Just doesn't make sense: Red Line stopped by a fence
The MBTA had to stop the Red Line between Broadway and JFK/UMass this morning because of "a downed fence blocking the track area" near Andrew Square. And then there were the disabled trains it had to...
View ArticleWhy the MBTA's plan for Widett Circle is pointless, unless the point is to...
CommonWealth takes a look at the MBTA's plan to buy most of Widett Circle, which nobody had heard of before the Olympic effort briefly made it famous, for what would essentially be a waiting area for...
View ArticleCity Point could get a bit more life-sciency with proposal to replace old...
A New York developer with an active Boston presence and a South Boston family say they will soon file plans to replace a garage built in 1945 with a three-story life-sciences building.Related Beal and...
View ArticleLife sciences, residential and credit union complex proposed for West 4th...
A Texas developer says it's working on a proposal to replace the current home of the Mass Bay Credit Union at 147 West 4th St. in South Boston with an 8-story life-sciences building, a 13-story...
View ArticleStop & Shop tries to curb late-night joyriding down Southie sidewalks
Eileen Murphy reports the South Boston Stop & Shop has equipped its carriages with a system that supposedly keeps them from being driven onto the sidewalk, so no more "late night joyriding or...
View ArticleAll those hard-charging Seaport life-sciencers need a place to eat, so why...
Boston Restaurant Talk reports chef Lydia Shire has signed a lease with BioMed Realty to open a new restaurant in its 13-story Seaport Science Center, 601 Congress St. In a press release, BioMed...
View ArticleHawkish on South Boston
Michael Spicher reports this hawk regularly hangs out outside his South Boston condo.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleCity, feds ponder next steps for protecting Boston from rising seas,...
Possibility for a Fort Point Channel barrier. See it larger.A consultant hired by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission is recommending a new barrier system where Boston Harbor meets Fort Point...
View ArticleMore lab space proposed for Fort Point
A New York developer that paid $80 million for a slice of Gillette's land in South Boston in 2021 says it will soon file detailed plans for a new building there that will have both lab and retail...
View ArticleFamily of man dragged to his death by a Red Line train sues MBTA for negligence
The family of Robinson Lalin, dragged to his death by a Red Line train leaving Broadway station last April, today sued the MBTA, alleging recklessness and wanton misconduct.In the suit, filed in...
View ArticleSouth Boston pols want the T to help keep Nazis away from this year's St....
WCVB reports US Rep. Steve Lynch, state Sen. Nick Collins, state Rep. David Biele and City Councilors Ed Flynn and Michael Flaherty have asked Transit Police to figure out how to prevent a repeat of...
View ArticleSeaport to get a locally owned music spot/restaurant with Southern cuisine
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Darryl's Corner Bar owner Nia Grace to open what her attorney called "a supper club and speakeasy with a full menu" in the Seaport Square...
View ArticleDeveloper revives decade-old plan for apartments on vacant lot on H Street in...
Rendering by Wadleigh & Associates.A Newton developer says he's finally ready to break ground on a three-story, 127-unit apartment building at H and East 1st streets in South Boston, more than 10...
View ArticleQuadruple-decker-like condo building proposed for Dorchester Avenue in the...
Rendering by Context.A pair of developers have proposed a four-story, 18-unit condo building on what is now a vacant lot that stretches between Dorchester Avenue and Boston Street in the Polish...
View ArticleMasshole smashes bus window after bus driver honks at him for blocking access...
Photo of smashed bus window via Transit Police.Transit Police report that when a T bus driver tried to pull into a bus stop at Broadway station around 11 a.m. yesterday, the driver couldn't, because...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's parades, 1984-2022
Chris Lovett posts a collection of his parade photos through the years.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleThe most appropriate dog in today's St. Patrick's parade
Michael Spicher watched a guy walking an Irish wolfhound in the St. Patrick's parade today.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleWaterfront restaurant gets ready for the season
Hugmajesty stopped to watch a worker put up a new sign at the Barking Crab.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleDA: Arkansas man learns you can't just drive around Boston with loaded...
An Arkansas man was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 bail after he was arrested on Day Boulevard in South Boston early Sunday for driving around with a loaded gun under his leg, three other loaded guns...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Southie rats tired of running, make a stand on...
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation on M Street near East 6th Street in South Boston:Two belligerent rats on M Street. They are not moving when people walk toward them.The...
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