Berklee College buys Charlesgate West site where a developer once proposed a 28-story apartment building
Berklee College buys Charlesgate West site where a developer once proposed a 28-story apartment building
November 23
Berklee College last week bought the half-acre 2 Charlesgate West parcel where a British developer trying to break into the Boston housing market had won city approval - and even a change in city ordinance - to build a 28-story, 400-unit apartment building.
Screw McBrainWorm's CDC - we've got the Boston Public Health Commission
November 23
You may have heard that under the leadership of a man with a fetish for dead bears and severed whale heads, the federal Centers for Disease Control now claims there might be a link between autism and vaccines. Fortunately, we have the Boston Public Health Commission.
Now approved until 3 a.m.: Turkish food in Allston, coffee on Court Street
November 23
The City that Always Sleeps woke up a bit more last week as the Boston Licensing Board approved requests from Turkish Lazuri Cafe, 1 North Beacon St. in Allston and Wishing Cup, 45 Court St. downtown, to stay open until 3 a.m.
No, a Karen didn't call police on her new Black neighbor who turned out to be the Boston police chief; to start, we don't have a police chief
November 22
There's a video floating around online that purports to be a news report on a nosy White woman with a stupid little dog who called 911 when she spotted her new apartment neighbor, a Black man - who turned out to be Boston's new "police chief." It's a great story - not for the anger it's supposed to generate but for the way it illustrates how easy it is to generate fake news with AI these days.
Teen charged with 2024 shooting death of high-school student in Mattapan
November 22
Boston Police report arresting a teen they say was 15 when he shot two Stoughton High School students at Gladeside Avenue and Donwood Terrace in Mattapan, killing one, on July 5, 2024....
Most Massachusetts House members join Republicans in performative yawp over socialism
November 21
Six of the state's nine members of Congress joined the Republican majority today in "denouncing the horrors of socialism" - not long before Dear Leader met with New York's first Democratic Socialist mayor since 1993 and declared him a fine fellow, one he could get along with and maybe even move back to New York under.
Three teens charged with carjacking for failed attempt to steal a guy's moped in Dorchester
November 21
Boston Police report arresting three teenagers - 13, 16 and 17 - after they tried and failed to wrest somebody's moped away from him on Westville Street between Geneva Avenue and Ditson Street in Dorchester around 9:50 p.m. on Thursday....
Developers propose 23-unit apartment building in Fields Corner
November 21
Two developers have filed plans to replace a house turned into an insurance office with a five-story, 23-unit apartment building at 1428 Dorchester Ave., near Adams Street in Dorchester's Fields Corner.
Frosted tips along the Charles
November 21
Mary Ellen took a cold snap of the frost across the Charles River at Millennium Park the other day.
Ah, it's nice to know that when you see fiery light out your Orange Line window, it's from the sunset, not the train
November 21
SwirlyGrrl captured the sunset from a flame-resistant Orange Line car yesterday.
