Council rejects rejecting mayor's budget; bearded bottle battle bro sought
Council declines to reject mayor's entire $4.9-billion budget that no councilors like
May 20
A bid by some city councilors to oppose cuts in Mayor Wu's proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 went down to defeat today - meaning that if they want to try to eliminate some of those cuts, they will have to file amendments that show which other department budgets they would cut instead.
Guy sought for South Boston bar beer bottle beating
May 20
Boston Police report they are looking for a guy who smashed another guy in the head with a beer bottle at the Lincoln Tavern, 425 West Broadway in South Boston.
Man gets horizontal to kick out Orange Line window, then returns to upright to shove woman, police say
May 20
Transit Police report they are looking for a guy they say treated an Orange Line car like his own personal jungle gym, using the support bars to get himself horizontal up in the air so he could kick out a window on an outbound train at Jackson Square around 5 p.m. on May 8.
BPS says it was caught off guard by this week's record heat; but trying to ensure worst-off students, teachers have plenty of water, fans
May 20
With today marking the second straight day of daytime temperatures above 90, Boston Public Schools says it's doing what it can to keep students and teachers from keeling over from heat in schools that have yet to have their HVAC systems switched from winter heating mode to summer cooling mode.
Grand jury indicts BPD officer for gunning down carjacking suspect in Roxbury
May 20
A Suffolk County grand jury today indicted Boston Police Officer Nicholas O'Malley, 34, on a charge of voluntary manslaughter for the March 11 shooting death of Stephenson King Jr., 39, of Dorchester, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.
Two injured in three-decker fire on Banton Street in Dorchester
May 20
Boston firefighters responded to 14 Banton St. off Dorchester Avenue in Dorchester for a fire around 1:20 a.m.
Blue Line bustitution wasn't planned; a wire problem at Wonderland
May 20
The MBTA is running shuttle buses between Wonderland and Revere Beach because a problem with the overhead wire is dogging the Blue Line at Wonderland.
Barney Frank dies, 86
May 20
NBC Boston reports that Barney Frank, the fast-talking, acerbic New Jerseyan who became an aide to Boston Mayor Kevin White, then rose from state rep to become a congressman, has died, 86.
Fund set up to help East Boston residents burned out of their homes
May 20
East Boston Social Centers has set up an online fundraiser for the 38 residents of six triple deckers on Princeton and Saratoga street displaced by a four-alarm fire on Sunday.
