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All the usual spots shut due to heavy winds at high tide
Wave hitting Winthrop Parkway in Revere. Photo by Brian Riccio.Morrissey Boulevard? Long Wharf? Winthrop Drive? All shut at the morning high tide as wind-whipped waves came ashore. But also Day...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: That's it, Christmas is over, people
A concerned citizen or, perhaps, a Public Works employee out and about, based on the way the 311 report is written, noted at 6:28 this morning that somebody has already de-trimmed their Christmas tree...
View ArticleExcel High basketball player punched referee in the face at game in Cohasset,...
Cohasset Police say they are investigating an incident this evening in which a 17-year-old player from Excel High in South Boston attacked a referee.In a statement, Cohasset Police say:The initial...
View ArticleExcel High student to face criminal charge for allegedly punching ref in the...
Cohasset Police announced today they will charge a 16-year-old basketball play at Excel High School in South Boston with misdemeanor assault and battery for an incident during a game in Cohasset on...
View ArticleWoman shot on MBTA bus near Andrew station; photo of suspect released
Transit Police have released a photo of the man they say shot a woman in the stomace on a bus outside Andrew station around 5:25 p.m.If he looks familiar, contact detectives at 617-222-1050 or send an...
View ArticleMore loud banging reported, but probably not F15s this time
At 10:37 p.m., Archivehive reported:Did anyone hear two loud bangs? Cambridge Street West End Boston area.It sounded like something falling out of the sky and then bang. Then it happened againSure...
View ArticleBoard to decide if bowling after midnight is OK in South Boston or if that's...
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to let South Boston Candlepins, 543 East Broadway, extend its closing time for both bowling and drinking from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.Manager John...
View ArticleAudubon Circle dumpling place that closed due to pandemic to re-open in South...
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Mei Mei to open a cafe - and a new dumpling factory - at 58 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston.Mei Mei, which started as a dumpling food truck, closed...
View ArticleSouthie keglers get an extra hour to toss their balls
The Boston Licensing Board this morning approved extending hours at South Boston Candlepins, 543 East Broadway from 11 p.m. until midnight.Manager John Tunney had applied for a 1 a.m. closing time,...
View ArticleDorchester man charged with shooting woman on bus outside Andrew station
Transit Police report arresting Dason Alves, 33, of Dorchester, for shooting a woman on a T bus near Andrew station on Dec. 30.Alves was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and...
View ArticleSunny Saturday start in Southie
See it larger.Up and about around 7:15 a.m., Jim Gavaghan couldn't help but notice the great sunrise from the back porch of his South Boston triple decker.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleFailed Foodies carjacking suspect sought in South Boston
Boston Police have released photos of a guy they say attacked somebody outside Foodies, 230 West Broadway and tried but failed to get away with the person's car, around 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 26. Read...
View ArticleJamaica Plain loses another liquor license to the Seaport, for a cineplex,...
The Boston Licensing Board last week approved plans by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to purchase the liquor license of the closed Canary Square in Jamaica Plain for the ten-screen movie complex it wants to...
View ArticlePlans unwrapped for apartment buildings on former East Boston casket-factory...
Rendering by Arrowstreet.Redgate and the New England Casket Co. have filed plans for a two-building, 220-unit apartment complex at 1141 Bennington St., where the company made caskets until an...
View ArticleMan who was convicted of blinding a Seaport bouncer in one eye in angry...
A Moroccan native who grew up in Revere will have to stay behind bars - serving a four-to-five-year sentence - as he appeals his conviction for smashing a glass into the face of a bouncer at a Seaport...
View ArticleNeighbors sue to block apartment building at E and Bolton streets in South...
Rendering by Choo & Company.Six residents who would live next to a four-story, 24-unit apartment building at 363 E St. in South Boston yesterday sued to block its construction, saying there's...
View ArticleAs snow falls, state announces new snowplow names
MassDOT today announced a flurry of new names for its snow-plow and salting trucks, selected from entries by public-school kids across the state: Flurry Fighter, Luke Snowalker, Plower Ranger, Sherlock...
View ArticleConstruction debris goes up in flames six stories up at old South Boston...
Photo by Boston Fire Department.Boston firefighters responded to the old Edison generating plant at L and Summer streets in South Boston for burning construction debris about six stores up shortly...
View ArticleA Red Line train began to croak, from the top it started to smoke
An inbound Red Line train at Andrew had to be taken out of service when it began to get more than just a tad smoky. The T reports: "The train had an issue with the heating/AC unit on top of one of the...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire on P Street in South Boston injures one firefighter
Photo by BFD.Greater Boston Radio reports a two-alarm fire broke out in the three-story building at 141 P St., home to apartments and Jimmy's Konvenient, shortly before 2:30 p.m. The Boston Fire...
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