Bright lights in the sky
Some people had the bright idea to look north tonight
November 11
Patty photographed the northern lights over West Roxbury tonight, thanks to a severe geomagnetic storm caused by billions of tons of solar plasma ejected from the sun's surface that hit the earth's magnetic field - peaking around 8:20 p.m.
Another storm - and aurora displays - could hit Wednesday as well.
Critical shortage of new Verizon phones in Coolidge Corner could ease next month
November 11
Brookline.news reports that a Verizon reseller is busy readying a new phone store in the empty space where a CVS used to be right at Harvard and Beacon streets, so it will be hard to miss. Coolidge Corner has been Verizonless since 2020, when Brookline Booksmith took over what used to be a Verizon store just up the block.
Victim in Mattapan triple shooting last month has died
November 11
Boston Police report that G'Kiyah Lewis, 18, of Malden, died Friday of injuries she suffered during a triple shooting...
Judge declines to block plans to convert abandoned West Roxbury nursing home into housing for homeless families
November 11
A Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday rejected a request to immediately block work to convert the former Stonhedge nursing home on Redlands Road in West Roxbury into "congregate" apartments for up to 120 people, who would live there for at least a month as they try to get back on their feet and find more permanent housing....
One WBZ journalist is helping another - with a kidney
November 11
WBZ reports how one of its assignment editors proved to be a match for one of its photojournalists who needed a kidney transplant.
Firefighter injured in fire on Train Street in Dorchester
November 11
Boston firefighters responded to 25 Train St. in Dorchester around 8:30 a.m. for what turned into a two-alarm fire.
