Developer 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...
View ArticleAlleged South Boston Grinch captured with packages if not bows this morning,...
Boston Police report a keen-eyed cadet working with C-6 officers "spreading holiday cheer" by delivering toys to deserving South Boston kids this morning spotted somebody who seemed to be a bit...
View ArticleBPS looks to shut Excel High, Dever School
Stanley Staco posts the message BPS sent to Excel students, teachers and parents today, in advance of a more detailed explanation tomorrow about their options after the South Boston school is shut.Also...
View ArticleDriver hits and kils pedestrian in South Boston, slams into building
Boston.com reports on a crash around 9:20 a.m. in Andrew Square that killed a pedestrian and, after the vehicle slammed into a building, sent the driver and a passenger to the hospital with critical...
View Article311 complaint of the day: Cats have nine lives, right?
A concerned resident files a 311 complaint about a cat that only appears to be pining for the fjords on West 8th Street in South Boston:There’s a frozen dead cat in front of Alfredo’s and if you decide...
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Nice sunrise before the snow
Butternugz enjoyed the sunrise this morning from the tip of the Black Falcon Pier before the snow started.Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: WeatherFree tagging: SnowSunriseBlack Falcon PierBoston Harbor
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Owners of South Boston bar plan remake with four floors of apartments on top
Rendering by Tim Johnson Architect.The owners of the one-story Stats Bar and Grille in South Boston's Perkins Square want to replace it with a five-story building with a ground-floor restaurant and...
View ArticleOwner of Seaport restaurants that want to expand says he has fixes for loud...
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let Gavin Moseley, who operates Borrachito and the Garret in the Echelon building at 70 Pier 4 Blvd. in the Seaport, open a third joint next door,...
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