West Roxbury

Roslindale resident buys the biggest lobster at local market and sets him free

By - 4/6/18 - 6:55 pm
Quick hug before he's released

A farewell before Larry is released. See it larger.

Ever since Roche Bros. in West Roxbury re-opened its seafood department before Valentine's Day, one lobster went unsold: The biggest of them all, a lobster so large the other lobsters crowded around the edges of the tank just to stay away from him, so large that shoppers would bring their kids over to see him.

The poor plight of the lobster began to bother some people over in Roslindale, who used a neighborhood Facebook group to begin to ponder doing something about Larry's fate - yes, of course they named him Larry. Read more.

Thirsty Roslindale, West Roxbury residents could soon have more beer options

By - 4/5/18 - 6:00 pm

The Boston Licensing Board next week hears requests from a brewery that wants to open in Roslindale Square and a convenience store that wants to start selling adult beverages on VFW Parkway. Read more.

Older gents holding up Boston banks

By - 4/3/18 - 10:18 pm
West Roxbury bank suspect

Two photos of the senior robber in West Roxbury.

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force reports the East Boston Savings Bank branch at 1985 Centre St. in West Roxbury, where the Friendly's used to be, was held up shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday by a man who's gone easy on the Grecian Formula and who demanded money. Read more.

Lots of Easter eggs and kids in West Roxbury today

By - 3/31/18 - 4:00 pm
Easter-egg hunt in West Roxbury

Tim West took in the Easter-egg hunt at the West Roxbury Education Complex today.

Judge clears West Roxbury pipeline protesters of sit-in charges

By - 3/29/18 - 9:18 am

The Herald reports a West Roxbury Municipal Court judge has tossed the trespassing charges against 13 protesters who tried to block construction of a natural-gas pipeline in West Roxbury by, in some cases, chaining themselves to the pipe or the entrance to its end point at Grove and Centre streets. Read more.

Condos approved for Washington Street in West Roxbury

By - 3/28/18 - 9:47 am

The Board of Appeals yesterday approved plans to replace two houses on Washington Street at Stimson Street with a nine-unit condo building with - get this - more parking than required by neighborhood zoning. Read more.

Everybody loves some snow sometime

By - 3/15/18 - 9:21 pm
Dean Martin space saver

Robin spotted this mini-Dino space saver tonight on Hastings Street in West Roxbury.

West Roxbury murder/rape suspect ordered back to Bridgewater for more observation

By - 3/15/18 - 7:12 pm

A judge today ordered Nathurlon Munnerlyn, charged with raping and then murdering a man in a West Roxbury housing complex in November, to remain in Bridgewater State Hospital for observation, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Mashed in at the market: Line of cars at Westie Roche Bros. all the way down the street

By - 3/12/18 - 6:15 pm
Long lines at Whole Foods in Cambridge

Meanwhile, at Cambridge Whole Foods, you can't even see the cash registers from the back of the lines.

Allow extra time to get the milk, bread and eggs. Kerry O'Brien reported at 6:05 p.m. that the line to get into the Roche Bros. parking lot was backing up well down Railroad Street.

Downed/hanging electrical wires - who to report to?

By - 3/8/18 - 1:31 pm

There is a hanging wire a few houses away from me.

After googling, it appeared that there is a specific NationalGrid 800# for this, but....

I called them and they wouldn't or couldn't enter a report for a downed/hanging wire without also entering an account #... I dug up my account# and gave it to them but then they couldn't find it - transferred me twice w/out and further success or help.

After getting transferred twice and 20 minutes I gave up and tried going through the cities http://mayors24.boston.gov/ report submission site.
Does anyone know or have an opinion on what is the appropriate/official way to report downed wires so that they are actually taken care of?

New condos approved off VFW Parkway in West Roxbury

By - 3/6/18 - 12:46 pm
270 Baker St. architect's rendering

Architect's rendering.

The Board of Appeals today unanimously approved Richard Olstein's plans to put up 60 apartments in two buildings on his land diagonally behind Savers on VFW Parkway- with access through an existing curb cut on the parkway. Read more.

Council votes to not oppose medical-marijuana dispensary in West Roxbury

By - 2/28/18 - 12:32 pm

The Boston City Council voted unanimously today to formally not oppose a medical-marijuana dispensary on VFW Parkway in West Roxbury, just up the road from the Dedham line.

Beacon Compassion Center now goes to the state Department of Public Health and the Boston Board of Appeals for approval of its planned dispensary at 1524 VFW Parkway.

Developer details plans for 29 detached single-family homes in West Roxbury

By - 2/27/18 - 11:17 pm
Willett Street proposal

In an era when developers seem to be competing to see how many apartments and condos they can cram into Boston, one developer has proposed converting nearly 8 acres of scrubland between Washington Street and Thrush Street in West Roxbury into a series of stand-alone houses. Read more.

Marijuana dispensary in West Roxbury could get city seal of non-disapproval next week

By - 2/22/18 - 5:37 pm

The Boston City Council next week will likely consider an application for a medical-marijuana dispensary on VFW Parkway, just past the Dedham line. Read more.

Dumbass drives around shooting off fireworks early in the morning; wakes, startles residents from West Roxbury to Brookline Village

By - 2/19/18 - 8:37 am

On neighborhood Facebook groups, West Roxbury, Roslindale, Hyde Park and Jamaica Plain residents report being startled awake either shortly before or after 5 a.m. by at least two loud booms. On Twitter, Pete Cannon reports: Read more.

Larry the bird remembered in West Roxbury

By - 2/17/18 - 6:13 pm
Larry memorial

Somebody created a small memorial at VFW Parkway and Baker Street for Larry the Turkey, killed yesterday when he refused to yield to a car. Read more.

Time to bang the drumstick slowly: RIP, Larry

By - 2/16/18 - 8:59 pm

Johanna Griffiths reports Larry the Turkey died tonight as he lived: Challenging a vehicle at the intersection of VFW Parkway and Baker Street. Read more.

Larry the Turkey holds his ground in West Roxbury

By - 2/16/18 - 6:08 pm
Larry the Turkey

"OK, who's next?!?" Larry gobbled angrily at Maribeth Scott this afternoon.

Two DCR employees with nets learned not to tangle with Larry the Turkey today - he beaked off their attempts to capture him and get him away from his haunts in the middle of the intersection of Baker Street and VFW Parkway this afternoon, according to a discussion on the Chronicles of West Roxbury II Facebook group. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Crazed Baker Street turkey grows more violent by the day

By - 2/15/18 - 5:41 pm

Larry, the formerly peaceful turkey turned fire-spitting hellspawn by a misguided, if well meaning motorist, is upping his game - and his attacks on cars at VFW Parkway and Baker Street in West Roxbury. Read more.

Police say cops looking for suspect breaking into West Roxbury convenience stores collar a guy from Roslindale

By - 2/13/18 - 6:08 pm

Boston Police report officers on patrol early this morning collared a guy they say they'd spotted trying to break into Marino's Market & Deli, 1906 Centre St. Read more.