Developer files plans for double-branded hotel in Marine Industrial Park
A developer this week filed formal plans for a 15-story, 411-room hotel at 660 Summer St. in the Flynn Marine Industrial Park.The Marine Wharf hotel would be split between a Hampton Inn and Homewood...
View ArticleTwo Marshfield kids suck down discarded beers at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion -...
The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion finds out Thursday if it will suffer any consequences because a pair of new Marshfield High School graduates spotted nearly full cups of beer on a table at a concert and...
View ArticleDead Red Line train has few perks, but at least the AC works
Among the people on a Red Line train that gave up the ghost between Broadway and South Station this morning: former state Transportation Secretary Jim Aloisi, who reports:We have air conditioning but...
View ArticleBRA approves large new residential complex in Andrew Square
The BRA board today approved a development off Old Colony Avenue and Dorchester Street that would transform a nearly 5-acre collection of small industrial buildings into a 656 condo and rental units in...
View ArticleBatman must hate it when his Batmobile is towed - especially on a day like today
Jen Richard looked out her Fort Point window at lunchtime and saw the Caped Crusader determinedly walking up the street. She wondered how he keeps his cool in that uniform on a day like this.H/t...
View ArticlePedestrian seriously injured in South Boston crash
State Police report a pedestrian was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a collision around 7:50 p.m. on Day Boulevard just north of Moakley Park.Day Boulevard was shut from the...
View ArticleStorm wreaks havoc on area Jeep
Roving UHub photographer Frank Kosiba spotted this reminder of the overnight thunderstorms on K Street in South Boston.For a more immediate view of nature's fury, take a look at this amazing photo of...
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues six after boat sinks in Dorchester Bay
The Coast Guard reports plucking six people out of Dorchester Bay after their boat sank early this morning off Castle Island.The Coast Guard rushed to the scene after one of the six managed to call...
View ArticlePedestrian hit in South Boston crosswalk remains in critical
State Police report a woman from Quincy who was walking in a Day Boulevard crosswalk when she was hit by a car last night remains in critical condition.State Police say the woman, 45, was struck just...
View ArticlePerson shot, seriously wounded on Gavin Way in South Boston
A teenager was shot around 11:45 p.m. in the area of 1 Gavin Way. The homicide unit was called in, just in case, due to the severity of his injuries.It's the latest violent incident in recent months in...
View ArticleBroadway station shut as firefighters fight fire in neighboring building
The Red Line station is shut, but the Red Line continues to run, just more slowly, as firefighters work to extinguish a fire in an air duct in the lower level of 141 Dorchester Ave.
View ArticleStarbucksalypse Now: Board reconsiders letting chain move into City Point
Proponents and opponents of a proposed Starbucks at L Street and Broadway are painting the now empty space in Michael Norton's building as the cornerstone of the neighborhood's future.At a Boston...
View ArticleA neighborhood on tenterhooks: Board defers vote on City Point Starbucks
The Boston Licensing Board today deferred any action on a license request for a Starbucks proposed for L Street and Broadway.Simple food-serving licenses normally are not contentious, but this request...
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One dead in South Boston crash
Around 10 p.m. at Dorchester Street and Old Colony Avenue, involving two cars. MB reports one of the cars blew through a red light. The homicide unit was called in - routine for unexpected deaths - and...
View ArticleCoast Guard, BFD, BPD bail out kayakers in Dorchester Bay
The Coast Guard teamed up with Boston fire and police marine units to rescue five kayakers who found themselves in some sort of trouble in Dorchester Bay off Castle Island shortly after 3 p.m. today;...
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New Hampshire bank-robbery suspect arrested after five-hour stand off in...
Boston Police report arresting a man and seizing a loaded assault rifle early this morning at 9 Orton Marotta Way.Police say they learned around 9:15 p.m. that Stephen Gingras, 39, of Manchester, NH,...
View ArticleBoston's best wall taken down today
Workers today removed Nate Swain's little Lego wall on Congress Street near the Children's Museum - as part of an overall redo of the entire building.
View ArticleSouthie charmer needs just a little TLC
The folks at Boston City Archives share this view of Marine Road and I Street in South Boston in 1915. See it larger.
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Developer unwraps plans for South Boston waterfront office building
Skanska today filed its detailed plans for the 13-story office building it wants to build on what is now a parking lot in the Raymond Flynn Marine Park (the former Boston Marine Industrial Park).The...
View ArticleFor sale: Two unused Indy show cars and 1,100 Jersey barriers, also never used
Here's your chance to play Grand Prix: A federal bankruptcy trustee is auctioning off the remains of the South Boston grand prix that never was. Up for bid: Two "Dallara Indy Car Show Cars," the...
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