Watch lightning hit a sailboat docked in South Boston
Caught in Southie has the video from the Columbia Yacht Club during this afternoon's storm.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Feast or famine when it comes to playground...
One concerned citizen files a 311 report that one of the rain-garden sprayers at playground at Moakley Park in South Boston doesn't shut off; another concerned citizen reports the sprayer at the Fallon...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: 52 straight nights of fireworks in South Boston
A fed-up citizen filed a 311 complaint on Sunday about fireworks along Columbia Road in South Boston:Fireworks going off for the 52nd night in a row. Called 911, they said to call district C-6....
View ArticleMore new Orange Line cars get delivered - to a Red Line yard
John Hanzl spotted two of those new Orange Line cars being delivered this morning at the T's Red Line yard in South Boston, rather than at, oh, the Orange Line yard in Medford.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleDeveloper proposes large office center, stores, restaurants in marine...
Millennium has plans for parcels T and T-1 at western edge of the industrial park.Millennium Partners told the BPDA this week it hopes to build a 900,000 office building with shops and restaurants on...
View ArticleFor second day in a row, Boston EMT is attacked, this time in South Boston
State Police report arresting a woman they say attacked a Boston EMT supervisor responding to a call on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston yesterday - a day after another EMT was stabbed repeatedly...
View ArticleSyringes floating into the harbor from Fort Point Channel
Gaston reports spotting ten syringes floating in Fort Point Channel, which flows into Boston Harbor, this morning.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleSilver Line riders still have to pay, even without power in the transitway
The MBTA reports delays of up to 30 minutes on the SL1, SL2 and SL3 lines due to "a power problem" in the South Boston transitway, you know, where they run via overhead wires, or at least they do when...
View ArticleAfter punching a bowling-alley manager, man attacked EMTs who asked him why...
When the manager of Kings, 60 Seaport Blvd., asked Graham Atkinson to leave the establishment's bar around midnight on April 24, he became irate and punched her in the stomach - and then used an...
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Developers of South Boston power plant remain committed to housing, if not as...
Architect's rendering of proposed reuse of 1898 building at L Street site.The developers who want to turn the old L Street power plant into the Next Big Thing on the Waterfront this week filed new...
View ArticleMan faces gun charges after stop in South Boston; car linked to shooting on...
Boston Police report arresting a Brockton man after they say officers found him packing a loaded handgun early this morning on Broadway at Dorchester Street in South Boston. Read more.Wed, 07/24/2019 -...
View ArticlePink Taco could open soon in Seaport
Cynthia Donovan reports: A Pink Taco sign is finally up outside its planned location at Congress Street and Boston Wharf Road.No word if somebody's planning on opening an adjoining seafood shack called...
View ArticlePolice: Man who's had enough of this crap detains guy upskirting woman at...
Transit Police report arresting Yoa Wong, 27, of Quincy, on charges he used his phone to photograph up a woman's skirt on the escalator at the Broadway Red Line stop yesterday evening. Read more.Tue,...
View ArticleMan who is facing South Boston gun charges once argued the Second Amendment...
Aaron Powell of Brockton had bail set at $50,000 today on gun charges stemming from his arrest at Broadway and Dorchester Street in South Boston early this morning - after he was ordered out of a car...
View ArticlePolite protesters plan third visit to Steve Lynch's office to try to convince...
At this past Thursday's protest in Lynch's office. Photo via Tonya Tedesco.On July 12, six of Steve Lynch's constituents visited his South Boston office to ask him to join other Democrats in working to...
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Yesterday's storm took out some trees in South Boston
Roving UHub photographer Marilyn M. reports:Farragut/Marine Park on Pleasure Bay is littered this morning with snapped trees and branches from yesterday’s storm.Yesterday afternoon, fellow roving UHub...
View ArticleDorchester man ensures bears will avoid the Red Line, police say
Transit Police report arresting a Dorchester man they say sprayed "a large can" of bear repellent inside an inbound Red Line train as it hurtled underground near Andrew station yesterday evening. Read...
View ArticleRainbow over South Boston
See it larger.Jonathan Berk spotted the Southie bow this afternoon.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleOne if by land, two if by sea and three if by air
Around 11 a.m., an RAF jet squad will zoom down along Boston Harbor from the north, to promote STEM learning, not to try to avenge Bunker Hill.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Urgent turkey help needed
A concerned South Boston resident decides to give 311 a shot instead of calling the Butterball hotline:What do we do about wild turkeys in my front yardfacebooktwitteremailprint
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