Driver slams into South Boston pizza place; six residents in building evacuated
Photo by BFD.The Boston Fire Department reports that a driver crashed into McGoo's Pizzeria on West Broadway at Dorchester Street around 1 a.m. The driver was taken to the hospital and six residents of...
View ArticleAnother driver plows into a building in South Boston
Photo by a Universal Hub photographer.A driver crashed into the basement of 614 East 3rd St., near L Street, shortly before 7:15 p.m. The Boston Fire Department reports 17 people were evacuated from...
View ArticleSouth Boston, Seaport restaurants being called to task on coronavirus issues
The Boston Licensing Board has scheduled an emergency meeting tomorrow to remind restaurant owners in South Boston and the Seaport that there are rules they have to follow if they want to stay open.The...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Annoying people in Boston parks
A disgusted citizen files a 311 complaint about the loose dogs at Millennium Park in West Roxbury:During the past week, on two occasions, we were met with dogs off leashes. In one incident, the dog...
View ArticleCars torched in South Boston
WHDH reports a Honda and a Jeep were both apparently set on fire about a block apart in the area of Thomas Park.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleAnother driver gives a South Boston building a drive-thru
Photo by Chipsy231.This time in reverse, into DeKay Insurance on East Broadway. Chipsy231 reports the driver is OK.Saturday | Friday.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleAnother new building approved for West Broadway in South Boston
Rendering by Tim Johnson Architecture.The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans to replace a three-story building at 472 West Broadway in Perkins Square with a five-story building with 16...
View ArticleThree stabbed at Fort Point restaurant
WBZ reports three men were stabbed at Bastille Kitchen, 49 Melcher St., around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. One victim walked to a nearby ER, the other two were taken by ambulance.Sun, 11/01/2020 -...
View ArticleMiddleboro man charged with trying to break into South Boston apartment;...
Boston Police report arresting William Walsh, 35, of Middleboro, on charges he tried to break into a West Broadway apartment shortly after 5 a.m. this morning, after he was apparently more successful...
View ArticleBoston Apartment Availability Percentage Spikes in Key Neighborhoods -...
The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the...
View ArticleNew climate-change art coming to Fort Point Channel
The Fort Pointer captured artist Zy Baer at work on what will soon be Fort Point Channel's latest art installation, Polarity, which will show a future in which the channel floods and rises until only...
View ArticleMan stomped, run over by dirt bikers and four-wheeler riders in South Boston
Boston Police report they are looking for members of a swarm of people on dirt bikers and four wheelers who attacked a man at West 4th and Dorchester streets in South Boston around 8 p.m. on Monday....
View ArticleAmazon withdraws plans for South Boston warehouse
An attorney for Amazon told the Zoning Board of Appeal this week it's withdrawing its plans for a new "last mile" distribution center along a strip of Dorchester Avenue in South Boston where the city...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Michelin Man wakes up from a bender and wonders...
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about this bodyless Michelin Man on West 3rd Street, between C and D, in South Boston.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleWoman pulls disabled woman out of wheelchair at Andrew station and kicks her...
Transit Police report arresting a 26-year-old woman they say attacked a 61-year-old woman in a wheelchair at the Andrew Square T stop Wednesday night. Read more.Wed, 11/25/2020 - 21:30Neighborhoods:...
View ArticleBarking Crab burglary suspect pinched
As if the pandemic weren't enough, the Barking Crab on Fort Point Channel has been burglarized repeatedly over the past nine months. Early this morning, somebody broke in again, but this time, the...
View ArticleFood fight at the Children's Museum: Parents of kids with peanut allergies...
On Friday, the Boston Children's Museum announced it was thrilled to welcome Stonewall Kitchen's new PB&J Cafe to the space formerly occupied by an Au Bon Pain and a McDonald's."Come on in for...
View ArticleMan with Chuck Schumer glasses sought for Seaport bank robbery
The FBI's Violent Crime Task Force has released photos of a man it says robbed the Leader Bank branch at 25 Northern Ave. around 9:40 a.m. on Nov. 21. Read more.Sat, 11/21/2020 - 09:54Neighborhoods:...
View ArticleNobody expected a double stabbing during brunch at one Fort Point restaurant
Flyer for what turned into a stabby brunch.On Sunday, Nov. 1, Bastille Kitchen, 49 Melcher St., was nearing the end of just its third Sunday brunch after being closed most of the summer when a fight...
View ArticleICA shuts its doors to the public again
The Institute of Contemporary Art announced today it's closing its doors due to Covid-19, just like it did in the spring.The ICA has voluntarily closed its building to the public to support the city...
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