Man's gun convictions overturned because the 911 call that led to his arrest...
The Supreme Judicial Court today tossed a man's conviction for illegal possession of a loaded gun because the Boston cops who pulled him over initially didn't really have a good enough reason to do...
View ArticleSouth Boston bandit makes quick escape
Titanium Cranium wisely did not get in his way this afternoon on D Street:Look who I just bumped into on D St. cc: @universalhubpic.twitter.com/HLSqAMMMNV— Titanium Cranium (@FelicityTC) January 26, 2017
View ArticleArea art and performance group moves back to Fort Point from Cambridge
Mobius, Inc. announced today it's opened studio space in the Midway Studio building at 15 Channel Center St., returning to the neighborhood where it was based for 20 years.Though we are excited by the...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Raunchy raccoons running riot
It's not quite dogs and cats laying together, but a disgruntled South Boston citizen has had quite enough of fornicating raccoons on East 7 Street:Raccoons mating. Need to be removed! Saw them last...
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Some powerful South Boston photos
David Parsons went on a BPDA tour of the old Boston Edison power plant at L and Summer streets on Saturday, part of the agency's attempt to figure out what to do with the massive property.Photos...
View ArticlePolice: Man faces lifelong brain problems after attack in South Boston bar
Sun, 12/18/2016 - 19:25A man punched in the head by a guy holding a salt shaker at the Boston Beer Garden in December remains in the hospital with head trauma - and finding his attacker is now District...
View ArticleEight-story R&D building would replace RCN building and parking lot near...
Architect's rendering.Developers yesterday filed formal plans with the BPDA for a 266,000-square-foot research and development building between West 1 and West 2 streets, behind Artists for Humanity.In...
View ArticleLegal Sea Foods, music venue to city and state planners: Your heliport...
The Boston Business Journal reports that both Legal Sea Foods and Live Nation, which operates the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, are loudly protesting a cit/state proposal to stick the GE Memorial Heliport...
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Instead of a park, South Boston Waterfront to get a walkway
The Globe reports the new owners of the massive Seaport Square land have Xed out longstanding plans for a park in the middle of the property and will instead give the BPDA plans for a walkway from...
View ArticleMost teachers at high schools in South Boston, Brighton laid off
Unhappy Excel teachers with pink slips. Photo by Rajeeve Martyn.The Herald reports 90% of the teachers at Excel High School and and Brighton High School will be let go as of March 1 - although they...
View ArticlePolice say woman caught fare evading at Broadway throws hot coffee in T...
Thu, 02/02/2017 - 21:30Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester woman on charges she threw hot coffee in a T worker's face around 9:30 p.m. yesterday.Police say Janet Bourke, 61, of Dorchester, was...
View ArticleSeveral shots fired in South Boston
Fri, 02/03/2017 - 23:50Around 11:50 p.m. on Friday at Dorchester Street and Old Colony Avenue. One car was hit twice, police found three shell casings in the intersection. No people hit.Free tagging:...
View ArticleShots fired in South Boston
Tue, 02/07/2017 - 15:50Around 3:50 p.m. on Pulaski Avenue between Athens and West 3 streets. One person in custody.Free tagging: GunsPulaski AvenueNeighborhoods: South BostonTopics: Crime
View ArticleThere could be a race for city council in South Boston, South End, Chinatown...
A downtown resident has registered a formal campaign organization with state elections officials.Frank Ulip says he will run for the District 2 seat now held by Bill Linehan of South Boston. Linehan...
View ArticlePolice release photo of guy wanted for South Boston salt-shaker attack that...
Boston Police have released a photo of the guy they say punched a man to the floor at the Boston Beer Garden on East Broadway in December.C-6 detectives report the guy grabbed a salt shaker, made a...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: The least lazy-ass New Hampshirites can do is...
A vexed citizen files a 311 complaint about a driveway and sidewalk on East 6 Street:Please clean your condo it's bad enough all your cars are registered in New Hampshire so respect my town.
View ArticleHearty houseplants
Catxecutive Order asks:Good place to buy hearty houseplants near Dot/Southie/Quincy? looking for a Valentine plant that won't die.Topics: Home 'n' hearthNeighborhoods: DorchesterSouth BostonQuincy
View ArticleIt just isn't a Boston winter without parking threats and violence
A newcomer to Boston, unfamiliar with our quaint ways, found this note on her car after parking in a space designated for visitors in South Boston on Monday.In East Boston, though, they dispense with...
View ArticleGE decides it no longer needs a heliport
The Globe reports GE has told the city and state, nope, never mind.Odds that the city and state will now stop looking for a place to put a heliport?
View ArticleLinehan won't seek re-election as city councilor
The Globe reports that Bill Linehan won't seek a seventh term as city councilor in District 2, which covers South Boston, the South End, Chinatown and Downtown.Frank Ulip, who lives downtown and Peter...
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