16-year-old drinking at midnight at a Seaport hotel raises official ire
Boston Licensing Board members reacted with shock on hearing that police on a surprise inspection found a 16-year-old at a table - with five other underage people - drinking alcohol at midnight in a...
View ArticleCoast Guard to investigate fire on a docked harbor cruise ship
The Coast Guard announced today it will investigate what caused the Spirit of Boston to catch on fire as it was docked at Commonwealth Pier Friday night.The "marine casualty investigation" will "allow...
View ArticleSeaport restaurant gets license suspended for two days after cops find six...
The Boston Licensing Board today ordered Coquette, inside the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, shut for two days as punishment for incident in which two BPD detectives found a table of six teenagers -...
View ArticleNew restaurant going in where Whiskey Priest used to be until it was torn...
David Doyle's Zoom background shows his new restaurant.The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans for a new Seaport restaurant that will sit on the water where Whiskey Priest used to be back...
View ArticleFire displaces three on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston
Photo by BFD.The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 690 Dorchester Ave. for a fire on the first and second floors around 1 p.m.No injuries, but three residents were displaced, the...
View ArticleThe Olympic dream is finally dead: MBTA buys Widett Circle for a train yard
The MBTA announced this morning it's completed its $255-million purchase of the 24-acre Widett Circle to store and maintain trains on South Station routes - both current and planned future routes to...
View ArticleMan shot on Orton Marotta Way in South Boston
A man was shot in the leg at 188 Orton Marotta Way in the West Broadway development around 2:40 p.m. Read more.Thu, 04/13/2023 - 14:38Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: CrimeFree tagging: Orton Marotta...
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New South Boston life-sciences building would let locals peer in at...
Bird-enriched view from across Summer and East 1st, rendered by Elkus Manfredi.Plans for a proposed life-sciences building off Summer and East 1st street in South Boston show large first-floor picture...
View ArticleYou won't be meeting George Jetson near the South Boston convention center...
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority announced today it plans to start over with plans to develop six acres it owns near the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, rather than going forward...
View ArticleCoffee war could be brewing in South Boston: Board approves new coffeehouse...
Rendering of proposed Blank Street Coffee.The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by a Brooklyn-based coffeehouse chain that specializes in cold brews to turn a former real-estate office at 489...
View ArticleTeens send woman to the hospital by attacking her with her own groceries at...
Transit Police report they are looking for five juveniles they say jumped a woman at Broadway station around 4 p.m. yesterday, stole her bag of groceries, then began throwing items from it at her head....
View ArticleAnother massive project proposed for the Reserved Channel in South Boston,...
The owner of industrial buildings along West 1st Street and Pappas Way has teamed up with a Toronto developer on a proposal for an eight-acre, seven-building development that would include "a variety...
View ArticleAssault and battery with a dangerous pear: Two teens charged with attacking...
A high-school student from Jamaica Plain was confined to his home - except to be allowed out to attend school - for his alleged role in a grocery attack on a woman at the Broadway Red Line station on...
View ArticleMexican tall ship pays a visit
See it larger.Neil couldn't help but notice the Mexican ARM Cuauhtémoc docked at Fan Pier this morning. Hugmajesty also photographed the tall ship, berthed in front of what might be the Stad Amsterdam,...
View ArticleSouth Boston losing its touch when it comes to fending off deck expansions
The Zoning Board of Appeal today unanimously approved a West 7th Street's resident's request to expand his deck.A resident of a condo at 160 West 7th St. sought permission to more than double the size...
View ArticlePolice, firefighters search water off Castle Island for missing 4-year-old boy
Update: Shortly before 11 p.m., Massport and BFD boats and BFD divers left the scene, but two BPD boats continued the search.State Police report they have divers, a boat and a helicopter searching "on...
View ArticleMissing boy's body found on Spectacle Island
WFXT reports State Police have recovered the body of Mohemed Fofena, who disappeared yesterday at Castle Island, on nearby Spectacle Island.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleThe Floating Crab
Banker & Tradesman reports the Barking Crab on Fort Point Channel is seeking state permission to add a 1,900-square-foot barge to increase its patio seating.Via Boston Restaurant...
View ArticleThe Red Line is not a freight railroad and that makes a difference in a South...
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that MassDOT went too far in telling the owner of a small parcel between Cypher and B streets that it was just going to build tracks and facilities for testing...
View ArticleRed Line was in deep doo doo when a door died at Andrew
The MBTA does not say if it fixed a recalcitrant door on a Red Line train at Andrew, or just hauled the poor train away, but says service is back to what passes for normal these...
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