BPS driver indicted for death of five-year-old last year; Allston bearing plant could be replaced by apts.

BPS driver indicted for death of five-year-old last year; Allston bearing plant could be replaced by apts.
Giant pothole on Bennington Street eats cars, spits out hubcaps. Photo by Rob Adams

BPS bus driver indicted for death of five-year-old in Hyde Park last spring

March 4

A Suffolk County grand jury today formally charged the bus driver who ran over Lens Arthur Joseph after dropping the young boy off outside his home on Washington Street in Hyde Park on April 28, 2025.

This time, Boston City Council unanimously supports mayor's order banning ICE from city property

March 4

The Boston City Council voted unanimously today to support Mayor Wu's recent executive order banning regime agents from using city property for their operations and requiring Boston Police to investigate any violent activities by regime agents.

Council unanimously supports the troops

March 4

The Boston City Council today voted unanimously to express support for the men and women of the armed forces.

Giant pothole eating cars in East Boston

March 4

Rob Adams snapped a pothole, which he reports is the size of a kitchen sink, that now has a growing collection of trophies, um, hubcaps, from all the cars it's munched, on Bennington Street, near the Bennington Arms, in East Boston.

Developer gets ball rolling to replace bearing plant in Allston with 'car-free urban living'

March 4

A Burlington developer has filed plans to replace the Action Bearing building at 201-207 Brighton Ave. in Allston with a six-story, 145-unit apartment building.

Boston road chief says Montreal-style snow removal would require a major culture change; advocates for the disabled, bicyclists say city has to do more to keep them safe in the winter

March 4

At a hearing on snow removal yesterday, Nick Gove, Boston's interim chief of streets, kept getting asked about Montreal and why Boston can't clear its streets of snow as well as that city.

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