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Red and green along the waterfront
With some time to spare after licensing-board hearings, and with decentish temperatures yesterday, I wandered along the South Boston waterfont, where, in addition to what seemed like every single...
View ArticleA little late-season skiing in South Boston
Vlad Tarasov reports on his adventure in the Boston Marine Industrial Park earlier this month:I skied the Boston snow farm in April and it was disgusting!H/t Greg Cook.
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: The 24-hour basketball court
A groggy citizen complains about the playground on W. 5 Street in South Boston:There is loud screaming and basketball played 24 hours a day, including the middle the of night. The noise is a nuisance...
View ArticleA proposal at Carson Beach
Eileen Murphy reports:He paced before proposal at Carson Beach; she said yes.
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: News crews are disgusting people
A fed-up citizen provides evidence of just how trashy the news business is these days, with a complaint about the news crews covering the Tsarnaev trial:The news trucks covering the courthouse leave...
View ArticleHoax call sends firefighters rushing to the South Boston waterfront looking...
A series of fire crews rushed to Fan Pier off Northern Avenue around 4 p.m. when a 911 caller said he was the new owner of the restaurant at Louis and had gotten trapped in a duct under the...
View ArticleAnother Boston-gangster movie coming out soon
Yep, it's the trailer for the Johnny Depp version of the Whitey Bulger story.H/t Patty Palmer.
View ArticleHer sweet Babbo
Jennifer Che reports on her visit to Mario Batali's new pizza place on Fan Pier, where pizzas are cooked for just 90 seconds - in a 1,000-degree oven.It doesn’t replace the North End by any stretch,...
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Spring brings turkeys to Dorchester, Turkey in the Straw to South Boston
Welcome to Dot reports these turkeys crossed Granite Avenue today:The Brooklinization of Dorchester continues.In South Boston, Eileen Murphy spotted the first ice-cream truck of the season:
View ArticleSeafood could return to Pier 4 by year end
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let a chain of high-end seafood and steak places open in the new building atop what used to be part of the parking lot for the shuttered Anthony's...
View ArticleGovernor halts work on $1-billion convention-center expansion
The Globe reports the Baker administration wants to study the ramifications of the proposal.
View ArticleBoston Globe Fails To Understand South Boston Olympic Opposition
bostonglobe:Boston 2024 organizers face tough sell in South BostonBy Michael Levenson, May 03, 2015After listening to a city official describe Boston’s effort to host the 2024 Olympics, about 70...
View ArticleEmergency one-way streets in South Boston to become regular two-way streets...
Seems people in South Boston disliked the emergency one-way streets enacted during the winter snow crisis so much that the city is returning them to their former two-way status starting this...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: The Fort Point Channel dock squatter
A concerned citizen complains about this guy who seems to have set up housekeeping on the one public-access dock in Fort Point Channel:Fort Point Harbor Walk squatter has returned. Scaring off visitors...
View ArticlePack of droogs hunted for weekend attack in South Boston
Boston Police report three men walking in the area of the Tynan School were attacked and beaten by a group of eight to ten white teens, many in white tank tops, at Emerson and K streets around 11:30...
View ArticleNorthern Avenue parking lot floods again when main breaks
At least it had the decency to keep from bursting until the weekend, as Brendan shows us.Last year:Parts of South Boston lose water, but intrepid photographer finds it
View ArticleJury selection starts today for man charged with killing Amy Lord
Jury selection begins today in Suffolk Superior Court for the trial of Edward Alemany, 30, charged with first-degree murder for the July 23, 2013 death of Amy Lord of South Boston.Alemany is charged...
View ArticleA towering presence at Castle Island
Eileen Murphy couldn't help but notice how a container ship at the Conley Terminal towered over everything else - like the trees at Castle Island - today.
View ArticleIn 2016, some South Boston waterfront drivers will ignore any traffic signals...
The speediest of them all will take home cash prizes. The Verizon IndyCar Series today announced a race along the roads of the waterfront and Fort Point over Labor Day weekend in 2016:The Grand Prix of...
View ArticleCouple of guys fire guns in South Boston; guns recovered, guys still at large
Boston Police report recovering two guns and six shell casings after residents reported gunfire outside 28 Gavin Way around 1:15 this morning.Upon arrival, officers spoke to several witnesses who...
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