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By adamg - 3/27/24 - 2:59 pm

Three entrepreneurs hoping to replace the old Ashmont Grill at 555 Talbot Ave. at Dorchester Avenue with a seafood restaurant say they could begin "soft opening" next month, with a more formal grand opening in May. Read more.

By adamg - 12/28/23 - 11:02 pm

Surveillance photo of fleeing suspect via BPD.

Boston Police report a USPS letter carrier was robbed at gunpoint by a guy in a black ski mask at Talbot and Welles avenues in Dorchester around 5:40 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 12/2/23 - 11:07 am

Boston Police report an officer working a detail who was trying to get two women to stop whaling on other in the middle of the intersection of Washington Street and Talbot Avenue was pepper sprayed by somebody engaged in a second street brawl nearby. Read more.

By adamg - 10/25/23 - 9:19 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Lynn man on eight counts of armed assault with intent to murder for an incident that left eight people, including an 11-year-old, shot as the J'ouvert parade was going by half a block away on Aug. 26. Read more.

By adamg - 8/30/23 - 12:58 pm
Help wanted in IDing guy dressed in blacck hoodie and pants

Surveillance photos via BPD.

Boston Police report they are seeking help to ID a man dressed in all black in connection with Saturday morning's shootings of eight people on Talbot Avenue near Blue Hill Avenue. 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.

By adamg - 8/12/23 - 9:21 pm

A possible road-rage gun battle on Talbot Avenue sent people at a basketball game at the courts near the Lee School on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester fleeing in panic around 8:45 p.m. Nobody seemed to get hit, at least. Read more.

By adamg - 5/27/23 - 11:45 am

Boston Police report arresting a Medford man and a Dorchester teen on charges they held two men up at gunpoint on Talbot Avenue near New England Avenue in Dorchester around 1:30 a.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/22/23 - 10:26 pm

The Globe reports. CommonWealth considers that the restaurant meant a lot more to the neighborhood than just food.

By adamg - 12/10/22 - 4:06 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 17-year-old from Jamaica Plain and a 15-year-old from Mattapan for a double shooting outside the Lee School Monday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 12/10/22 - 10:52 am

Live Boston reports police found shell casings in front of the Lee School on Talbot Avenue in Dorchester early this morning. Two men were shot on that stretch Monday afternoon.

By adamg - 12/5/22 - 9:32 pm

WCVB reports two men on Talbot Avenue near the Lee School around 3:20 p.m. Injuries not considered life threatening. The school was placed in "safe mode.'

By adamg - 11/1/22 - 3:23 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old with a gun loaded with 13 rounds after he and two other teens beat up another teen outside the Joseph Lee School, 155 Talbot Ave. in Dorchester Monday afternoon. Read more.

By adamg - 9/20/22 - 3:09 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man and a teen too young to have his name released on gun charges following a "large fight" on Bullard Street Monday night. Read more.

By adamg - 8/27/22 - 11:02 am

Boston Police report its officers, joined by US marshals and ATF agents, on Thursday arrested a 17-year-old who is wanted for the murder of another teen last month in Suwanee, GA. Read more.

By adamg - 8/25/22 - 12:48 pm
Biplaw Rai

Biplaw Rai at Wednesday hearing.

The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Biplaw Rai to turn a long abandoned trolley station on Columbia Road in Uphams Corner into a restaurant that serves food with "Asian and African inspiration" by night and more traditional cafe fare by day. Read more.

By adamg - 5/6/22 - 2:15 pm

Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old at 156 Washington St. after they spotted him and another guy break away from a group of guys just hanging off when they pulled up. Read more.

By adamg - 3/16/22 - 9:50 pm

Boston firefighters are at 43 Kerwin St. for a fire reported on the third floor shortly before 9:45 p.m. Residents were rescued from the third floor; one was injured seriously enough to be taken to a local hospital. The bulk of the fire was knocked down around 9:55 p.m.

By adamg - 12/9/21 - 8:39 am
Fatal pickup crash in Dorchester

Live Boston reports a person died after a pickup crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed on Talbot Avenue at Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday. WBZ reports the impact split the pickup in half.

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