Good day for the beach - and ice cream
Mike reports a packed beach at M Street in South Boston today.Jordan Frias reports a packed Toscanini's in Cambridge:
View ArticleRed Line riders aren't screwed; what they are is Andrewed
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the Red Line due to "an ongoing signal problem" at Andrew.
View ArticleDeveloper who won approval for South Boston apartment building now proposes...
A developer who won city approval for a six-story, glass-sheathed apartment building on Dorchester Avenue between A and B streets is now asking city permission to put up an eight-story hotel with 159...
View ArticleDay went out in a blaze of glory
A roving UHub photographer watched the sun go down from Castle Island on Tuesday.
View ArticlePolice: Man uses granite block to break into South Boston market in search of...
Boston Police report arresting a man they say broke into the 7-Eleven on West Broadway near Dorchester Street early this morning and stole 89 packs of Newports and rifled through the scratch...
View ArticlePolice, firefighters break into car in South Boston to save two dogs locked...
WFXT reports on the incident on Columbia Road, where the temperature was 87.
View ArticleForum to check out Bill Linehan's possible replacement
Candidates for the District 2 (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown, Bay Village) seat now held by Bill Linehan get a chance to explain why they should succeed him at a forum Wednesday...
View ArticleTruck flips in Seaport
Manu shows us the tractor trailer now resting on its side after flipping shortly before 11 a.m. at Congress and B streets. He reports the driver was taken away in an ambulance.
View ArticleOh, my, West 1st Street sure has changed
The Harvard Gazette reports Harvard and MIT boffins are using the database of Google Street Views to show how cities' landscapes are changing. And South Boston's W. 1 Street is one of their examples.
View ArticleSorry, Batman, but this ain't Gotham
A roving UHub photographer spotted this Batcycle with a fresh Boston parking ticket on Summer Street in Fort Point today.
View ArticleClosing-time karma: Guy smashes bouncer in face with a glass, slices own hand...
Sun, 05/28/2017 - 02:05A man who didn't feel like leaving a Seaport bar at closing early one May morning now faces criminal charges - and is recovering from the wound he gave himself when he attacked...
View ArticleSouth Boston man with long record and brother arrested on drug, gun charges...
A man with convictions for manslaughter and armed assault to rob and his brother were arrested following raids on their apartments on East 4 Street yesterday, the Suffolk County District Attorney's...
View ArticleDevelopers discover the joys - and tax breaks - of gerrymandering
The Globe reports some Boston developers have discovered how to get satisfying low-interest loans intended to aid poor communities by drawing up maps that show them as part of such communities, when...
View ArticleDriver first convicted of OUI in 1962 was drunk and drugged when he hit South...
Richard Higgins, 78, of Attleboro, was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing following a weekend incident in which he allegedly sent a 12-year-old girl flying into the air on Old...
View ArticleSouth Boston residents might want to keep their windows locked until police...
Boston Police have released video of "a person of interest" for a series of break-ins and attempted burglaries in the Dorchester Heights area of South Boston over the past two days - all through open...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Low-hanging wire in South Boston
A handy citizen who presumably can tell the difference between cable, telephone and electrical wires shows the city just how low one wire on Loring Street in South Boston is.
View ArticleMan who allegedly drove into South Boston girl declared a menace to society,...
A South Boston Municipal Court judge today declared Richard Higgins of Attleboro "dangerous" and ordered him held without bail for four months, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office...
View ArticleLocal developer picked to rebuild and dramatically expand South Boston...
The BHA has selected WinnDevelopment to completely replace the 1,000-unit Mary Ellen McCormack project and add roughly 2,000 more units to the 27-acre site that will include market-rate rentals and...
View ArticleHow a photographer captured photos of that Russian surveillance plane
Garfinkel of the Herald explains how he got into position to capture photos of that Russian jet that paid us a visit yesterday.I ran out of the Herald's offices and onto Southie's D St. and got in my...
View ArticleState begins to crack down on property owners who think they can just shut...
WGBH reports on how the ICA is promising to behave and let the public continue to stroll along the harbor on land that's supposed to be open to the public even on nights when it charges guests $20 to...
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