Citizen Complaint of the day: St. Patrick's wreath in South Boston
A fed-up citizen filed a 311 complaint on March 17 about a wreath still hanging at Dorchester Avenue and West Broadway in South Boston that included this explanation: CHRISTMAS IS OVER!The city marked...
View ArticleNazis show up at South Boston parade
See it larger.Sarah Z spotted Nazis on West Broadway, goes "WTF."Why, yes, they have appropriated the Celtic Cross as a symbol; but if you need more proof, that weird scribble on the sign is their more...
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Parade returns to Broadway
Michael Spicher took in the return of the St. Patrick's parade down Broadway, after two years of cancellations due to Covid- 19.Among the participants: the Blues Brothers:In true Boston fashion, a...
View ArticleBoard rejects new roof deck in South Boston as councilor calls for complete...
Not long after approving a proposal for a roof deck on Worcester Street in the South End, the Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a request for permission to build a new roof deck at 460 East 7th St....
View ArticleWest Broadway to get another bank
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved letting a bank move into an empty space at 71-75 West Broadway at A Street in South Boston.Now, unit owner Jay Goldberg will begin the process to select one to...
View ArticleDropkick Murphys remind us what 'antifa' is short for
The Dropkick Murphys respond to local Nazis who used their music as background for a video of their South Boston parade cosplaying:Fuckin Losers. Stop using our song for your little dress up party...
View ArticleSeems the 7 bus has a bit of a capacity issue
Realdavejshea joined one of the lines for the 7 bus in South Boston this morning:Just another day waiting for the 7 Bus.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleMan convicted of killing South Boston woman for scratch tickets will remain...
Timothy Kostka, convicted for the 2012 stabbing murder of a friend's mother, today lost an appeal that centered largely on what his lawyer said were irregularities in evidence related to the scratch...
View ArticleTeen with loaded gun was tooling around South Boston with two older pals in a...
Boston Police report arresting a 15-year-old from Somerville and men from Roxbury and Charlestown after stopping their car in South Boston, initially because officers throught its window tinting was...
View ArticleDowntown to get simulated indoor golf; Seaport to get real indoor mini-golf
Update: Both approved.Boston could soon be awash in places to hit your putts without worrying about the weather: With one indoor simulated golf "course"already planned for West Broadway in South...
View ArticleMan dies in freak incident at Broadway on the Red Line
A man who got his arm stuck in Red Line train doors just before it left Broadway early this morning was pulled into the tunnel and to his death, according to a communication from the T to employees...
View ArticleFederal agency that investigated Green Line crash to return to investigate...
Boston 25 reports the National Transportation Safety Board will help with the investigation into how a man was dragged to his death early Sunday when his arm got stuck in a Red Line car door at...
View ArticleAs federal investigators arrive, family of man who died when dragged by a Red...
WCVB talks to the family of Robinson Lalin, a father of two who died early Sunday when his arm got stuck in the door of an older 1500-series train inbound at Broadway station and was then dragged to...
View ArticleNot all fire dogs are white with black spots
Eileen Murphy shows how Aspen the Wonder Howler makes the case:Aspen treated me to not one, but two siren serenades today. One for each firetruck headed his way. #Southie. pic.twitter.com/HV6qlECRmU—...
View ArticleWith Covid-19 rates going up again, Boston urges, but doesn't require, a...
The Boston Public Health Commission reported today that the citywide Covid-19 test positivity rate has reached 6.2%, up from just 2.2% in early March.With a holiday weekend approaching, the commission...
View ArticleMan who died when trapped by a Red Line door was getting off the train at the...
WBZ reports the NTSB says Robinson Lalin was getting off the Red Line at Broadway around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday when his arm was trapped by a door and he was dragged to his death.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleMarine industrial park could see expansion of an actual marine-based company
Boston Sword & Tuna, which move into a new building in the Raymond Flynn Marine Park just two years ago, is seeking BPDA approve for an expansion so it can process more seafood.The proposed...
View ArticleWe don't suppose his GPS told him he could park there
Shamus Moynihan ran across this example of Boston parking tonight on Seaport Boulevard.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleWith thousands of people attending a convention, the odds were pretty good...
If you visited the Pandemonium Books and Games booth at Pax East at the South Boston convention center, you might want to consider getting a Covid-19 test.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleRed Line service shut after man winds up on tracks at Andrew, bleeding from...
Transit Police and Boston firefighters responded to the inbound side of the Andrew Red Line station around 10:40 p.m. after a man somehow wound up on the tracks, bleeding from the head, next to the...
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