.

Ad astra per credit-card fraud

By adamg - 2/14/19 - 2:49 pm

Wanted for credit-card fraud - man in a NASA shirt

Dedham Police are looking for this guy in connection with the nearly $10,000 in charges they say he rang up on somebody else's credit card in stores in Dedham, the Fenway and Braintree, all on Feb. 1. Read more.

At least this time the T's not at fault - Electricity in Braintree's come to a halt

By adamg - 12/4/18 - 6:42 pm

The MBTA is now running shuttle buses on the Red Line between Quincy Adams and Braintree because of the power's gone out across Braintree this evening.

A flashy costume in Braintree

By adamg - 10/31/18 - 8:30 pm

#Halloween⁠⁠ Braintree firefighter with his own fire truck. pic.twitter.com/K1eblHs32A

— Jim Corbo (@JimCorbo) November 1, 2018

South Shore racist still driving around flashing stupid signs at drivers with more melanin than her

By adamg - 10/20/18 - 11:41 am

Two years ago, we reported on this South Shore witch who had the power to divine immigrants and who would flash signs - while driving next to them - demanding to see their green cards. Turns out she's still at it. Ryl Lei reports on her Friday commute and an encounter at a stop light in Braintree: Read more.

Oh, bless their hearts: Braintree PD seeks owner of some lost property

By adamg - 9/25/18 - 12:28 pm

Anyone lose a gym bag containing a huge amount of cannabis near 5 corners last night? pic.twitter.com/5ta8vsCg8h

— Braintree Police (@BraintreePolice) September 25, 2018

Braintree becoming quite the snakebit town

By adamg - 9/15/18 - 1:43 pm

Copperhead snake found in Braintree after biting a man

Man-biting copperhead snake. Photo by Braintree PD.

Braintree Police report a man coming out of one of the hotels on Wood Road - between the Blue Hills Reservation and the South Shore Plaza - was bitten by a copperhead snake Thursday evening. Read more.

They probably won't rename it the Braintree Herald

By adamg - 8/28/18 - 6:15 pm

Dan Kennedy gets the scoop: The Boston Herald is moving its offices to Braintree - where the big win for the dwindling staff is the free parking (plus ready access to a Panera, a Dunkin' Donuts and, for the executives, a Legal Seafood).

Another turnpike trooper charged in overtime investigation; pleads guilty

By adamg - 8/17/18 - 2:13 pm

Kevin Sweeney, 40, of Braintree, was charged today with one count of embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of wire fraud in the widening State Police overtime investigation and agreed to plead guilty, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.

Man has OUI charges dismissed because State Police waited too long to charge him

By adamg - 7/12/18 - 10:49 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today dismissed the OUI case against a man who rolled his car over on a Rte. 3 ramp in Braintree in 2014 because State Police didn't issue him a citation until nine days later - a violation of a state law intended to fight ticket fixing. Read more.