Bird food at Castle Island
Eileen Murphy reports the grackles at Castle Island have learned where to go when they're hungry:The grackles around Sullivan's at Castle Island can scare the daylights out of folks when they pop out...
View ArticleMore development coming to West Broadway area in South Boston
The Boston Business Journal reports a developer has paid $31 million to Gillette for some land between West 2nd and West 3rd streets and A street and the haul road and has begun planning a new...
View ArticleOur own Conglomerate on the Channel to sell, spin off more pieces
Kieran Murphy, the head of GE's health-care services unit, sent the memo to employees at 5:55 a.m.: GE will be spinning off GE Healthcare as its own company and will sell its stake in an oil-services...
View ArticleMan collapses onto tracks at Andrew; bystanders flag train to stop, scoop him up
Celtkicks reports what happened shortly before 12:30 p.m. at Andrew on the Red Line:Guy just fell on the tracks at Andrew. Thankfully we were able flag down train to stop and pull him up. Must’ve...
View ArticleSouth Boston triple decker erupts in flames
Boston firefighters responded around 8 p.m. to 31 Mercer St., for a two-alarm fire that started on the third floor and spread to the roof. The Boston Fire Department reports one person on the third...
View ArticleMan gets 7 1/2 years for robbing five Boston banks
The US Attorney's office reports Thomas Nee, 47, was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison today for five Boston bank robberies last year that netted him all of $8,209.Nee pleaded guilty last...
View ArticleTime flies when you're having fun; seems like just last week that school got out
But apparently, it's time for the local stores to start stocking their back-to-school supplies. Why, the Rite Aid on East Broadway in South Boston is even advertising back-to-school savings, Eileen...
View ArticleConstitution taken out for a spin
Matt Frank was among the many people who watched Old Ironsides on its stately cruise from the Charlestown Navy Yard to Castle Island and back again today.USS Constitution on its way....
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Plague of horrid bikes reaches Southie, Beacon...
A peeved citizen files a 311 complaint about all the green-and-yellow rental bikes dumped along the beach in South Boston:These bikes have been here for 3 days. Everywhere on the beach are abandoned...
View ArticleDriver dies after going through red light and jamming SUV under tractor...
State Police report a man exiting the turnpike to get onto the Haul Road in South Boston this morning failed to stop for a red light and " struck a tractor trailer entering the intersection of Bypass...
View ArticleNew apartments, restaurant space approved for Andrew Square
Architect's rendering.The Board of Appeals yesterday approved a six-story, 24-unit apartment building on Dorchester Avenue where it enters Andrew Square.Developer Christopher Roche's building would...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash in South Boston ends with death of young child in a...
Stroller, van and car at the scene. Photo by Eileen Murphy.Update: Victim identified as Colin Thomas McGrath, 2, of South Boston..WBZ reports two young children in a stroller were hit by a vehicle in a...
View ArticlePolice seek photos, videos related to crash that killed young boy in South...
Boston Police are seeking help from anybody who might have taken photos or videos in the moments before and after a crash at L and East 6th streets yesterday afternoon in which a van jumped the curb...
View ArticleAfter the storm, a rainbeak
After the storm, Eileen Murphy walked out to the Sugar Bowl in South Boston (which currently features a bird statue).
View ArticleCity seems determined to re-open the Northern Avenue bridge to car traffic
The Fort Pointer reports on a meeting last night about the future of the locked and unusable old bridge, says the city and a consultant came ready with a study that claims the bridge has to be reopened...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Somebody in South Boston is really into cup...
An annoyed citizen files a 311 complaint about these ever growing stacks of coffee cups on West 5th Street next to the overpass over the bypass road.PLEASE HELP! This pile grows every day. It needs to...
View ArticleMystery state-rep cell-phone poll annoys people in South Boston
Dave Shea reports he got this message on his phone yesterday, wonders who's behind the poll on the 4th Suffolk race for the seat vacated by Nick Collins when he moved up to the state senate. Both...
View ArticleCity cracks down on speeders at South Boston intersection where toddler was...
Eileen Murphy snapped the new speed-radar sign on L Street at East 6th St., where Colin Thomas McGrath, 2, was killed in a crash that ended with a van jumping a curb and hitting him and his...
View ArticleState Police: Woman raped on Carson Beach
Tue, 08/07/2018 - 04:30Updated with new info from State Police.State Police report finding a woman who told them she had been raped around 4:30 a.m. on Carson Beach by a man who was among a group of...
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