Antisemitic road rager sought for incident outside Brighton synagogue
Boston Police report they are looking for a driver they say appeared to aim his car at two members of the orthodox Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe on Washington Street in Brighton Friday evening, then yelled an obscene slur at them they managed to get out of his way. Read more.
Young girl in Dorchester rushed to hospital in cardiac arrest
August 17
Boston Police and EMS responded to 200 Fuller St. in Dorchester for an incident involving a 4-year-old girl that left her in cardiac arrest and in an ambulance on the way to Children's Hospital around 8:50 a.m.
311 complaint of the day: Who knew Shel Silverstein had been to Tenean Beach?
August 17
A disgruntled pedestrian filed a 311 complaint about the condition of Tenean Street at Freeport Street in Dorchester.
Good Samaritan pulled man away from his prone girlfriend as he was stabbing her repeatedly on Causeway Street, DA says
August 17
A man with past convictions for trying to carve people up with a knife was arraigned via Zoom from his hospital bed today on charges he tried to stab his girlfriend to death after knocking her to the sidewalk on Causeway Street on Thursday.
State blesses merger of two large landlords after they agree to sell off two West End high rises to avoid becoming a downtown apartment monopoly
August 17
A planned merger between AvalonBay and Equity Residential, both of which operate large apartment buildings in Boston, can go forward without state interference after the two companies agreed to sell off two of Equity's high rises on Emerson Place in the West End, under an agreement filed in court today.
Why we have a notch that keeps Connecticut from sliding into Long Island Sound
August 17
The state line between Massachusetts and Connecticut is about as straight as you'd expect from 17th-century surveyors - except for that annoying notch southwest of Springfield, which really jogs aways away from straight. Judy Carlstrom, head of technical services at the Massachusetts State Library, surveys the "Southwick Jog" and explains how it came into being.
Man stabbed to death on Harvard Street in Dorchester
August 17
Boston Police report a man was stabbed repeatedly at Harvard Street and Wilbert Road in Dorchester around 3:20 a.m.
Graffiti with a purpose on the Needham Line
August 17
With plenty of time to wait for her train when most service into South Station was delayed this morning, Patron saint of knife-sharpeners & librarians couldn't help but notice - and appreciate - this graffiti on a pole at West Roxbury on the Needham Line.
Man with a loaded gun was scanning the crowds leaving the Dominican festival at Franklin Park, police say
August 17
Boston Police report arresting a Fall River man they say was standing on Blue Hill Avenue and McLellan Street in Dorchester with a gun loaded with 14 bullets, grabbing his waist and apparently looking for somebody...
Cut commuter rail some slack for delays caused by Amtrak
August 17
Commuter-rail service into South Station was a mess this morning because of an Amtrak power line that discovered the law of gravity near Back Bay. All the lines into Back Bay and South Station had delays of varying lengths as trains squeezed onto the remaining tracks.
Red Line riders go alas: Dead train at JFK/UMass
August 17
A Red Line train got to JFK/UMass around 8:20 a.m. and decided that's it, this is the end of the line, which proved unfortunate for people hoping to get into town on the Ashmont branch. T workers made the train see the error of its ways and reported at 8:32 service had started up again, but with 10-minute residual delays.
Blue Line reasons to be surly today started extra early
August 17
The morning commute had barely started when the MBTA announced at 5:47 a.m. that the Blue Line was experiencing 15-minute delays due to signal problems at Wonderland, which increasingly seems like the line's portal of doom. T workers got the recalcitrant signals back to signaling at 7:08 a.m.
