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Chris Rich photographed a forlorn Anthony's Pier 4, now just sitting there, awaiting its demolition to make way for a park to go with the towers planned for the pier.Already, the old locomotive that...
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Hashi K. Said, a.k.a. Said Said, of Quincy, was ordered held in lieu of $35,000 at his arraignment today on charges he raped and robbed a woman who flagged him down in the Seaport district early...
View ArticleConfession: The back of a 10 bus not the best place for an opium eater
A South Boston man was arrested at Andrew station around 4 p.m. yesterday after a Route 10 bus arrived and a passenger told police a guy in the back was "sniffing and eating" drugs out of an Altoids...
View Article1974 remembered in South Boston - for a movie
Southie Spots shows us the road in front of South Boston High School tonight - repainted for filming for the murdering-thug biopic (you may recall how said serial killer shot up the Globe for its...
View ArticleSouth End party ends with teen shot in the back of the head
Boston Police report a 17-year-old was found shot outside a party at 5 Castle Ct. around 1:50 a.m.Because of the seriousness of the man's injuries, the homicide unit was summoned. Stanley Staco reports...
View ArticleLooks like this time superchef Mario Batali will really be able to sell...
The Globe reports New Yorker Mario Batali is opening a wood-fired pizza place on Fan Pier.You may recall how last year, Batali was all set to buy Todd English's liquor license from his defunct Kingfish...
View ArticleWe'll soon have Midwestern subs coming out the wazoo
We already knew that Jimmy John's, a Midwestern sub chain, planned to stuff a space in a South Boston luxury complex with one of its outlets. Turns out the chain is planning two more Boston sub shops:...
View ArticleBoston's newest park has a soft opening today
The Fort Pointer shows off the new Channel Center park on A Street - privately funded but open to the public.
View ArticleNavy cargo ship spills 11,000 gallons of oil in South Boston drydock
The Coast Guard reports that the USNS Fisher, in town for some repairs, began leaking the oil yesterday.The ship, in drydock off the eponymous avenue in South Boston, got quick attention from the Coast...
View ArticleNowadays, buses aren't supposed to belch smoke
So when they do, the fire department comes calling. Peter Dziedzic had a front-row seat for the action when an MBTA bus apparently caught fire shortly before 8 p.m. in the Cabot bus yard near Broadway...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: A new scourge joins Globe Direct in South Boston
A concerned citizen complains:"South Boston Today" newspapers litter the streets with trash. They are thrown about throughout the neighborhood. Why are they allowed to put garbage on the street and not...
View ArticleWhere does a grumpy old lady on a Red Line shuttle bus go?
Anywhere she wants. Alison Farquhar recounts an incident on a Red Line shuttle out of Broadway this afternoon:Belligerent old Polish lady INSISTED the JFK/Andrew shuttle should drop her off at Old...
View ArticleCity hopes local techies can fix broken permitting system
The city IT department plans a hackathon next month to let developers use a new gateway into city systems to build an online permitting system that might replace the current confusing system that often...
View ArticleLightning hits South Boston house
Mark Bolster watched firefighters take care of business after lightning hit a house on W. 4 Street at F this morning.
View ArticleSouth Boston house attacked with barrage of golf balls
Capt. John Greland at District C-6 reports that on Wednesday, a resident of Gates Street near E. 8 reported one of his windows had been broken by a golf ball, that his skylight had also been hit, but...
View ArticleYuppies cruisin' for a bruisin' in Southie?
Apparently someone thinks there is a parking war and they are not going down w/out a fight! pic.twitter.com/6Jb8Pt2zJl— Caught in Southie (@maureencaught) July 23, 2014
View ArticleVirgil, quick, come see, there goes Pier 4 out to sea
Jesse Haley spotted part of the old Anthony's Pier 4 floating on a barge in the Mystic River between Everett and Charlestown this morning. Anybody know what it was doing there?
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Court rules man has to provide DNA sample that could implicate brother in...
AttachmentSizeComplete ruling, Commonwealth vs. Christopher Kostka20.02 KBThe Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that Christopher Kostka can be ordered to provide a DNA sample that could rule him...
View ArticleSouth Boston roast-beef place dies to make way for more luxury condos
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Liberty Bell Roast Beef, 170 W. Broadway, is closing, possibly as soon as tomorrow, as the parcel's owners ready the site for construction of, ta da, 33 condos and a new...
View ArticleTorrid pace of luxury development leaves many neighborhoods largely untouched
Construction cranes may be crowding some of Boston's neighborhoods, leaving areas such as Broadway, Downtown Crossing and Boylston Street in the Fenway looking like something out of a SimCity game on...
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