South Boston Walgreens apparently has a problem we never would have thought of
Eileen Murphy pledges to obey the sign on one of the toilet-paper shelves at the Walgreens on East Broadway.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleFlorida man charged with trafficking two women out of hotels in Revere and...
A former Lowell man now living in Florida was charged with federal human-trafficking and gun charges yesterday stemming from his arrest last year at a Revere hotel, near the one where he allegedly used...
View ArticleLive bullet, swastikas found at Condon School in South Boston
City Councilors Ed Flynn and Michael Flaherty want answers after they learned from a parent that a live .45 round was found in a restroom at the Condon K-8 School on D Street, just a few days after a...
View ArticleMan was dragged to his death on the Red Line because a door safety mechanism...
The deadly Red Line car after the death. Photo by NTSB.Robinson Lalin died in a Red Line tunnel just past Andrew station because he tried to exit the train through the one door on which a mechanism...
View ArticleAt least they have a porta potty now
"Just your ordinary AM line for the 7, " RDavejshea reports this morning from South Boston, wondering if some of that sweet free-fare action might alleviate the sidewalk congestion caused by all the...
View ArticleNew developer revives plans for condo building on Dorchester Avenue at the...
Rendering by Embarc.Correction: The story has been updated to reflect the fact that the new owner will follow the regular public process for development and that the proposal seeks will have 17% of its...
View ArticleWorkers injured, trapped, in collapse at demolition site at old South Boston...
Outside the power plant. Photo by Eileen Murphy.WCVB reports one worker was seriously injured and two others als hurt during demolition work at the former L Street Boston Edison plant, being mostly...
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First responders, surgeons able to free trapped, injured worker at power...
First responders work to free, save trapped worker. Photo by Boston EMS.Boston EMS reports that after first responders rushed to the old L Street power plant after a floor collapsed while workers were...
View ArticleFrom the Boston Department of Bad Timing: Mayor celebrates International...
Thumbnail versions of some of the images from the Flickr RSS feed.Mayor Wu, ISD officials and various local construction-industry panjandrums and workers put on hard hats and celebrated International...
View ArticleThe other disaster at the power plant
On Oct. 1, 2002, an explosion started what became a nine-alarm fire at the L Street power plant in South Boston. By the time it was over, firefighters were doused with toxic lubricating oil so thick...
View ArticleUpscale craft-cocktail bar with 'a boho setting' approved for Fan Pier
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a plan to replace the closed Daily Catch at the Moakley Courthouse with a bar catering to hard chargers who need to rewind with a cocktail in hand as they...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies in early morning crash in South Boston
Update: Victim identified: Frederick Hines, 39, of South Boston.State Police report a man on a 2016 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide "went off the roadway, struck the raised curb, entered the grass median...
View ArticleThey're cheep-er by the dozen
Beth Gavin watched a newly expanded family of geese quickly making their way near the Black Falcon Pier today:Sure sign of spring in the @seaportbos! I think they were late for their @CruiseNorwegian...
View ArticleBoston Latin School apologizes for student-written descriptions of two...
Update: South Boston description posted.An attempt to teach eighth graders at Boston Latin School how to deal with stereotypes ended today with school officials apologizing to students, parents and...
View ArticleHobbesian battle erupts on Carson Beach; numerous arrests made at Revere Beach
Flying wedges of Boston Police officers and state troopers descended on Carson Beach in South Boston around 8 p.m. to break up a large brawl there."It's a sea of blue lights," one nearby resident...
View ArticleAll it takes is a little puff of air, well, OK, maybe a big puff of air
See it larger.The Fort Pointer shows us Fort Point artist Kristen Alexandra's latest knitted work, on A Street.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleWhat tha? Big blow brings down trees and wires, floods streets, but at least...
See it larger.It didn't last long, but a wind-heavy storm brought down trees and power lines in Hyde Park and Roslindale and turned Truman Parkway by the Hyde Park Stop & Shop into a lake.But after...
View ArticleMan indicted for South Boston murder - in 1984, in anger over extortion...
A Suffolk County grand jury today Michael Lewis, now 61, for the July, 1984, murder of Brian Watson, whose body was found by the side of I-93 in Manchester NH after he'd been shot to death in South...
View ArticleDeveloper unwraps plans for Seaport life-sciences building to replace garage...
Rendering by Perkins + Will.A Canadian developer last week filed detailed plans with the BPDA for a four-story life-sciences building that would replace a 369-space garage at 17 Farnsworth St. off...
View ArticleUrban geese learn to adapt
Michael Spicher spotted some geese littles taking advantage of a puddle near the Expressway and the narrow end of Fort Point Channel that splits the South End from South Boston today. Amy Deveau, who...
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