Boston federal judge no longer trusts ICE agents to tell the truth; Fenway Health goes offline
A Boston federal judge ordered an immigrant freed immediately last week after concluding he can no longer treat ICE arrest reports, such as the one used to keep the man locked up - or, indeed, much of what ICE says in court - as inherently truthful. Read more.
Fenway Health remains offline as outside experts try to restore computer systems
September 13
Fenway Health's computer systems went offline Friday and remain shut down today, causing problems for patients with in-person appointments or trying to refill prescriptions and forcing the cancellation of at least one clinic.
Turns out those icky spotted lanternflies make a tasty meal - if you're a spider
September 13
Mary Ellen spent some time in Nahanton Park in Newton, just a bit downriver from her usual haunts in Millennium Park, and came upon a spider that had wrapped up a...
Mount Auburn Hospital emulates Highlights for Children feature
September 13
Ari Ofsevit couldn't help but notice this AI faux image on the wall of Mount Auburn Hospital's post-partum unit that is probably a result of somebody asking an AI app to create a light yet inspiring Boston image that instead turned out like a Boston-themed drawing.
Police say Grove Hall CVS customer used knife to slash shoplifter in the chest
September 13
Boston Police report arresting a man they say was shoplifting at the CVS at 468 Blue Hill Ave. - and the woman customer who objected to that, got into a scuffle with him and took out a knife to slash him in the chest.
DA: Man charged with animal cruelty for the six sick dogs and one dead one found in his South Boston apartment
September 13
A South Boston man was arraigned on seven counts of animal cruelty after police found six dogs in immediate need of medical attention and a seventh dog dead in his apartment, which he was using to breed them, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports, adding there might have been two more dogs, only the man told police the deceased dog ate one before he died and that another dog, a puppy, died when his son stepped on it.
All the rain might help the Charles refill a bit
September 13
The Charles River between Millennium and Cutler parks at the Boston/Dedham/Needham was still looking a bit droughty yesterday, if nowhere near as bad as during last year's drought.
Celebrating Chelsea
September 13
Yesterday was Chelsea Day. Matt Frank got a good view of the fireworks at the end from the Condor Street Urban Wild across Chelsea Creek in East Boston.
311 complaint of the day: Privileged twat in an Audi on West Broadway
September 12
An incensed Zipcar renter filed a 311 complaint today about the situation at the municipal parking lot off West Broadway near Dorchester Street in South Boston.
Remembering in Dedham
September 12
Daniel Sullivan lives on Fairmount Hill in Hyde Park and last night he went out, looked west and saw a beam of light into the sky. It was one of two beacons Dedham turned upward last night to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Twin Towers - from Barnes...
Road-rage incident involving a gun on Brookline side of Jamaica Pond ends with chase, stop on the Jamaicaway
September 11
A man who allegedly pulled a gun on another driver in a dispute on Goddard Avenue near Hellenic College in Brookline around 6:50 p.m. drove on Perkins Street along Jamaica Pond and ended up on the Jamaicaway, where he was swarmed by Brookline, Boston and Transit Police officers, who stopped him while they investigated what happened....
Suffolk Downs developer teams up with New York firms for a six-acre project along Dorchester Avenue in South Boston
September 11
Local developer HYM and New York firms J.T. Magen & Co. and Extell Development say they will soon file plans for a large-scale mixed-use development on six acres of parcels along Dorchester Avenue and Old Colony Avenue that South Boston developer Andrew Collins lost in foreclosure in March.
Postal Service says a new Allston post office isn't completely dead yet, but they're getting the toe tag ready
September 11
US Postal Service officials who had seemed last year to promise to re-open the long shuttered Allston post office told residents and local officials today that they in fact have started a "discontinuance study" to look at making Allston residents permanently turn to Brighton - or a USPS Web site - for their postal needs.
Brownsberger wins re-election by a nose
September 11
A 35-vote nose, Cambridge Day reports.
Trolley began to catch on fire where it connected to the wire
September 11
An E train headed to Heath Street didn't get past North Station when the roof began to smoke and then flame from a pantograph on the roof around 11 p.m. on Thursday.
