Workers at MBTA yard in South Boston on leave in investigation
WCVB reports"numerous employees" have been put on leave as the MBTA investigates, well, something, at the Cabot Yards, which stores and maintains Red Line trains and buses.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleWorkers reach contract deal with two Boston hotels
UNITE HERE Local 26 reports that unionized workers at the Omni Parker House and Omni Boston Seaport hotels today ratified new contracts and voted to return to work tomorrow.The agreement achieves the...
View ArticleDeveloper revives plans for hotel near Broadway T stop
Rendering by Utile.A downtown developer is asking the Boston Planning Department for permission to modify and revive its dormant plans for a hotel at 246-248 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston - in a...
View ArticleTearing down Mass and Cass encampment only spread its problems into...
Domingos DaRosa makes a point.In the year since city police and public-works crews cleared out a growing encampment of homeless people and drug users on Atkinson Street, Mass and Cass has seen a...
View ArticleHaze lifts over Boston area, but smoke still rising from brush fires north of...
As promised in the morning by the National Weather Service, the smelly haze that settled in over the Boston area from brush fires along the North Shore lifted early this afternoon. But when Josh...
View ArticleBuilding living seawalls along Chelsea Creek and in the Seaport
WBUR reports a group at UMass Boston is experimenting with adding honeycomb-like structures to seawalls along Chelsea Creek in East Boston and on Boston Harbor in the Seaport to see if they will become...
View ArticleMan shot at Broadway MBTA station
A man was shot in the leg on a platform at the Broadway Red Line station around 5:30 p.m. Read more.Fri, 11/08/2024 - 17:30Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: CrimeThe TFree tagging: Red...
View ArticleSeaport developer working to revive District Hall with updated facilities,...
Tsipis and Donner explain revived hall.WS Development is working to re-open District Hall at 75 Northern Ave. in the Seaport, but with a new name and with a mission that will include offering space to...
View ArticleOutrage in South Boston over the idea of increasing the number of bike-rental...
The Huntington News reports on a community meeting in South Boston last week about plans to add more BlueBike stations, which some residents boisterously declared would hurt families, young children,...
View ArticleTeen charged with rush-hour shooting at Broadway Red Line stop; three others...
A 16-year-old was arraigned today on charges he opened fire on the Red Line platform at Broadway during rush hour last Friday, sending one man to the hospital with gunshot wounds to his thigh, the...
View ArticleGood thing we're supposed to get some rain Wednesday: Fire erupts in Blue...
BostonTimelapse looked out of his South Boston window towards the Blue Hills Reservation around 7:50 tonight and saw the red-hued smoke from brush fires in the park. He reports that an hour later, the...
View ArticleBostonians who think their next property-tax bills seem ludicrous can thank...
Boston was hoping to send out property-tax bills this month with a bit of a break for homeowners. Only problem: state Sen. Nick Collins, who represents South Boston and Dorchester, managed to get any...
View ArticleWoman shot in the ankle in Old Colony development
A woman was shot in the ankle at 8 Rev. Burke St. in the Old Colony development off Dorchester Street in South Boston around 8:05 p.m.The woman was transported to a local hospital with injuries not...
View ArticleElection roundup: Fernandes Anderson has a challenger, hotel workers endorse Wu
Said Ahmed filed paperwork with the state in October to run for the District 7 city council seat now held by Tania Fernandes Anderson, but only sent out a press release about it yesterday.Hmm, what...
View ArticleEven with the slow zones ended, T still not completely mended
The MBTA reported signal problems near Broadway this morning meant rush-hour delays of up to a half hour on the Red Line. And as Your Favorite Deer's Favorite Deer reported, an impromptu homage to the...
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