Councilor proposes banning scooters, e-bikes from food delivery; other councilors tell him to slow his roll
Living in a country run by that little kid from the Twilight Zone
September 17
US Rep. Seth Moulton on ABC's firing of Jimmy Kimmel ...
Roxbury woman charged with shoving elderly woman out of a 28 bus
September 17
Transit Police report arresting a Roxbury woman tonight on charges she shoved an elderly woman out of a 28 bus stopped on Warren Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard on Sept. 8....
Massachusetts issues first formal Covid-19 vaccination recommendations as CDC falls apart
September 17
The state Department of Public Health today issued its first formal, detailed recommendations for the current lineup of Covid-19 vaccinations: Basically, anybody who wants a shot should get one, but some people...
City Hall employee fired after arrest following spat with boyfriend, who also worked at City Hall, sues city, mayor, police officer
September 17
A City Hall employee fired after an incident involving her boyfriend, who worked for another city department, and his anger over the way his boss allegedly propositioned her, today sued the city, the mayor and one of the officers called to her boyfriend's Chinatown apartment alleging, among other things, First Amendment, due process and equal-...
Crime time in Wellesley
September 17
The Swellesley Report has just posted a looong police blotter of June criming, but a couple of items stand out (well, to us gritty city dwellers, at any rate):...
Councilor proposes banning scooters, e-bikes from food delivery; other councilors tell him to slow his roll
September 17
City Councilor Ed Flynn says requiring third-party delivery companies to buy insurance for their deliverers isn't enough to reduce Boston road mayhem - he now wants an outright ban on the use of mopeds and e-bikes to shuttle food around the city....
Controversial, failed Turkish steak place in Park Square could be replaced by calmer Southern restaurant
September 17
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the Dallas-based Kitchen + Kocktails by Kevin Kelley open in the 100 Arlington St. space briefly occupied by the rules-flouting Salt Bae's Nusr-Et steakhouse - which was...
Man on probation for role in a violent Dorchester gang charged with putting together new gang for Quincy kidnapping
September 17
Federal prosecutors who had already charged a one-time member of the Newton/Olney/Barry Gang with kidnapping and beating a Cantonese-speaking Quincy man yesterday charged four other men with participation in the job - and said an...
Boston Legacy secures funding for its part of the White Stadium project
September 17
The Dorchester Reporter reports the women's soccer team obtained $100 million in financing from Bank of America for its part of the new stadium in Franklin Park.
