As patrons huddled inside, angry man attacked South Boston bar with a hockey...
A man ordered away from Murphy's Law, 837 Summer St., after he punched a woman in the face because he couldn't quite hit the guy he meant to hit, went home, got a hockey stick and proceded to...
View ArticleBoard to decide whether Southie has enough packies or if there's room for one...
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to let Jamie's Variety, 113 H St., at the corner of East 5th St., sell beer and wine.At a hearing this morning, several South Boston residents...
View ArticleA world-class city needs a Hyatt with a liquor license in the Seaport, lawyer...
When applicants go before the Boston Licensing Board for a liquor license, they have to answer the question of the "public need" for the license. At a hearing this morning, a lawyer for the Hyatt chain...
View ArticleArea Aussies, chefs team up for benefit for bushfire victims
KO Pies, which sells Australian meat pies in East Boston, is working to organize a Boston barbie for bushfire support on Jan. 28 at Capo Restaurant & Supper Club, 443 West Broadway in South...
View ArticleRoom for one more Southie packie, board decides
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday granted a beer-and-wine license to Jamie's Variety, 113 H St., which means senior citizens living across the street will soon no longer have to risk life and limb...
View ArticleCar bursts into flame in garage of Fan Pier building under construction
Smoke from Fan Pier fire. Photo by Peter Cheung.Boston firefighters responded around 1 p.m. to the Mass. Mutual building under construction next to 50 Liberty Dr. for a fire in the garage that sent...
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Nice beach day
Eileen Murphy spotted some people enjoying the beach along Pleasure Bay in South Boston today.Meanwhile, up on the Charles River, just upstream from the Arsenal Street bridge, some geese just couldn't...
View ArticleMan who wheeled both daughter and shotgun in stroller to South Boston gun...
A federal judge sentenced Jermaine Tindal, 30, to 21 months in federal prison on Monday following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, the US Atttorney's office...
View ArticleZoning-bribery official gets 40 months; judge recommends he serve his time in...
A federal judge today sentenced former BPDA manager John Lynch of Dorchester to 40 months - a little more than three years - in prison following his admission he let a developer pay him off to arrange...
View ArticlePolice: 15-year-old was ambling around Mary Ellen McCormack development with...
Boston Police report a teen under observation by both Boston officers and FBI agents was arrested yesterday on O'Callaghan Way - after a brief chase in which he took off and tossed a jacket with "a...
View ArticleMan who set off IED next to a police cruiser in South Boston gets 15 to 18 years
A Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday found Asim Kieta, 45, guilty of detonating an improvised explosive device that injured three police officers outside the C-6 police station in South Boston in...
View ArticleThey need a line just to get in line for the bus in South Boston
Around 8:30 a.m., Donald F. got in line for the 7 bus on Broadway at L Street in South Boston. "Will we get to work?" he wondered.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleGoing nuts over Valentine's Day
Eileen Murphy put out some treats for Rocky, a regular visitor to her South Boston porch.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleBarber shop would be cut to make way for five-story condo building in South...
Rendering by Tim Johnson Architecture.Charles McCarthy and Patrick McDevitt of East Way Development LLC have filed plans with the BPDA to replace the building with Ottavio's Barbershop at 472 W....
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Unwrapped: Proposed 21-story tower on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston
Rendering by, natch, Elkus Manfredi.National Development yesterday filed detailed plans and renderings of its proposed 21-story, $210-million residential, office and retail building at 323-345...
View ArticleRed Line riders were rattled when the PA started screaming expletives about...
Transit Police are investigating an incident last night in which somebody commandeered the PA system on an outbound Red Line train pulling into Broadway.A Red Line rider who was on the train...
View ArticleDeveloper wants to replace 'distressed' garage on East 2nd St. in South...
Rendering by O'Sullivan Architects.Kems Corp. of Lynnfield has filed plans with the BPDA to replace a trolleybus and auto-repair garage at 515-519 East 2nd St. in South Boston with a $10-million,...
View ArticleRed Line is defeated by a motor that overheated
Updated, 9:55 p.m.Broadway got smoky around 9 p.m. when a train pulled in with an overheated motor that belched both sparks and smoke. Boston firefighters arrived en masse, power was shut on the Red...
View ArticleMan cut, robbed on East 2nd Street in South Boston; suspect arrested
Boston Police report arresting a local man on charges he sliced another man in the leg and stole his phone around 2:45 a.m. outside 525 East 2nd St., near H Street in South Boston. Read more.Tue,...
View ArticleFire damages house on East 8th Street in South Boston
Photo by BFD.The Boston Fire Department reports two residents were displaced by a fire on the third floor of 588 East 8th St. this morning.Firefighters responded at 8:40 a.m. Damage is estimated at...
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