ICA inspires Albanians
Greg Cook notes that an announcement by the mayor of Tirana about construction of a new university campus there features what's actually a photo of our ICA.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleChomp, chomp, chomp went the backhoes
Nate Swain compiled this video of the demolition of a former RCN building on West 1st Street by the Haul Road in South Boston. It's coming down to make way for an eight-story office building aimed at...
View ArticleLarge seafood convention in Boston postponed due to coronavirus fears
The organizers of the annual Seafood Expo North America, one of the nation's largest seafood conventions, announced today they are postponing the event, which was due to open March 15 at the South...
View ArticleThe pot, comics and restaurant shows must go on
The New England Cannabis Convention announced today that it still plans to open on March 20 at the Hynes Convention Center, while the ACE Comic Convention said it is also still planning to open on...
View ArticleBoston cancels St. Patrick's Day parade
Mayor Walsh made the announcement this afternoon:In collaboration with Congressman Lynch, Councilors Flaherty and Flynn, Senator Collins, Representative Biele, and David Falvey from the South Boston...
View ArticleBoston Flower Show opened this morning even though all the volunteer...
At 11:45 p.m. yesterday, Mass. Horticultural Society President James Hearsum e-mailed supporters that society staffers and "an army of loyal volunteers" will not be attending the Boston Flower and...
View ArticleHarpoon responds to coronavirus: Reduces size of factory tour groups,...
Harpoon Brewery announced today a series of steps to try to reduce the risks of Covid-19 infection for visitors to its South Boston brewery. Among the steps are increased sanitizing of customer areas...
View ArticleCoronavirus kayos comic convention
ACE Comic Con announced tonight it's calling off its convention, which had been scheduled to open March 20 at the South Boston convention center over Covid-19 concerns. The company says it is trying to...
View ArticleAll jury trials in Massachusetts federal courts for next six weeks postponed
F. Dennis Saylor, chief judge of US District Court in Massachusetts, today ordered the postponement of all jury trials in Boston, Worcester and Springfield federal courts between now and April 27...
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No problem getting into town on one of Boston's most overstuffed bus lines...
Brett snapped the social distancing on a 9 bus in South Boston this morning:When colleges are closed and businesses move to work from home - I can finally get a seat (or 20) on the #9 bus during the...
View ArticleMillennial city councilor pleads with her cohort not to be morons - and calls...
Update: Seems all the bars closed early for the night. See the comments for more.City Councilor Michelle Wu (at large) was a bit aghast when she saw this photo from South Boston today on the eve of its...
View ArticleMany South Boston bars to remain shut today
The Dorchester Reporter reports that after South Boston started trending nationally on Twitter yesterday, the neighborhood watering holes have agreed to voluntarily stay closed...
View ArticleIt just wouldn't be Southie without a St. Patrick's parade
Chad Parenteau reports he and his girlfriend were driving down Broadway yesterday when:We came across a flash mob Saint Patrick's parade of sorts. People driving around decorated vehicles and screaming...
View ArticleThe empty city: Black Falcon Pier
See it larger.Not much call for cruise ships in Boston right now, as Matt Frank shows us today:Took a drive down to the Seaport knowing it would be a good place to get outside without encountering...
View ArticlePolice at Northeastern tell left-behind students not named Prospero to knock...
Northeastern Police today pleaded with students who remained behind in Boston after their campus shut down to stop partying in their off-campus apartments:We realize that students have opted to remain...
View ArticleSouth Boston restaurant to be repurposed as blood-donation center on Friday
Blood donations have fallen off dramatically, as you might expect, so here's a chance to help rebuild supplies: The Red Cross will be taking blood donations between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Moonshine...
View ArticleDog shit bags at South Boston beaches being left on and around closed DCR...
Please take care of your own shit bags during the COVID-19 crisis, we don’t need any more diseases or germs because of people’s laziness.Neighborhoods: South BostonFree tagging: CoronavirusPetsDogs
View ArticleSullivan's at Castle Island shuts for at least a month
The iconic Castle Island take-out stand says it doesn't want to risk the health of either its customers or workers during the expected Covid-19 surge next month and so is shutting down, through at...
View ArticleSouth Boston convention center to become a field hospital
Gov. Baker said today that the state's second Covid-19 field hospital will be assembled inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston.Baker did not provide details of its capacity,...
View ArticleState shuts parking lots and spaces at beaches in South Boston, Dorchester,...
Starting tomorrow, DCR is closing the parking areas and spaces along the water from Constitution Beach in East Boston to Castle Island and down to Wollaston Beach because too many people were showing...
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