Group that brought a length of pipe to a Waterfront gun fight not interested...
An investigation into an argument between two groups that ended with gunfire on Fan Pier in February is "kind of at a dead end" because nobody involved wants to talk, a police detective says.Sgt. Det....
View ArticleStunning Southie sunset
Nick Cosky watched the sun go down this evening from Dorchester Heights.
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Melted ads on car windshields
A peeved citizen is unlikely to patronize the Dorchester Street laundry that left a flier on his or her car:[They] left a flier on my car windshield that now has melted and cannot get off. Who should I...
View ArticleSummer arrives with a strawberry moon
Nick Cosky watched the strawberry moon over Spectacle Island and Pleasure Bay this evening.
View ArticleMan shot in South Boston
Police found the man shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Sterling Square, although he may have been shot nearby off O'Callaghan Way.Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: CrimeFree tagging: Guns, O'Callaghan Way
View ArticleCastle Island Halloween proposal playing out as yet another yuppie-vs-native...
The Globe reports on the war of words over a promoter's plan to convert the Castle Island fort into a horror show for Halloween:Fright Island’s critics worry the family-friendly South Boston they...
View ArticlePerson stabbed in South Boston
Around 11:30 p.m. on Joseph Agri Street, Boston EMS Incidents reports.About 15 minutes later, police found both a possible suspect and a possible weapon several blocks away on Baxter...
View ArticleGE files first formal inklings of new Fort Point headquarters
General Electric on Thursday filed a letter of intent with the BRA to renovate two existing buildings on Necco Street and build a new 12-story building.In its filing with the BRA - which will be...
View ArticleState Police: Man drives into state worker at Ted Williams work zone while drunk
A Boston man faces OUI and other charges while the MassDOT worker he allegedly hit early this morning remains in the hospital with serious injuries, State Police report.State Police say the 60-year-old...
View ArticleAnybody need some artisanal Jersey barriers?
The Herald reports Massport is stuck with some 9,400 specially designed concrete barriers for the IndyCar that Wasn't, sitting on land that was supposed to be for maritime uses, but no longer is,...
View ArticleNo blood-drenched gore at Castle Island this fall
Caught in Southie reports DCR has denied a permit for the proposed Fright Night at Castle Island.
View ArticleFireworks over Boston Harbor
Eileen Murphy watched the fireworks over the harbor tonight.Catboston watched them as well:Boston #Harborfest 2016!!! Happy 4th to all! @universalhub@OnlyInBOSpic.twitter.com/nlRallJvnq— catboston...
View ArticleSouth Boston bank robbed
The East Boston Savings Bank branch at 708 East Broadway was held up around 9:30 a.m.The branch was also held up on March 4.Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: CrimeFree tagging: East Boston Savings...
View ArticleBoston on high blecch alert
We just walked through Roslindale Square and there are so many gypsy moths you have to keep your mouth closed to avoid one flying in. Reports are coming in of equally gross conditions in South Boston...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Mothpocalypse in South Boston
A concerned citizen complained about the moth situation at M and East 3 streets in South Boston today.The city has already marked the complaint "invalid," no doubt because the people who used to work...
View ArticleMystery stench permeates waterfront intersection
TruNE_79 wonders:Holy crap, what was that horrid stench over near the corner of A & Congress this AM? People were nearly puking. Bob Hammerling adds:People keep passing by and checking the bottoms...
View ArticleLunchtime fog cools down Castle Island
Around noontime today, a fog came in from the outer harbor, blanketing the islands near Castle Island and Dorchester Bay in gray and even giving a hint of a chill along with water.
View ArticleNational IndyCar to spend $925,000 reimbursing local race fans; state sues...
Attorney General Maura Healey announced a deal today in which the national IndyCar organization will reimburse fans who paid for tickets to the failed Boston Grand Prix race - and that her office is...
View ArticlePerson shot on Gavin Way in South Boston
In the face, around 11 p.m. on Monday, Scan Boston reports. Walked into the Boston Medical Center emergency room at the same time as the victim from the Monadnock Street shooting.Neighborhoods: South...
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