Boston in 2025: 311 complaints and wildlife

Adam Gaffin

29 Dec 2025 — 2 min read

Boston in 2025: 311 complaints

December 29

Every day, scores of people use Boston's 311 system to report potholes, rat infestations, broken gaslights and the more annoying of their neighbors. Here are some of the best complaints filed in 2025:
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Good old Red Line gets whacked in the knee: A dead train at Kendall/MIT

December 28

At 8:12 p.m., the MBTA reported Red Line delays of up to 20 minutes due to a train that got to Kendall/MIT, then refused to go an inch further. Just four minutes later, the T announced service was "proceeding," but still with 20 minute delays.

Preble Street is not the highway to hell

December 28

JPYuppie noticed this interesting sign in South Boston today, just in case you thought you could go to hell on Preble Street in South Boston.

Boston in 2025: Wildlife

December 28

There was a lot going on in 2025 in the wildlife refuge we call Boston: A dolphin visited Port Norfolk, a beaver waddled through Dorchester Lower Mills, a snake polycule ignored a photographer in West Roxbury and a weasel popped up in Millennium Park.

Cartoonist Dan Moynihan dies

December 27

Greg Cook reports the death of Boston cartoonist Dan Moynihan, who leaves his wife Cathy and their 14-month-old son, Ben.

311 complaint of the day: Bang a gong, get it on, make it stop

December 27

As you might expect, Boston 311 today is just completely filled with complaints about snow: Streets the city didn't plow or salt, sidewalks residents and businesses ...

Mixing things up

December 27

Last snow around, Y2000k went traditional and made French toast. This morning, with more snow than was forecast, she mixed things up and went with...

Orange Line shut this morning after a man jumped in front of a train at State Street; driver managed to stop train in time

December 26

A man jumped in front of an Orange Line train pulling into the Oak Grove side of State Street around 7:34 a.m., Transit Police report.

Just in case you had any question

December 26

The CVS on Dudley Street in Uphams Corner wishes to make it clear it's never coming back, as Ginnette Powell shows us.

On the Green Line, who fixes the fixers?

December 26

The MBTA reports delays of up to ten minutes on the Green Line due to "a disabled maintenance train near Kenmore."

Two immigrants face violence back home, only one gets a chance to stay here

A tale of two immigrants: Both face possible torture or death if returned to their homelands, but court allows only one to stay February 19 Niranjan Khanal, originally from Nepal, and Rosa Lidia Cante Mijangos, originally from Guatemala, both face potential violent attacks should they return to their homelands. But

Trapped in an elevator; more apartments; fire in JP

Elevator in Franklin Street tower was going down when it just stopped, trapping five people February 18 Boston firefighters responded to 225 Franklin St. around 5:10 p.m. after an elevator with five people onboard suddenly stopped in a "blind shaft" with no easy way out, some

Judge says MA can warn against anti-abortion clinics; Apartments planned for Soldiers Field Road

Judge rules Massachusetts has the right to warn people about anti-abortion 'pregnancy resource centers' February 17 A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit by a chain of anti-abortion clinics against a Massachusetts state ad campaign warning people against such facilities. Six-story residential building could go up on Soldiers

He cut hair for 67 years in Roslindale

Bob Aliano, barber who cut hair for several generations of Roslindale residents, has died February 16 The Rialto Barber Shop on South Street in Roslindale today announced the death of Robert Aliano, 88, who owned the shop from 1959 until 2012 - and who kept cutting hair until last week.