Boston Harbor gets a porpoise
@universalhub@NEAQ dolphin in the channel this AM pic.twitter.com/F7RplHl54Z— Jen richard (@Jenboston) March 21, 2017Jen Richard videoed this in Fort Point Channel by the Tea Party Museum this morning....
View ArticleResident evacuated when one wall of her building collapses in South Boston
Building collapse at 62 O Street South Boston. Load bearing wall collapsed. All residents evacuated. @universalhub@doogs1227pic.twitter.com/YpACINoxEj— Rick Macomber (@boston_camera) March 22, 2017Rick...
View ArticleWho says 4WD is useless in a city?
Manu captured this scene in the Seaport this morning.
View ArticleBroadway bridge shut after pedestrian struck
The Globe reports a pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit on the James Kelly Bridge around 5:45 a.m. Police shut the bridge for an investigation.
View ArticleState Police say their South Boston barracks is not calling people up...
State Police report somebody rigged up a system this afternoon to make hoax calls across the region that appeared to be coming from its South Boston barracks:When the call recipients answered, they...
View ArticleParks group aims for 'jaw-dropping' waterfront park
The Globe reports the Trustees of Reservations are looking for a waterfront parcel on which to build a major new park.
View ArticleSouth Boston abutters butt heads over plans to make some condos larger
The Zoning Board of Appeals today rejected plans by condo owners at the six-unit building at 159-165 M St. to add space to the rear of their units after residents of a neighboring building complained...
View ArticleThat was a gun in his pocket, so he got arrested, police say
Wed, 03/29/2017 - 19:00Boston Police report officers talking to a guy in the West Broadway project in South Boston around 7 p.m. yesterday arrested him after they noticed "the handle of a firearm...
View ArticleWhen big-name entertainers played South Boston
NorthEndWaterfront.com remembers Blinstrub's Village.Post-card image from the BPL collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Parking-sticker angst in South Boston
A perplexed citizen files a 311 complaint about a car parked on East 2 Street:There is no resident sticker affixed to this vehicle. If a sticker was issued why isn't it on the vehicle? How do the...
View ArticleBefore the storm, a dramatic sunrise
617 Images captured the pre-storm sunrise over Boston Harbor this morning.@universalhub Airport/Seaport. pic.twitter.com/4XJbDwzXsS— Tom Griffiths (@FlashTheGap) March 31, 2017Last sunrise of March,...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: That's it, I'm voting for Jackson
The offending couches.A concerned citizen in South Boston is outraged because the city didn't immediately respond to his complaint about couches on a sidewalk on Saturday afternoon.He filed a simple...
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Summer Street shut on South Boston side after somebody chains a bag to a pole
Daniel Gerow shows us the suspicious duffel bag chained to a pole outside 280 Summer St. - just over the bridge from downtown - that brought the bomb squad around 12:20 p.m.Tim Cooney provides the...
View ArticleYoberry? More like Noberry
Caught in Southie reports the Dorchester Street Yoberry is gone.
View ArticleHarpoon wants to run a weekend beer garden in nice weather
The Board of Appeal today approved a plan by Harpoon Brewery, 306 Northern Avenue, to run a beer garden on Friday and Saturday evenings at its brewery at 306 Northern Ave. in the marine industrial...
View ArticleCondos to replace old South Boston theater
Two stories in front, six stories in back. Rendering by Rode Architects, Inc.The Board of Appeal today approved plans to replace the old Broadway Theater, 420 West Broadway, with a 42-unit condo...
View ArticlePerson shot in South Boston
Tue, 04/11/2017 - 19:50Around 7:50 p.m. at Rev. Burke and Dorchester streets in the Old Colony project. The victim then ran away, towards Telegraph Street; police found him near Dorchester Street.Free...
View ArticleTurkeys do surveillance of Red Line yard
turkeys in South Boston pic.twitter.com/vE4hsMhDoT— cinnamngrl (@cinnamngrl) April 15, 2017cinnamngrl watched these turkeys casually evade security at the outer perimeter of the Red Line yard in South...
View ArticleNew York Times only hurts itself when it tries to speak Boston English
The Grey Lady begins a profile of our Barbara Lynch:BOSTON - Barbara Lynch never thought she would end up in South Boston.The chef is a fierce Southie, a local term for this neighborhood and the people...
View ArticleThe Times hears the outraged Southie howls
The Times Food Section reports it's heard South Boston residents loud and clear and has updated the online version of its profile of Barbara Lynch to say she is "a fierce daughter of Southie" rather...
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