$160,000 in fake bills used to swindle Downtown Crossing jeweler; murder in Hyde Park
Pot chain exec allegedly pressured by sheriff identied; wasn't his predecessor as sheriff
August 13
The Globe reports that by sifting through paperwork, including financial statements by Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, it uncovered the marijuana exec Tompkins...
More out of towners nabbed after driving to Mass and Cass for some paid sex, police say
August 13
Boston Police report arresting 12 men - 9 of them from outside Boston - on charges they were looking for some sex for a fee at Mass and Cass and a 13th man they say wasn't looking for a good time but instead got...
West Roxbury neighborhood market disappears - to be replaced by condos and a new fun-sized market
August 13
Selene Freya shows us the view today out of a 37 bus whose driver can no longer take a snack break at the end of the line at the Baker Street Market in West Roxbury....
Tennessee duo used $160,000 in fake bills marked 'In Prop We Trust' to swindle Downtown Crossing jeweler, DA says
August 13
Two guys up from a Memphis suburb used $160,000 in movie-prop money to go on a Rolex-and-chains shopping spree at a Temple Place jeweler in April, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports....
South End restaurateurs win zoning OK to build the be all and end all of Southie eating/drinking/gathering spots on West 1st
August 13
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by the owners of the Beehive in the South End to turn three old industrial buildings at 202 West 1st St. in South Boston into a combination brewery, winery, distillery, restaurant and neighborhood gathering spot with high industrial ceilings and a patio....
Sheriff resigns college post, but not sheriff post
August 13
Indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins today submitted his resignation as chairman of the Roxbury Community College board of trustees, in a letter to Gov. Healey.
311 complaint of the day: Glowing plasma-ish thing in the sky
August 13
A puzzled resident filed a 311 report about an "unusual light floating in sky" over West Roxbury's Grove shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday.
Two shot on Faraday Street in Hyde Park; one dead, suspect arrested
August 13
Two people were shot on Faraday Street between Washington and Garfield streets around 10 a.m.
