Boston City Council speaks as one: It's time for BPD to patrol the streets of...
The City Council voted unanimously today to support this year's version of legislation that would give Boston Police joint jurisdiction over the streets of the South Boston waterfront, now legally...
View ArticlePolice: Woburn man wanted to use meat cleaver to express opposition to the...
Boston Police report arresting a Woburn man they say drove down to the Moakley Courthouse for a cleaver-enhanced death-penalty protest as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was being sentenced.Patrick Carrerio, 24, had...
View ArticleSouth Boston snow pile still melting
Last night, Eileen Murphy visited the Tide Street snow pile, which has now been in Boston long enough to apply for a residential parking permit.Earlier:Dawn breaks over the South Boston snow pile.
View ArticleCity expects snow pile to last at least through mid-July
The mayor's office today announced a contest to guess when the Tide Street snow pile will finally disappear for good:To enter, participants must tweet at @Marty_Walsh using the hashtag #BOSMeltNow,...
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2024 Olympics plan still calls for taking Widett Circle, building stadium,...
Boston 2024 officials are outlining their "Bid 2.0" version of the proposed 2024 Olympics in Massachusetts. Current Boston 2024 Chairman Steve Pagliuca says the plan still calls for buying out the...
View ArticleNever mind the yuppies: Now the deer are invading Southie
Just your casual Deer rolling through southie @maureencaughtpic.twitter.com/1lvZuySu9K— Pat Sweeney (@RealSlimSweeney) June 29, 2015
View ArticleSunrise over the music tent
Eric Ballard watched the sun come up over the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion and Boston Harbor this morning.
View ArticleBoston 2024 plans call for massive Widett Circle redevelopment even if we...
Boston 2024's "2.0" plan for Widett Circle calls for tearing down all the existing facilities in the 83-acre area and turning it into 8 million square feet of office and residential use with the hope...
View ArticleState says South Boston no place for deer, antelope to play; captures that deer
State Environmental Police tweeted around noon they found the Southie deer and "successfully immobilized it" for transport to a location more suited for deer than N Street. The Herald has a photo of...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: You know those BMW drivers
A concerned citizen complains about a 128i parked too far from the curb on Gates Street in South Boston:This BMW is parked like you would think a person driving a BMW would park.
View ArticleThe snow pile that would not die, seen here on the Fourth of July
Eileen Murphy visited the Tide Street snow pile as the sun set on July Fourth and found it's still there.
View ArticleFort Point Channel still life
Eileen Murphy paints us a picture at the boat-rental place by the Barking Crab.
View ArticleBRA to look at rezoning to increase housing along two key corridors in South...
The BRA this month begins a formal look at ways to spur "transit-oriented" residential development along Dorchester Avenue in South Boston and Washington Street from Forest Hills to Columbus Avenue in...
View ArticleMan shot in South Boston armed robbery
Stanley Staco reports an armed robbery on O'Callaghan Way around 3:30 a.m. ended with one man shot in the neck. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of his injuries.Neighborhoods: South...
View ArticleWe snicker at the Washington Post's coverage of the New York Times's coverage...
The other day, the New York Times wrote about the South Boston snow pile that will not die. The Washington Post today follows up with a report on how Bostonians apparently think that's funny. Here's...
View ArticleWindsurfin' USA
V was struck by the number of windsurfers in Pleasure Bay this afternoon.
View ArticlePolice say South Boston man has butt issues
Transit Police report that when officers at Andrew station issued Matthew Earner, 28, a ticket for smoking a butt - under a "NO SMOKING" sign - at Andrew station yesterday morning, he quickly got his...
View ArticleGiant rabbits invade Fort Point park
RoadTrip New England alerts us to the bunnies of immense size that will be formally introduced on the Lawn at D tonight.
View ArticleGiant bunnies only latest in Boston's burgeoning untraditional art scene
As the Lawn on D unveiled its latest installation - several two-story-high white rabbits - its organizers took time to discuss the idea of artwork as spectacle in Boston, a city where the idea of...
View ArticleThe French joint the tall-ship party
John Gage got a good look at the French tall ship Hermione, which glided into Boston Harbor this morning. To her right is the Sagres, which came into port yesterday.
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