Some major dredge work in the harbor
Dredging off Castle Island last evening. Photo by Sheryl Koenigsberg.If you haven't seen the dredging going on off Castle Island, don't worry about rushing down in today's heat to see it - a contractor...
View Article500 drivers ticketed in weeklong crackdown along Day Boulevard in South Boston
Boston Police report that BPD officers and state troopers issued 500 citations in several days worth of enforcement of crosswalk, speeding and other violations along Day Boulevard and the streets that...
View ArticleSouth Boston pizza place has to pay $232,000 in back wages
The owner of Village Pizza and Grill, 56 L St., has agreed to pay back wages to workers not paid time and a half for working overtime - or sometimes at all - and to pay fines for letting teens work...
View ArticlePedestrian critically injured in South Boston crash
Investigators investigate crash car and scene on Preble Street.Jim Gavaghan, who took the photo, reports a man was taken to the hospital this morning with injuries serious enough to have the BPD...
View ArticlePolice: Gun, drug suspect tries to outrun officers in Moakley Park, fails
Fri, 09/07/2018 - 23:15Boston Police report arresting a Jamaica Plain man on a variety of drug, gun and driving charges in Moakley Park in South Boston last night. Read more.Free tagging: GunsMoakley...
View ArticleBlue sky over open bridge
See it larger.Rick Macomber watched the burst of light this morning over the Northern Avenue Bridge, Fort Point Channel and the harbor beyond.
View ArticleSomerville man charged with driving in Seaport with loaded gun
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 01:07Boston Police report arresting a Somerville man after finding a gun in a storage area in his car door early this morning. Read more.Free tagging: GunsSeaport BoulevardSouth...
View ArticleA moment of silence outside a fire station
Eileen Murphy captured the firefighters of Ladder 19 and Engine 2 honoring the memory of those who died 17 years ago in New York.
View ArticleProblems of homelessness and drug abuse exploding beyond Methadone Mile,...
The City Council agreed today to bring in city and state public-health experts to figure out what to do about increasing amounts of problems they say are happening from Dudley to Andrew because of the...
View ArticleWorkers at eight Boston hotels authorize possible strike over working conditions
Unite Here Local 26 reports that workers at Boston Marriott hotels voted today to authorize the union's bargaining committee to call a strike.At issue: "Relief for housekeepers from unsafe working...
View ArticleOn top of spaghetti, all covered in cheese, I lost my poor meatball ...
When Certified Meatballs in South Boston gave up their keys. Yes, a restaurant focused on meatballs could not survive in South Boston.
View ArticleAt least three injured when South Boston deck collapses
Around 10 p.m. at 110 P St., between E. 4th and E. 5th streets. There were 10 to 15 people on the deck at the time.
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Another crash at South Boston intersection where toddler was killed
Eileen Murphy reports a crash between a Jeep and another SUV late this afternoon flipped the Jeep on its side at L and East 6th streets - where one corner is still filled with memorials to Colin Thomas...
View ArticleCold winds failed to stop hot tempers at waterfront restaurant; fight outside...
Tue, 03/13/2018 - 21:10Two tables that had been trash talking each other enough to bring the manager over to see if everything was OK got more physical outside, where a member of one party sent a...
View ArticleTwo arrested in federal crackdown on drug, gun dealing at McCormack...
A man who allegedly wheeled both his daughter and a shotgun in a stroller on his way to sell the weapon at the Mary Ellen McCormack development and a man charged with selling heroin and fentanyl there...
View ArticlePart of L Street to look a bit different tomorrow
Eileen Murphy reports a road crew was busy on L Street between East Broadway and Emerson Street tonight:An island (of sorts) going in to get cars into one lane where L St. narrows.The goal is to "calm"...
View ArticlePolice: Man spits in face of woman who refused to pay his T fare at Andrew
Mon, 09/03/2018 - 21:15Transit Police report they are looking for a man who spit in the face of a woman he didn't know when she refused to pay for his T fare, even after he began screaming at her. Read...
View ArticleNew bus service between South Boston and downtown could start by April,...
Three possible routes. See it larger.The companies planning to turn the old L Street power plant into a large mixed-use development say they are looking at three possible routes for a new bus line to...
View ArticleWorkers strike at seven Boston hotels
pic.twitter.com/dCDbjs9R2l— Teddy Kokoros (@teddyballgame83) October 3, 2018Workers at several hotels owned by Marriott put up picket lines this morning.Some 1,500 UNITE HERE Local 26 workers at the...
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