Council gets heated over emergency motions; Man sought for breaking senior's jaw with unprovoked Red Line punch
Councilors unanimously approve emergency resolution to support burned-out Nubian Square businesses, then descend into a cauldron of castigation over emergency motions in general
September 30
The Boston City Council today unanimously supported an emergency resolution to urge city departments to do everything they can to help the businesses burned out by Monday's six-alarm fire in the Edison building in Nubian Square.
And then the carping and what Council President Liz Breadon (Allston/Brighton) called "crosstalk" began - over an unrelated "emergency" hearing request over that some councilors said was hardly an emergency.
Councilors to look at ways to encourage buskers and street artists - but not Stella Lefty
September 30
The City Council agreed today to look at ways to encourage street performers - and not just at Faneuil Hall or Copley Square, but across Boston.
Man sought for breaking senior's jaw with unprovoked punch on the Red Line
September 30
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say went up to somebody over 60 on a Red Line train at Shawmut and, unprovoked, punched him in the face, breaking his jaw, around 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 22.
Councilor calls for 7-night parking permits and new parking garage on West Broadway to help ease Southie parking crisis
September 30
City Councilor Ed Flynn (South Boston, South End, Chinatown, Downtown) today called for the city to finally grant seven-night-a-week residential parking permits across South Boston to help curb the scourge of outsiders taking up spaces as they frequent Southie establishments, or just leave their cars behind for days on end - and to build a municipal parking garage at what is now a surface lot on West Broadway because the city keeps approving new residential buildings without enough parking.
Man gets 5 1/2 years after admitting role in Heath Street Gang
September 30
A Boston federal judge yesterday sentenced Tyrre "Smoov" Herring to 5 1/2 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a RICO violation for his role in the Heath Street Gang.
Man slashed in the face at Roxbury McDonald's; suspect sought
September 30
Boston Police report a man was slashed in the face at the McDonald's at 301 Warren St. in Roxbury around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
