Pedestrian hit on Seaport Boulevard
The crosswalk on Seaport Boulevard. Photo by Joe Phalen.On Seaport Boulevard at Sleeper Street, shortly before 10 p.m. The homicide and fatal-accident units were called in due to the severity of the...
View ArticleDowntown bar fires three after underage women served hard liquor
The owner of the Bell in Hand on Union Street told the Boston Licensing Board this morning he immediately fired three workers because of their role in a December incident in which two underage people...
View ArticleThe story of Sleeper Street is no snooze
Aline Kaplan tells us about Jacob Sleeper and his eponymous street in Fort Point: President of the Boston Wharf Co., whose logo still details many of the buildings there, and a co-founder of Boston...
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In South Boston, big wheel keep on turnin'
Eileen Murphy watched a big wheel making a turn on East 1st Street this morning. It was headed towards the Reserved Channel, where Eversource is building a new engergy conduit to the Deer Island...
View ArticleIf the Seaport were part of SimCity, all the advisors would be yelling about...
City Councilors Michael Flaherty and Ed Flynn say that with the South Boston waterfront nearing a buildout - what with 20,000 residents forecast for 2030 - it's past time to begin thinking of public...
View ArticleProposed Old Colony Avenue apartment building would come with a car for...
Architect's renderingA developer has proposed replacing a nondescript, gray building that now houses a glass company with a 19-unit, six-story apartment building that would sit between Old Colony...
View ArticleDunkin' Celtic in South Boston
Al Horford of the Celtics showed up at the East 4th Street fire station in South Boston with some Dunkin' Donuts coffee and donuts to hang out with the firefighters and play some horse today. Eileen...
View ArticleSome St. Patrick's Day parkour?
See it larger.Kelley O'Shea snapped a photo of what she saw in South Boston this afternoon after her nieces and nephew alerted her to "some moron" hanging off a fifth-floor deck.
View ArticleAs volunteers scrub, hunt on for vandal who defaced World War II memorial in...
NBC Boston reports on the vandalized memorial at Castle Island.
View ArticleCastle Island memorial cleanup stymied
Eileen Murphy shows us the new sign in front of the World War II memorial at Castle Island.
View ArticleThe South Boston convention center will only seem to be under siege tomorrow
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority alerts us that if you see lots of cops and EMTs swarming the Massachusetts Convention and Exposition Center tomorrow, remain calm: It's just a training...
View ArticleArmy vet salutes South Boston kindergarteners who recited Pledge at defaced...
WCVB reports on the class at the Perry School in South Boston.
View ArticleCity looks at eliminating part of Day Boulevard to extend Moakley Park to the...
The Dorchester Reporter shows us potential changes to South Boston's Moakley Park as part of a "grand vision" proposed by the city that would feature both improvements to its current use as a park and...
View Article64-unit residential building proposed for Andrew Square; would be named for...
Architect's rendering. Are those earthquake cracks?Developers have proposed replacing a small, single-story block of stores at 267 Old Colony Ave. with a five-story residential building with...
View ArticleMan steals pickup, starts ramming things in the Seaport, hits woman
WBZ reports on the carnage this afternoon.
View ArticleExcuse me, but which way to the Silver Line?
Michael Cole is at the annual Pax East convention at the South Boston convention center today.
View ArticleKayakers rescued from Boston Harbor buoy after being spotted by somebody with...
Boston Police report a kayak trip into Dorchester Bay went awry for two men yesterday afternoon after their kayak took on water and sank, forcing them - and their dog - to swim through 40-degree waters...
View ArticleGuy sought for stealing a pickup, running over woman's foot, hitting cars in...
Boston Police have released a photo of the guy they're looking for some mayhem on Northern Avenue Friday morning that made all the evening news broadcasts thanks to the surfeit of reporters and camera...
View ArticleAn entire neighborhood wishes one man would die, windshield note declares
A South Boston resident posts a photo of the note he found on his windshield this morning - a morning, it might be noted, with not even a speck of snow on the ground.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleParking at most Boston meters to cost more starting this summer
The mayor's office announced that come July 1, the cheapest parking meters in the city will set you back $2 an hour - up from the current $1.25 - as part of a bid to reduce street congestion and raise...
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