A tree falls in Boston; ICE shows up in new Dodge Chargers

A tree falls in Boston; ICE shows up in new Dodge Chargers
Tree that had been scheduled for removal fell across Beacon Street. Photo by Laurie Johnson.

ICE shows up at Boston College, wanders around, does nothing, leaves

September 7

The Heights reports ICE's Let's Show Boston Who's Boss Tour came to the Boston College lower campus Saturday: Somebody in a spiffy new ICEmobile ( decked out in patriotic red, blue and, um, gold) drove around, but not...

Before the storm, Millennium Park was hopping

September 7

Mary Ellen walked around Millennium Park in West Roxbury before yesterday's storm and, with the help of Dolly the wonder pup, found this frog.

She also spotted a song sparrow with plenty of good eatin' - look at all those seeds: Read more.

Regime balaclava boys stomp back into Boston, based, of course, on a pile of lies

September 7

We may not be getting the full LA/DC invasion, yet, but CNN reports ICE has stepped up its grabby ways in Boston, after, as Mediaite...

A tree falls in Boston

September 7

A linden tree that had been scheduled for removal tomorrow or Tuesday plunged to the ground  on Beacon Street between Gloucester and Hereford streets in  the Back Bay this morning, damaging two cars, but not injuring anyone.

Brighton pair charged as yutzes breaking into cars to steal handicap parking permits

September 6

Boston Police report arresting two Brighton residents on charges they kept breaking into cars with blue handicap parking permits to steal and re-sell them....

Texans are a-movin' to Westie, we reckon

September 6

We didn't stick around to get the story behind this car parked on Centre Street in West Roxbury along with the horns and the captured hood of the car he bested on the New Jersey Turnpike, but we like to think the driver returned to his car, waved his ten-gallon hat, bellowed a  triumphant "Yeeha!" and then drove away while yelling "Git along,...

Office-building slump continues: Office space near North Station sells for fraction of what it went for in 2018 - and even for what it went for on the heels of the Great Recession

September 6

The owner of the six-story office portion of 226 Causeway, just across I-93 from North Station, sold the holding  on Thursday for $24 million - a sharp drop from the $107 million it had paid for it in 2018 - according to Suffolk County Registry of Deeds records....

Two people shot on Tremont Street in Roxbury

September 6

Two people, one a teen, were shot at 989 Tremont St., near Hammond Street, in Roxbury shortly before 9:15 p.m. on Friday.

Just a little corrupt: Fernandes Anderson gets a month in federal prison

September 5

A federal judge today sentenced former City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson of Roxbury to a month in prison, followed by three years of probation, for the way she got a relative on her payroll to split a huge bonus with her - in cash, in a City Hall women's room....

Ain't no party like a Somerville party

September 5

The town that put the erville in Camberville is quickly making its own name around the world. First, of course, was the bike-path feline mayoral election (do we have a winner yet?). But...

Shoplifter with a knife got away from the South Station CVS once, but got arrested when he returned to try it again, police say

September 5

Transit Police report arresting a potential shoplifter at the South Station CVS yesterday after store workers recognized him as the guy who'd pulled a knife on them when they tried to stop him for taking stuff last week. Read more...

Plans unwrapped for five-story building with all affordable apartments in Codman Square

September 5

The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. today filed plans to replace a one-story storefront block and a garage at Washington Street and Southern Avenue in Codman Square with 41 affordable apartments and office and retail space....

Wu to Florida Woman: Bring it

September 5

Mayor Wu has a simple message for the regime: "We will not yield."

People can continue to mark 'X' for gender on passport, appeals court rules

September 5

A federal appeals court in Boston yesterday declined to stay a lower-court judge's preliminary injunction that requires the regime to continue letting people choose between M, F and X for their "gender" on passports. Read more.

Campaign roundup: Kraft has to hope it's always darkest before the dawn; Frank Baker's too-close signs

September 5

The latest Emerson poll is out and, well, it's not great, Bob, um, Josh. After all the money he and his dad's friends have thrown out, he's now 50 points behind Wu. And a majority of voters just don't like him....

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