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New Northern Avenue bridge would feature a promenade near the water line and...
Proposed bridge plaza from city presentation.Under trusses paying homage to the original span, pedestrians and bicyclists would be able to get across Fort Point Channel on a new Northern Avenue bridge...
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City looks at how to protect triple deckers from flooding as sea levels rise
Boston areas that could see sea water in the streets in coming decades.City officials are looking at a possible zoning overlay that would require homeowners looking at extensive renovations consider...
View ArticlePerson shot on Dorchester Street in South Boston
Around 11 p.m. at 246 Dorchester St., near East 9th Street, Live Boston reports.Wed, 05/13/2020 - 23:00Neighborhoods:Â South BostonTopics:Â CrimeFree tagging:Â Dorchester StreetGunsfacebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleDraw a line in the sand - for safety
Chris Mancini, executive director of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, shows how to do some social distancing on the beach this weekend.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleSullivan's at Castle Island re-opens, but, of course, there are some retrictions
For one thing, you can't just drive there because the state's shut the Castle Island parking lot and all the spaces along Day Boulevard. Also, as Boston Restaurant Talk reports, no more of that...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Stupid helicopters
A disgusted citizen files a complaint with 311 about the situation over the beach at M Street:Can you stop these helicopters from hovering over the beach. They are loud & obnoxious and interfering...
View ArticleConvention-center hospital to stop accepting patients
WBUR reports Gov. Baker announced today that with Covid-19 hospitalization numbers in the area continuing to decrease, the field hospital's no longer needed. But he added that it will stay in place...
View ArticleLocal company whose origins date to Edison's invention of the light bulb gets...
General Electric announced today it's getting out of the light bulb business that helped propel the company back when it was formed in 1889 as the Edison General Electric Co. to bring together various...
View ArticleSpringfield teen charged with possession of a gun loaded with a lot of...
Boston Police report gang-unit officers responding to a report of a fight at 30 Linsky Barry Ct. in the West Broadway development Thursday afternoon didn't find anybody fighting but did find several...
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South Boston triple deckers go up in flames in seven-alarm fire
Photo by BFD.The Boston Fire Department reports a fire that erupted early this morning on Columbia Road at Douglas Street damaged seven triple deckers and sent five firefighters to the hospital.Some 38...
View ArticleLast patients discharged from Covid-19 hospital at the convention center
Staffers at Boston Hope, the 1,000-bed field hospital set up in a week in April to handle a surge of Covid-19 patients, cheered and clapped yesterday as the hospital's last three patients were...
View ArticleWait, officer, you're telling us it's illegal to shoot off fireworks in...
Seized fireworks.Boston Police report officers seized a metric buttload of fireworks in the parking lot of the St. Peter Lithuanian Church on Flaherty Way last night after responding to "numerous calls...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Yellow paint flowing into Fort Point Channel
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the yellow paint coating the rocks and flowing into the water along Fort Point Channel on the South Boston side between the Summer Street Bridge and the...
View ArticleCoronavirus ends South Boston restaurant
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the demise of Backyard Betty's on West Broadway.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleYou can't socially distance if nobody's there
Who says nobody read the Globe anymore? Our own John Keith took a snapshot of the Lawn on D late yesterday afternoon, the day after Globe writer Christopher Muther fretted that the new outdoor dining...
View ArticlePerson stabbed in Andrew Square
WFXT reports a a person was stabbed in Andrew Square. Jim reports it was shortly before 9:30 p.m. The homicide unit was brought in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.Thu, 06/18/2020 -...
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That's a lion's mane jellyfish alright
Gary Waldeck was walking his dog on Carson Beach today when he realized they were sharing the beach with some of those lion's mane jellyfish that have been turning up all over lately. And no, he didn't...
View ArticleMayor to South Boston beachgoers: Stop pissing in people's yards
Mayor Walsh said today he's been getting reports from residents along Day Boulevard that people are traipsing over from the beaches to use their yards as urinals.Walsh said the city's been talking to...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Jeering, maskless out of towners in the Seaport
A concerned MD files a 311 report about the situation along streets like Seaport Boulevard on the weekends:I am an icu physician and have been working tirelessly with a dedicated group of colleagues...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: South Boston's crashy intersection
Concerned citizens kitty-corner from each other at the intersection of Gold and E streets in South Boston have filed 311 complaints with front and back photos of what they said was just the latest...
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