The Boston Fire Department reports a fire at 109 Florence St. in Roslindale this afternoon did an estimated $50,000 in damage and displaced five. Read more.
Florence Street
A Domino's driver was beaten and robbed of his pizza, money and car on Florence Street near the Flaherty Pool shortly before 9:30 p.m. Police recovered his car on Florence at Cummins Highway. Suspects were described as three black males in their late teens or early 20s, one in a black hoodie, another in a gray hoodie.
A developer is looking to build several condos on land behind the Triple Eatery on Cummins Highway.
At a neighborhood meeting tonight, Patrick Mahoney showed a rendering of a building with eight two-bedroom units with 16 parking spaces that would replace the single-family home that now sits on the oddly shaped, mostly landlocked, 15,000-square foot parcel. Read more.
Budget Market, 229 Florence St., was robbed shortly after 6 p.m. by a man with a silver handgun. He's described as black, 25 to 30, 5'8" with some stubble on his face, in a dark gray hoodie and bluejeans. In addition to cash, he took a pack of Newports.
After the fire was knocked down. Photo by Amanda Verbs.
Reported around 4:20 p.m. at 175 Florence St.
