Tractor-trailer drivers using Day Boulevard as a shortcut; residents fume
WFXT reports on the growing problem along Day Boulevard in South Boston, which is supposed to be off limits to large trucks.
View ArticleMan with grudge against 7-Eleven opens 6-Twelve across street in South Boston
WBZ reports on the new convenience-store battle on East Broadway between the chain and a former franchisee who objected to being forced to sell hot food nobody was buying.
View ArticleOn top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese ...
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Certified Meatball Company is planning to open later this month at 429 West Broadway in South Boston, which is good, because who needs uncertified meatballs?
View ArticleAfter the rain, a rainbow
Krista Easterly enjoyed some rainbow action over the Reserve Channel and Boston Harbor this afternoon.Dr. B watched the storm retreat from Revere Beach:@universalhub Revere beach after the rain...
View ArticleIn South Boston, man learns it's not a good idea to rob a donut place a cop...
Drinks dropped in pursuit of robber. Photo by BPD.Boston Police report an officer on a drinks run for his district at the Andrew Square Dunkin' Donuts early this morning was forced to drop the...
View ArticleThey'll sing you a song, they're the piano men - if the licensing board...
The Boston Licensing Board next week considers a proposal for a dueling-piano bar in the new Element Seaport Boston Hotel at 391 D St., across from the Lawn on D.D's Keys Dueling Pianos, fronted by...
View ArticleShots fired in South Boston
Fri, 06/09/2017 - 17:45At least four shots, around 5:50 p.m. outside 139 Orton Marotta Way in the West Broadway project.Free tagging: GunsOrton Marotta WayNeighborhoods: South BostonTopics: Crime
View ArticleThere's a cable on fire: Red Line sitch grows dire
Maybe the MBTA needs a summer-resiliency program: Around 3:50 p.m., Boston firefighters responded to Broadway station because a power cable burst into flames just past the station on the inbound side....
View ArticleSouthie housing developers now tearing down housing to build housing
With no more bars left to tear down and with more and more gas stations and factories on their way out, developers are now looking at buying up and tearing down single-family homes in South Boston to...
View ArticleThe harbor comes alive
Spring has sprung @universalhub note the wake zone... pic.twitter.com/qlMi65O0n5— Eric Ballard (@omiceric) June 14, 2017Eric Ballard shows us Boston Harbor in time lapse (that's the Fish Pier on the...
View ArticleNews that just can't be bottled up any longer: Sullivan's could expand to the...
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that the Castle Island-based Sullivan's is looking to take over operation of the giant Hood Milk Bottle outside the Children's Museum.
View ArticleWhat comes in must go out
BAE Guayas from @armada_ecuador, making its way through Boston Harbor. @SailBoston2017@universalhubpic.twitter.com/7KZmDhf6nU— Joshua Fabian (@JFabi) June 22, 2017Joshua Fabian watched one of the Tall...
View ArticleSix-story residential building approved for Dot. Ave. in South Boston
Architect's rendering.The Board of Appeal today approved a 114-unit, six-story residential building on Dorchester Avenue near B Street that takes advantage of new city zoning for the Dot Ave. corridor...
View ArticleMarco! Marco? [Silence]
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Marco Polo deli at 274 Summer St., has closed after a quarter century in business.
View ArticleElected officials begin making endorsements in race to replace Bill Linehan
Ray Flynn's son, Ed, has the backing of Southie's Nick Collins and Michael Flaherty for the District 2 (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, downtown) seat, but Mike Kelley has the support of Linda...
View ArticleSouth Boston residents worried about toxic dust from MBTA's planned Red Line...
The Herald reports on opposition from residents along the dormant Track 61 to the T's plan to electrify much of the route so it can test the new Red Line cars we'll be getting in a few years.
View ArticleDA: Doctors' killer was waiting for them in their building
Bampunim Teixeira, 30, was again ordered held without bail on charges he murdered two doctors in their South Boston condo in May.Teixeira was arraigned today for the second time for the murders of Lina...
View ArticleAmazon could add 900 jobs to Fort Point
Associated Press reports the company is leasing space in a Fort Point building.
View ArticleEversource to lay new cable under Boston Harbor to keep Deer Island running...
The Department of Justice says it's settled a lawsuit against Eversource and the MWRA over a Deer Island power cable under Boston Harbor the government had said was not buried deeply enough to allow...
View ArticleBringing the kids home, harbor style
See it larger.A guy in a motorboat towed several sailboats past Castle Island from the direction of the harbor islands towards the inner harbor yesterday.
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