Is Boston bringing in extra ambulances from out of town, too?
Kyle Benton spotted this mini-caravan of aging FDNY vehicles on Drydock Avenue today, but speculates they're for filming Madame Web, a Spideyverse movie in which Boston will stand in for New...
View ArticleCity councilors oppose what would be first late-night take out in...
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of Madras Dosa at 55 Boston Wharf Rd. extend its closing hours from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and to 3 a.m. on...
View ArticleSeaport to get late-night dosa Indian food
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a plan by a dosa place on Boston Wharf Road to start selling crepe-like dosas as late as 2 a.m. every night.Babu Koganti, owner of Madras Dosa, 55 Boston Wharf...
View ArticleWhy, yes, the L Street Bathhouse renovation project is way overdue
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View ArticleSouth Boston gets a water fountain, at least until BWSC shuts off the flow to...
Live Boston reports Boston Fire and BWSC crews reported to A and West 3rd streets tonight after a water main went kablooie. BWSC has shut the water off, but expect road closures in the...
View ArticleMan stomped into unconsciousness at Andrew T stop
Transit Police report they are looking for two men they say attacked a 56-year-old man at the Andrew Red Line stop around 9 p.m. on Monday, sending him to a local hospital for emergency care. Read...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Boobs on display in South Boston
A citizen in need of a fainting couch filed a 311 complaint about one of those LED signboards at O and East 2nd streets that apparently has an unlocked control panel:Sign at O and second that has said...
View ArticleLife isn't so good when you've got a patent troll on your back, Fort Point...
Life Is Good, the Melcher Street purveyor of optimistic T-shirts, sweatshirts and hats, today sued a company that claims to have a patent on the way clothing companies sell their wares online, saying...
View ArticleJudge says owner of ill-fated boat can continue to make his case that he...
A judge last week tossed a legal life preserver to a man who crashed his boat into a 40-foot-high marker in Boston Harbor, that left one passenger drowned, saying he could continue to make his case...
View ArticlePeople stumbling out of the Andrew T stop late at night with a hunger for...
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday ordered Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, to start complying with its license and close its doors to walk-in customers at 11 p.m.The pizza place...
View ArticleMan charged for role in homophobic stomping at Andrew station
One of these men is behind bars, the other is still loose.Aiyoub Alsallak, 29, was arraigned today on various charges for a Sept. 5 attack on a Red Line platform at Andrew station that left the...
View ArticleExcel High student, mom arrested trying to battle their way into school to...
Officials locked down Excel High School in South Boston Friday afternoon as BPD officers battled with a 14-year-old student and her mother, both intent on finding the student they claim had earlier...
View ArticleMoakley Bridge light pole falls on pedestrian's head, sending her to the...
WCVB reports on our decaying infrastructure, specifically, a pole that gave way and smashed into a woman's head this afternoon. A 311 report claims the pole was rusted at the...
View ArticleSexual attacker sought in South Boston
Boston Police have released photos of a man they say sexually attacked somebody at D and West 5th streets in South Boston around 5:40 a.m. on Sept. 23.If he looks familiar, contact detectives at...
View ArticleMan arrested outside Southampton Street shelter for South Boston rape
Boston Police report arresting Felix Antonio Palmer, 36, on charges he raped a woman at D and West 5th streets around 5:40 a.m. on Sept. 23.In addition to rape, he is also charged with indecent assault...
View ArticleFormer South Boston convent turned after-school center could become...
The South Boston Neighborhood Development Corp. has filed plans with the BPDA to renovated McDevitt Hall, 207 E. St., to make it an apartment building with 35 units for seniors and one for a live-in...
View ArticleMan convicted of fatally stabbing and strangling Amy Lord after terrorizing...
Edwin Alemany, convicted for the brutal murder of Amy Lord of South Boston in a Hyde Park forest in July, 2013, today asked a federal judge to free him because, he claims, his trial attorneys were...
View ArticleKnife-wielding robber punched woman in the face in South Boston robbery,...
Boston Police report they are looking for a man they say followed a woman for more than a block after she left a store before violently robbing her Tuesday evening. Read more.Tue, 10/04/2022 -...
View ArticleMaybe it's just as well those new Red Line trains are late: Upgrade of the...
A $214-million revamp of the Red Line's Cabot Yard in South Boston that was originally scheduled for completion this past February is now as delayed as the snazzy new subway cars it was supposed to...
View ArticleLawyers working for tips in suit over shoddy robotic pipettes
The tray would be empty if the pipette tips of the previous batch met specs, Gingko charges.A South Boston life-sciences company that relies on robotic systems to squirt small amounts of things into...
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