Whee: Whirligig landing pad could be in place by September
The Boston Business Journal reports a state official says building a temporary helipad in Boston by September is "doable," says that that would be like a bus stop, while the permanent location would be...
View ArticlePolice: Man who ran at officers with a loaded gun after they heard him firing...
Boston Police report officers were on patrol in the area of Logan and Gavin ways around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when they heard a gunshot and then spotted:A male with a gun in his hand, pointing the...
View ArticlePolice: Guy crashes car in South Boston, tries to ditch loaded gun before...
Boston Police report arresting Darius Boodoosingh, 18, of Roslindale, following a car crash at E and West 2 streets last night - after finding a gun in the backpack they say he tossed in a nearby...
View ArticleBRA approves another apartment tower for the South Boston waterfront
The BRA yesterday approved John Drew's plans for a 23-story addition to his Waterside Place project on Congress Street, at World Trade Center Avenue.The $157-million building will include 307...
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Up shit creek without a cable: Feds demand Eversource remove electric line...
AttachmentSizeComplete complaint42.48 KBThe federal government this week sued Eversource and the MWRA because, it alleges, an electrical cable from South Boston to Deer Island is in the way of the...
View ArticleBody found in Fort Point Channel near West 4 Street
Around 1:10 p.m. Firefighters recovered the body shortly after 1:30 p.m. Police are now on scene to try to determine how the person died and wound up in the water.A body was last pulled from the...
View ArticleRed Line trains come to a halt; guy throwing stuff on tracks at fault
Police stopped the Red Line in both directions shortly before 9:45 p.m. because of a guy dumping things on the tracks at Broadway, including what appeared to be one of those heavy bomb-resistant trash...
View ArticleBody of boy missing from Carson Beach found in water
Updated, 8:20 p.m.WBZ reports police this evening found the body of Kyzr Willis in the water off Carson Beach.The boy was last seen around 2:05 p.m. near the M Street bathhouse.State and Boston police...
View ArticleTransformer explodes, wires burst into flames, block loses power in South Boston
Boston firefighters are on Winfield Street at East 8 Street in South Boston, where a transformer went kablam shortly after 10 p.m. Eileen Murphy reports there was a manhole fire about an hour earlier...
View ArticleGullible reporter thinks one good tern deserves another, but in a pinch, a...
SteveBikes spotted this rabbit and young seagull giving each other the eye outside the Boston Athletic Club in South Boston.UPDATE: As people are telling this bird-agnostic reporter, that's an immature...
View ArticleCurley Center administrator placed on leave as city investigates drowning...
UPDATE: Gofundme page set up to help Kyzr Willis's family.Mayor Walsh said this afternoon the administrator of the Curley Center at Carson Beach is on paid leave as the city investigates both what...
View ArticleCity orders changes at Carson Beach to reduce odds of another drowning
As police were determining the death of Kyzr Willis, 7, was a tragic accident, the mayor's office was announcing changes to the way the Curley Community Center in South Boston runs its summer program...
View ArticlePower out in parts of South End, South Boston, Dorchester
Eversource reports the power went out at 7:01 a.m. and that it hopes to have it back on by 10 a.m. The company says 6,035 customers are affected.
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New GE building would feature large solar-panel canopy
GE and the Massachusetts Development Finance Authority today filed their formal plans for the company's new headquarters on Fort Point Channel that will include extensive renovations to two old candy...
View ArticleYou can't keep a Starbucks cup of coffee down - Chain to make case again for...
Caught in Southie spills the beans: The Boston Licensing Board will give Starbucks another chance to grind out a case for why it deserves a license at L Street and East Broadway.The board will hold a...
View ArticleSometimes reporters have to slow down a bit, Starbucks edition
I just deleted a post saying the licensing board didn't have an Aug. 17 hearing scheduled for the controversial Starbucks at L and Broadway in South Boston. At the time I wrote that, that was accurate...
View ArticleSeaport manicures
That's Rich asks if there are any places to get a manicure in the Seaport.Neighborhoods: South BostonSouth Boston Waterfront
View ArticleSearch on for woman in water off Carson Beach ends when she's found at Castle...
Boston firefighters and State and Boston Police rushed to Carson beach on a report of a missing woman, possibly in the water. She was found safe and sound at Castle Island.
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Fire rips through South Boston homes
A brownstone being renovated at 797 East 4 St. in South Boston burst into flames around 10:25 p.m., in a fire that went to four alarms and damaged two adjoining buildings.BFD reports no injuries.Fire...
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