Bud Light gets Fenway bar in trouble; armed robbery in Roslindale

Pre-weekend Bud Light delivery gets Cask 'n Flagon in hot water because the driver completely blocked Lansdowne Street to deliver pallets of the stuff

August 4

Rather than drive around the block when illegal parkers kept him from pulling into an alley behind the Cask 'n Flagon to drop off some Bud Light, a delivery driver in a Budweiser big rig simply angled his truck completely across Lansdowne Street shortly after 10:30 a.m. on April 16, instantly gridlocking the intersection of Lansdowne and Brookline Avenue and keeping school buses full of Wentworth students from getting to their spring commencement at the MGM Music Hall.

Man charged with gunpoint robbery at Roslindale's Washington Beech; had several accomplices, who remain at large, police say

August 4

Boston Police report arresting a Hyde Park man for the armed holdup of three people on Beechland Circle in Roslindale while five or six of his pals surrounded the victims on Monday evening.

Man charged with shooting up a Hyde Park restaurant, killing one

August 4

Oliver Derima, 27, of Boston is scheduled for arraignment this morning on charges he shot five people at a Haitian restaurant on Hyde Park Avenue early Monday, killing one of them, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Riders can only ask why, when two Red Line trains just die

August 4

Rush hour on the Red Line this afternoon started with a train joining the choir eternal at Kendall/MIT. The MBTA reported at 6:30 p.m. the delays had stopped. ...

Civil-rights group sues police, DA over bodycam footage of man an officer shot to death

August 4

Lawyers for Civil Rights today sued Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office over their refusal to release police bodycam video related to the shooting death of Stephenson King in March.

Former state cannabis regulator appointed to Boston Licensing Board

August 4

Mayor Wu has appointed Ava Concepcion of Dorchester to a seat on the Boston Licensing Board, which oversees restaurants and bars in the city.

One trolley had some nerve: Died on an Allston curve

August 4

The MBTA is reporting 15-minute delays on the B Line due to a trolley now pushing up daisies at Packards Corner.

MIT prof on a bike dies; Yu beat Rush in his own ward

Note: We'll be taking Monday off, have a good Labor Day! MIT professor dies from injuries in crash while he was riding a bike at Mass. Ave and Memorial Drive last month September 3 MIT reports assistant professor Thomas Rose, 37 and an expert in ancient metallurgy who

Roslindale stabbing; sheriff acquitted

Person stabbed on Washington Street near Lesher Street in Roslindale September 2 A person was stabbed on Washington Street near Lesher Street in Roslindale around 9:05 p.m. Jury acquits Tompkins September 2 WCVB reports a federal jury today found Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins not guilty of extortion.

Yu defeats Rush, no more late-night burgers at Rozzie Wendy's

In close races, Yu defeats Rush, Brownsberger looks to top Lander September 1 Persis Yu of Hyde Park last night defeated incumbent Mike Rush in the Norfolk and Suffolk state-senate district. Sir, this is a Roslindale Wendy's, so no more burgers past 11 p.m. September 1

House goes up in flames on North Beacon Street in Brighton; Cleary Square getting a bagel place

August 31 Boston firefighters responded to 259 North Beacon St. in Brighton around 9 a.m. for what quickly turned into a two-alarm fire. Read more. Cleary Square getting a bagel and coffee shop August 31 The Boston Licensing Board last week approved plans for a Dedham couple'