Downtown rezoning passed; will encourage density, residential over offices
Under a judge's order, a depressed planning board reluctantly approves a Hyde Park apartment complex members hate
September 18
Saying it had no choice, the Boston Planning Department board tonight approved plans by a Texas developer for a nine-building apartment complex on the Hyde Park/Roslindale line that has no affordable units or community benefits and which will involve blasting away much of a hillside and ridge and cutting down large numbers of trees....
Boston Planning Department advances changes to downtown zoning to encourage residential, increase some building heights
September 18
The Boston Planning Department today approved a series of downtown zoning changes that would make it easier to win approval of residential development than new office buildings, increase new building heights allowed in parts of the area, eliminate zoning requirements for many small businesses and formally remove Chinatown from what's left of...
Man convicted for 2020 murder on Hazelton Street in Mattapan
September 18
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted a Mattapan man for second-degree murder for the shooting death of Lovenson Pierre, 26, of Quincy, on Hazelton Street at Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan on Aug. 6, 2020, the Suffolk County District Attorney's...
Woman ordered held in lieu of bail in Roxbury bus-shoving case, DA says
September 18
A woman charged with shoving a senior citizen out of a 28 bus on Warren Street in Roxbury on Sept. 8 was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 bail at her arraignment in Roxbury court today, the Suffolk County District Attorney's...
Longtime owners of venerable Jamaica Plain auto-parts store want to replace it with apartments
September 18
The family that has long owned Alco Auto Parts, 294 Hyde Park Ave. in Jamaica Plain, has teamed up with a Newton developer to replace the store with a six-story, 48-unit apartment in which most of the units would be rented as affordable....
Two charged with knifepoint robbery of market on Quincy Street in Dorchester
September 18
Boston Police report arresting two Dorchester men on charges they held up the Quincy Variety Store, 236 Quincy St. in Dorchester on Aug. 20....
Half of an old bank parking lot in Roslindale Square could be replaced with six-story apartment building for seniors
September 18
B'nai B'rith Housing yesterday filed plans for a six-story, 41-unit apartment building on what is now the old Bank of America parking lot at 4259-4267 Washington St. in Roslindale Square, between Roslindale Can & Bottle and Chilacates....
Everett cancels annual Hispanic festival to protect residents from ICE snatching
September 18
The Bay State Banner reports on the cancellation of this weekend's annual Fiesta del Rio, quotes Mayor Carlo DeMaria:
We know how much this event means to our city. It’s a celebration of culture, music, food and...
A Somerville metaphor
September 18
Nick Lindsay snapped this newly downed sign in Somerville, a couple days after Mayor Katjana Ballantyne came in third in the preliminary election. No word on the whereabouts of the city's new cat mayor, Minerva, whose platform was CRIME.
More bagels rolling into Boston: Bagel purveyors approved for South Boston, Allston
September 18
The Boston Licensing Board today approved new bagel places on West Broadway in South Boston and Brighton Avenue in Allston.
