Chinatown flooded - from below; parking-lot scam in the Fenway
In Chinatown, it was water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink - or flush
September 27
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission reported around 8:20 p.m. that workers had repaired a 12-inch water main that went kablooie yesterday at Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street in Chinatown.
311 complaint of the day: Beware the parking-lot scam on Peterborough Street
September 27
A pissed-off parker filed a 311 complaint on Friday about a scam somebody's running at the parking lot of the McKinley School on Peterborough Street in the Fenway ...
Power goes out along Gallivan Boulevard
September 27
Eversource reports 1,259 homes and businesses in the area of Gallivan Boulevard, Dorchester Avenue and Washington Street went out at 9:39 a.m. No estimated restoration time yet.
In the thick of it
September 26
At 1:52 p.m., the National Weather Service reported ...
Man shot to death inside building near Fairmount train station
September 26
A man was shot in the face at 54 Walter St. in Hyde Park around 1:10 p.m.
Starbucking a trend at the InterContinental
September 26
The Boston Licensing Board this week approved a food-serving license for a new Starbucks at the InterContinental Hotel, 510 Atlantic Ave. downtown.
Man hit and killed by inbound Red Line train at Andrew
September 25
First responders rushed to the Andrew Red Line stop after somebody wound up under an inbound train around 10:50 p.m.
One Hull of a sunset tonight
September 25
Jocelyn forwards this bit of beauty before the storm comes crashing down, taken from Little Brewster Island in the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park off Hull. ...
Roxbury man faces possible life sentence for gunpoint kidnapping that started in Rhode Island and ended on the side of I-93 in Milton after multiple car crashes
September 25
A Roxbury man now faces a federal kidnapping charge related to the way he allegedly forced his pregnant girlfriend into her own SUV at gunpoint in East Providence on Aug. 12, then drove her into Massachusetts and up I-93, where he crashed into several cars before jumping out and running away from pursuing state troopers, only to be tackled by them.
The gales of November coming early
September 25
A photo taken by the GOES-East satellite at 12:11 p.m. shows we're already under the outer edge of the approaching nor'easter (Lake Ontario is in the upper left).
Act of God cancels Ed Sheeran in Foxborough
September 25
WBZ reports Ed Sheerhan has canceled his weekend concerts at Gillette because of the nor'easter.
Mean Boston judges have prevented regime from shipping 70 immigrants to countries they have no ties to, just because they might face torture, regime whines to Supreme Court
September 25
The regime yesterday asked the Supreme Court to do it a solid and issue one of those no-explanations shadow-docket rulings so it can resume shipping immigrants of one country to other countries without giving them any advance notice or chance to appeal, following a ruling by the Boston federal appeals court that the practice violates immigrants' constitutional rights.
We got ya new voice of Logan right heah
September 25
Massport is auditioning people to be the new official voice of Logan Airport on PA systems, because we guess Frank Oglesby wasn't available. In any case, as funny as Ben Affleck's audition is (starts out slow, then he puts on a Sox cap and gets rolling), he's really from Cambridge, so meet Waltah Tobin (yes, he's related to the guy the bridge is named afta) ...
Guy with loaded gun shoved in his pants tries to speed away from a Mattapan traffic stop, only to drive backwards right into a cruiser, police say
September 25
Boston Police report arresting a Taunton man Wednesday evening after, they say, officers who initially pulled him over for distracted driving learned he was wanted on a warrant in New Hampshire, then tried to get him out of his car only he fought them off, accelerated, swerved onto the sidewalk, then got in reverse - and crashed into their cruiser, ending his attempt to flee.
