Milking Twitter for all its worth
The Hood Milk Bottle outside the Children's Museum now has its own Twitter feed.
View ArticleYou ever wake up in the ER and have no clue how you got there?
Capt. John Greland at District C-6 reports that around 4 a.m. yesterday, police found a car outside 840 Summer St. with the engine, radio and wipers all running but "nobody in it, blood all over the...
View ArticleYou wouldn't think there'd be anywhere left in Boston for another Dunkin' Donuts
But the burgeoning mini-city now erupting in the Seaport area has plenty of room for caffeination. The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee open a new...
View ArticleCity Council approves tax break for Innovation District tech company
The City Council today unanimously approved giving LogMeIn a $2.5-million tax break over 13 years for the new headquarters it wants to build at 327-347 Summer St.City Councilor Bill Linehan (South...
View ArticleIt's bad enough when some yahoo writer from New York can't tell Southie and...
Memo to every writer everywhere who would write more than one sentence about recovering thug Mark Wahlberg: HE'S NOT FROM SOUTH BOSTON and he did his maiming and rock throwing in Savin Hill, which is...
View ArticleA bird's eye view of traffic on the Expressway
Eileen Murphy watched a seagull watching the traffic from a perch in Pleasure Bay.
View ArticleGay veterans group gets permission to march in St. Patrick's parade
Associated Press reports.
View ArticleApp-based liquor store and delivery service planned for South Boston
UPDATE: The board approved a license.The Boston Licensing Board votes tomorrow whether to grant a liquor license to a start-up by MIT graduates who see a business in letting people buy craft beers,...
View ArticleMarathon bombing victim holds up prosthetic leg in face of Tsarnaev supporters
WCVB reports on the scene outside the Moakely Courthouse this morning before a hearing in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev case:As Marc Fucarile was entering the courthouse, he overheard Valerie Vanetta and Karin...
View ArticleAnother crumbling city bridge shut as unsafe
The city has shut the old Northern Avenue Bridge "indefinitely" following a safety inspection that showed it was no longer even safe for pedestrians and bicyclists, according to a memo sent around...
View ArticleResidents of proposed luxury building on West Broadway would get rooftop dog...
A developer this week submitted a detailed proposal to the BRA to replace the single-story Cornerstone Bar at 14 W. Broadway with an 11-story building with 47 residential units and space for a...
View ArticleVigil to support police set for Friday in South Boston
Outside District C-6 on West Broadway, at 4:15 p.m., sponsored by South Boston Online.
View ArticleMan who admitted trying to kill a cop gets 6-8 years
A Braintree man pleaded guilty today to a variety of charges, including armed assault with intent to murder, for shooting at a police officer during a foot chase at the Old Harbor housing project on...
View ArticleNo kayaking in Dorchester Bay?
Boston Police report rescuing two guys who both managed to fall out of their kayaks in Dorchester Bay yesterday afternoon.Harbor Unit Officers were directed by officers on land to two victims clinging...
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An old industrial building on the waterfront that won't be turned into condos
AttachmentSizeParcel N solicitation (has more info on the building)802.56 KBFans of the old industrial look could do worse than just drive down Northern Avenue (or take the Silver Line) on a quiet...
View ArticleLogrolling on the T
A birch log rolls on at Broadway. #boston #mbta #southboston #transit #subway #redline #BroadwayA video posted by Neal (@nealgaffey) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:26pm PST
View ArticleWatering hole at Dorchester St. end of W. Broadway wants to sell liquor...
The Boston Licensing Board next week hears a request from the owner of the Patriot, formerly the Blackthorn Bar, at 471 W. Broadway to sell its liquor license to Dylan Welsh, the owner of Five Horses...
View ArticleWe who are about to freeze salute you
RoadTrip New England watched the L Street Brownies get ready for a bracing run through 27-degree air into Dorchester Bay this morning.
View ArticleOff-duty Boston cop charged with beating Uber driver, stealing his car
Boston Police report a 16-year officer is facing assault and battery charges - after he allegedly beat an Uber driver he accused of taking him to the wrong address and then drove off in the man's...
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